Recommendations
Electric Vehicles White Paper
6th December 2023 South Africa stands at a pivotal juncture, facing a challenge of profound complexity: how to transition both its automotive market and productive... →
Miracle or mirage: are debt swaps really a silver bullet?
6th December 2023 As the end of 2023 approaches, 136 countries are considered to be in a critical debt situation. At the same time, fiscal space has been reduced,... →
Renewables-based electric cooking: Climate commitments and finance
6th December 2023 Globally, around 2.3-billion people lacked access to clean cooking technologies and fuels in 2023. Despite substantial gains over the last decade,... →
Putting climate-resilient development at the heart of equitable implementation of Article 2, paragraph 1(c) of the Paris Agreement: Could it scale adaptation finance?
6th December 2023 Both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the first Global Stocktake have pushed for greater progress on adaptation if we are to... →
The ‘green squeeze’: an explainer
6th December 2023 Trade policy must incentivise and facilitate low-carbon trade. Increasingly, it also sanctions and penalises trade that is not considered... →
Building Forward Better: a pathway to climate-resilient development in fragile and conflict-affected situations
6th December 2023 A new way of thinking about and delivering the climate agenda is urgently needed in fragile and conflict-affected situations. This Framing Note... →
Taking stock of Just Energy Transition Partnerships
6th December 2023 With the aim of stimulating investment in renewables and facilitating transitions away from coal, Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JET-Ps)... →
Where next for feminist foreign policy on tackling the climate crisis?
6th December 2023 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its starkest warning yet. Feminist foreign policy offers a much-needed and promising... →
Democracy and Constitutionalism: Civic Education Conference Report & Keywords
5th December 2023 On 28 February and 1 March 2022, SECTION27, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) and Constitution Hill jointly... →
2022 Year in Review: Climate-driven global renewable energy potential resources and energy demand
4th December 2023 This joint IRENA-WMO report explores intricate links between renewable energy resources, and weather and climate conditions, highlighting how... →
