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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"minerals-energy"”.
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A comparative analysis of South Africa's minerals-energy complex before 2011 and the current pursuit of a renewable just energy transition post-2011 to 2023
This research traces South Africa's energy transition. It examines to what extent South Africa is on a just transition trajectory by comparing the minerals-energy complex and the current transition to renewable energy. It conducts this review of just transition through the lens of “equity” and …
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Policy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster.
… to reform and the introduction of sustainable energy sources into the South Africa's energy system from 1994 to 2011?" It hypothesizes that a policy regime that amounts to a coalition between energy intensive business, electricity utility Eskom and the Government that has developed in the post …
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The role of industrial policy in pursuing climate change mitigation objectives in South Africa
… on Fine and Rustomjee's (1996) notion of the Minerals-Energy Complex (MEC) as a tool to analyse the relationship between industrial policy, energy use, and climate change mitigation policy in the South African context. The analysis finds that the South African economy has clearly developed in …
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Banking on sustainable development: the role of development finance institutions in advancing constitutional obligations in light of South Africa's just energy transition
… change, South Africans sit in the dark amidst an energy crisis, an environmental crisis and a development crisis. For too long has the country been unable to generate energy in a way that guarantees security of supply and affordability for its people, and in a manner that is environmentally and …
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An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa
… unsustainability. Drawing on the concept of the minerals-energy complex, this thesis presents an historical political economy analysis of South Africa's industrialisation process in order to (1) identify the key factors that have contributed to the country's high emissions and low employment; and …
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Carbon intensive but decarbonising quickly? Retrospective and prospective life cycle assessments of South African pome fruit
… been categorised as carbon intensive due to an energy and capital intensive development path and an associated set of economic activities termed the minerals-energy complex. International export markets, specifically the European Union (EU), are systematically applying pressure on imported …