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Establishing a Road-Map for Integrated Assessment Modeling in Africa

Establishing the best methods to tackle climate change is one of the key challenges facing South Africa today. To inform these decisions, a suite of tools have been developed known as ‘Integrated assessment models’ (IAMs). These models are used to answer central questions about climate change, from how the world could avoid 1.5C of global warming at the lowest cost, through to the implications of countries’ current pledges to cut emissions. Read more about this initiative here.

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Mines need to transition to cleaner, more efficient forms of energy

Speaking at a breakfast meeting at the recent Mining Indaba in Cape Town, Nkululeko Buthelezi, the interim chairperson of the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI), said that South Africa’s economy is energy intensive and since the mining sector is a member of the Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG), it is important that clean energy sources and energy efficiency be discussed. EE Publishers: 5 February 2019

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Can SA solve its energy crisis?

CPolicy debates in SA’s energy sector are becoming increasingly polarised, but it is critical to ensure broad participation if we want to re-imagine the energy sector and solve SA’s energy crisis, argued experts at a recent discussion hosted by the UCT GSB in conjunction with Power Futures South Africa. BizCommunity, 28 January 2019.

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Kindred Spirits in Quest for Cohesion

Two years ago, when social cohesion emerged as the focal point for Indlulamithi, even those who helped make this choice were surprised. Social cohesion was not exactly the strongest signal on the socio-political radar at the time – and it is still unusual to find an organisation that prioritises the issue.

The National Business Initiative (NBI) is among this unusual minority. Read further.

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