WORLD BANK
South Africa Country Climate and Development Report
Synergy Global Consulting Ltd is pleased to have contributed to the South Africa Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) launched by the World Bank Group in October.
Our team members Holle Linnea Wlokas, Peta Wolpe, Teboho Mosuoe-Tsietsi, PhD, Fowzia Davids, Yakhuluntu Dubazana, Yaowen Deng, and Andy Spitz contributed to the latest thinking on the social dimensions of #climatechange and #justenergytransition, with a detailed case study of the Emalahleni municipal area for exploring #climateresilience.
Due to its heavy reliance on the coal economy, Emalahleni is one of the regions where the social costs of the low-energy transition will be greatly felt. This report, together with our current work on assessing the #socialimpact of the #energytransition in the Mpumalanga Province, confirms the urgent need to take care of marginalised, vulnerable populations in a widely expected #justtransition.
This requires targeted interventions to mitigate negative impacts and better corporate #socialperformance to unlock potential socio-economic benefits for local communities, a topic that Synergy aspires to continue engaging with through our exciting portfolio of project work including social closure impact assessments for ESKOM and our partnership with the Initiative for Social Performance in Renewable Energy.
The report can be found here.