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SA: Statement by Aurecon South Africa, engineering company, on solving the South African energy crisis (08/01/2013)

South Africa’s electricity network requires considerable reform over the coming decades if the country is to successfully diversify its generation mix to sources other than coal to meet the...

DOHA: Statement by the World Energy Council, on Energy Sustainability Index that highlights top-performing countries and policies crucial to performance (01/12/2012)

STATEMENT

The 2012 Energy Sustainability Index, published within the WEC's 2012 World Energy Trilemma report, Time to get realthe case for sustainable energy policy, finds that most countries still have not...

SA: Noxolo Kiviet: Address by the Eastern Cape Premier, on the occasion of the EU-EC Energy Summit, East London International Convention Centre (28/11/2012)

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I bring you warm greetings from the “Ubuntu” loving people of the Eastern Cape. You are in the province of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki, the first two Presidents of a democratic South Africa...

World leaders pledge $513bn to sustainable development

RIO+20 CONFERENCE

At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), some $513 billion in funding has been committed by governments, the private sector, civil society and other groups to achieve a...

SA: Thompson: Address by the Deputy Minister of Energy, on the department's budget vote, Parliament (17/05/2012)

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The Budget presented to this House by the Honorable Minister of Energy in her speech today is in tune with our ambition to be part of the larger Clean Revolution, aimed at an economy which balances...

SA: Thompson: Address by the Deputy Minister of Energy, at the electrification indaba, Durban (15/03/2012)

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I would like to thank you for your attendance at this very important Electrification Indaba. As outlined by the United Nations’ Secretary-General in his personal foreword to the “Sustainable...

Statement by Greenpeace, on energy in the State of the Nation Address (10/02/2012)

Statements

"In his annual State of the Nation address this evening, President Zuma showed a total disregard for sustainable energy by asking citizens to save energy until the two coal-fired...

World cannot accept ‘no’ for an answer in Durban – UN chief

CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS

The business community has an important part to play in the fight against climate change, United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon said at a press briefing on Tuesday evening. He supported...

Cosatu: Congress of South African Trade Unions policy framework on climate change (19/11/2011)

Statements

Adopted by the COSATU Central Executive Committee, August 2011

1.0 Introduction: COSATU’s positions on Climate Change so far

Climate change is part...

Reversing deforestation and desertification: The NGOs that are painting Africa green

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported in 2008 that “Africa is losing more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of forest every year – twice the world’s average...

Cosatu: Declaration by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, on the Civil Society Conference (28/10/2010)

Statements

The Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010 was a historic
turning point in the history of South Africa. Over 300 delegates from
56 mass-based civil society organisations,...

Clear regulations needed to help SA unlock ‘vast’ wind power potential

RENEWABLE ENERGY

South Africa needed long-term renewable energy targets, a clear, investor friendly regulatory environment and transparent grid connection and queuing processes, if it was to make the most of its...

DA: Statement by Sejamothopo Motau, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Energy, on Eskom tariff hike (13/10/2009)

Statements

The decision by Eskom to apply for a 45% electricity tariff hike for each of the next three years is a gross insult to vulnerable South Africans. The South African public is now carrying the...

ID: de Lille: Response from the ID to the State of the Nation Address (09/02/2009)

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Date: 09/02/2009

Source: Independent Democrats

Title: ID: de Lille: Response from the ID to the State of the Nation Address

Mr President, the Independent Democrats welcomes...

Hendricks: African Ministerial Conference on Hydropower and Sustainable Development (06/03/2006)

2006

Keynote address at an African Ministerial Conference on Hydropower and Sustainable Development by Mrs Lindiwe Hendricks, Minister of Minerals and Energy, Sandton Convention Centre

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