Introduction to Just Transition

Welcome to the Just Transitions Web Hub

In response to the growing threat of climate change, countries around the world are figuring out how to decarbonize their economies, in line with recommendations from the scientific community, to net zero emissions by 2050.

In order to thrive in a low carbon world and to build resilience to the predicted effects of climate change, South Africa needs to decarbonize it’s economy too.

As a developing country facing extreme poverty, inequality and unemployment exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa has an opportunity to align decarbonization plans with economic recovery efforts to attract the foreign investment and finance we need to fund and manage a Just Transition.

A Just Transition for South Africa must ensure that the transition to a low carbon economy is conducted in a way that serves to address present and historical inequality, creates jobs, relieves poverty, and restores our natural systems to build resilience.

This web hub is the research repository of the work produced through the Just Transition Pathways project run by the NBI in partnership with BUSA and BCG as well as of other projects aligned to achieving this outcome. We welcome you to explore the research, share your views and participate in building this knowledge base in our country.