The Just Transition Energy Partnership in South Africa: Vehicle for Reform and Economic Transformation?

The paper explores the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in South Africa as a model for facilitating large-scale energy transitions that not only transform the energy sector in South Africa, but also deliver positive socio-economic outcomes. Further to that, the article discusses the implications of such partnerships for oil and gas producing countries.

Key Findings/Recommendations: Societies embarking on clean energy transitions need a much more enlarged version of the just transition rather than a narrow, climate-based just transition in order to understand that transitioning from fossil fuels alone is insufficient to deal with the challenge of economic resilience. The JETPs can turn NDCs into real-economy solutions if done properly and democratically, have the power to be the pillars of a global green deal.

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