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Saliem Fakir

Saliem Fakir

Fakir is interim executive director of the African Climate Foundation – saliem@africanclimatefoundation.org

MDG 7 review an opportunity for realignment

8th November 2013 The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are up for review and, by 2015, a new MDG framework has to be put in place, and sustainability issues are... 

The future of central grids

4th October 2013 Is it possible that we can have a new world in which the central grid is outdated and a more diffused and dispersed system takes its place? Is this... 

Coal 3: The Choke Point in South Africa's Energy System

Coal 3: The Choke Point in South Africa's Energy System

3rd October 2013 You would think we would’ve learnt a lesson or two from total dependence on coal. Ninety percent of South Africa’s electricity comes from coal in... 

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National planning and the role of markets

6th September 2013 The National Development Plan (NDP) is receiving vitriol from both the left and liberals these days. The left sees the NDP as being too market... 

Oil abounds globally, but SA faces uncertainty

2nd August 2013 Each day, more oil is discovered and the earth seems to spew more of the stuff, mocking the peak oil pundits and adding to the anxieties of climate... 

Carbon tax – the implications for South Africa

5th July 2013 In South Africa, there is considerable ambiguity and debate about the implications of tax distortions in the economy and the tax interaction... 

Carbon tax – we must be prepared for what others may throw at us

7th June 2013 Minds become focused when things get real rather than abstract. This is what is beginning to happen since the National Treasury released its new... 

Marrying the carbon budget idea with a carbon tax

10th May 2013 The Long-Term Mitigation Scenarios (LTMS) envisage a purposive transition during which there are insignificant barriers, there is no competition... 

South Africa's IRP2010 blueprint is outdated

South Africa's IRP2010 blueprint is outdated

12th April 2013 Since the first Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) was drafted in 2010, the world has changed: Fukushima happened, more gas has been confirmed off the... 

Green growth or deep green economy?

Green growth or deep green economy?

8th March 2013 Green growth or deep green economy? The green economy debate has been in South Africa for at least 5 years. The green economy also has other names:... 

Of oil refineries, nuclear plants and the planning fallacy

8th February 2013 The great project Mthombo (new large refinery capacity) and the proposed 9.6 GW nuclear fleet is still on the cards.  Both do not only describe the... 

The challenge of fossil fuel binding constraints

18th January 2013 Despite the failure of the recent round of the Doha climate change talks, the national project on a low-carbon transition requires continued impetus. 

LTMS and the challenge of long-term technology planning

7th December 2012 Many moons ago, South Africa did pioneering work on how best we can meet our international climate mitigation obligations.  

Will the planet be saved?

Will the planet be saved?

20th January 2012 Fourteen days of deliberations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seventeeth Conference of the Parties (COP 17)... 

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