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2023
Decarbonization in the balance: Assessing South Africa’s energy transition and the implementation of the Integrated Resource Plan
Climate Policy Implementation Check
2022
CLIMATE TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2022
COUNTRY PROFILE SOUTH AFRICA 2022
2021
CLIMATE TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2021
COUNTRY PROFILE SOUTH AFRICA 2020
NDC TRANSPARENCY CHECK SOUTH AFRICA
2020
CLIMATE TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2020
COUNTRY PROFILE SOUTH AFRICA 2020
A LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT FUTURE FOR SOUTH AFRICA: TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS
March 2020, Policy Paper
2019
BROWN TO GREEN REPORT 2019
COUNTRY PROFILE SOUTH AFRICA 2019
AMBITION CALL FOR SOUTH AFRICA
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR A PARIS AGREEMENT-COMPATIBLE COAL TRANSITION IN SOUTH AFRICA
February 2019, Policy Paper
2018
BROWN TO GREEN REPORT 2018
COUNTRY PROFILE SOUTH AFRICA 2018
2017
BROWN TO GREEN REPORT 2017
COUNTRY PROFILE SOUTH AFRICA 2017
2016
BROWN TO GREEN REPORT 2016
COUNTRY PROFILE SOUTH AFRICA 2016
Event in South Africa: Launch of the Climate Transparency Report 2021
Event: Launch of the Climate Transparency Report 2020 in South Africa
Event: Transforming transport in South Africa
Event: Launch of the Brown to Green Report 2019 in South...
Press release on the occasion of the launch of Climate Transparency Report 2022:
Language: English
Press release on the occasion of the launch of Climate Transparency Report 2021:
Language: English
Selected newspaper articles in South Africa in 2021:
Development banks told to ramp up green ambitions ahead of COP26, Engineering News, 14 October 2021
Press release on the occasion of the launch of Climate Transparency Report 2020:
Language: English
Selected newspaper articles in South Africa in 2020:
Wake up call for SA’s coal dependent energy sector, Mail&Guardian, 19 November 2020
Climate Transparency questions South Africa’s commitment to phasing out coal, Engineering News, 18 November 2020
Press release on the occasion of the launch of Brown to Green Report 2019:
Language: English
Selected newspaper articles in South Africa in 2019:
SA, like others, flunks emissions report card, Mail&Guardian, 12 November 2019
Brown to Green emissions report released, SA not measuring up, ESI Africa, 12 November 2019
Press release on the occasion of the launch of Brown to Green Report 2018:
Language: English
Selected newspaper articles in South Africa in 2018:
Brown to green: the G20 transition towards a low-carbon economy, Polity.org.za, 15 November 2018
SA energy the dirtiest in the G20, report says, Bizcommunity.com, 16 November 2018
SA fiddles while the world burns, Mail & Guardian, 21 November 2018
Brown to green Report, eNCA
Press release on the occasion of the launch of Brown to Green Report 2017:
Language: English
Selected newspaper articles in South Africa in 2017:
Climate and the G20 summit: some progress in greening economies, but more needs to be done, Bizzcommunity.com, 4 July 2017
State meddling with energy producers is dissuading would-be investors, BusinessLIVE, 13 July 2017
State meddling with energy producers is dissuading would-be investors, ENCA, 14 July 2017