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Understanding just transitions : analysing the frameworks of justice in South Africa's energy transition
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/125029 Understanding just transitions : analysing the frameworks of justice in South Africa's energy transition Bosman, Savanna Davies, Megan Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Leadership. Energy security -- South Africa Renewable energy sources -- Economic aspects -- South Africa Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa Eskom (Firm) -- South Africa UCTD Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2022. ENGLISH SUMMARY: The global energy transition is underway. Many societies like South Africa, are decarbonising their energy systems. Questions have arisen around how to mitigate and plan for a transition to a sustainable society, and ensure justice is incorporated.. Just Transitions is a framework which has been used widely today, and is commonly understood as structural changes which occur to create a more sustainable and equitable society. It is a useful term that addresses the complexities which go beyond decarbonisation and incorporates justice elements. There are dimensions of justice associated with a just transition, being, climate, environment and energy, and they can help address the complexities found in a transition to a low carbon economy. These justice frameworks can also be used to provide an understanding of how the just transition is contested and navigated in South Africa. Climate justice helps readers understand that the climate crisis goes beyond the idea that it is an environmental issue, but it is also a political and social issue. . Environmental justice ensures that ecological disparities are fairly distributed over society, so that minority groups (especially those in the global south) do not only hold all the negative burdens of climate change. Energy justice ensures that all individuals have access to safe, affordable and clean electricity, and advocates for justice across the whole energy supply chain, with newer decarbonised energy systems. South Africa is a developing country that faces an array of complexities, ranging from path dependency, which is understood as South Africa’s historical dependence on coal production, high levels of poverty and inequality, including income inequality. Policy commitments and public participation from key stakeholders in South Africa, has demonstrated that the energy transition is underway, however, the fields of justice need to be better understood and incorporated in South Africa’s energy transition to ensure it is indeed just. A qualitative examination is conducted of the just transitions literature and how it has evolved and been used in countries like South Africa. It reveals the development of policy and practice to date around the just transition, and also displays how the framings of justice can help with mitigating the challenges South Africa faces. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die wereldwye energietransisie is aan die gebeur. Baie samelewings soos Suid-Afrika is besig om koolstof van hul energiestelsels te verwyder. Vrae rondom hoe om 'n transisie na 'n volhoubare samelewing te beplan en ter selfte tyd te verseker dat geregtigheid geinkorporeer word, word al belangriker in die diskoers tot op hede. Geregtige transisies is 'n nuttige term om die kompleksiteite aan te spreek wat verder gaan as bloot die verwydering van koolstof, en inkorporeer ook elemente van geregtigheid. Gebiede van geregtigheid wat verband hou met 'n wettige transisie, wese, klimaat, omgewings- en energiereg help om die kompleksiteite aan te spreek in 'n transisie na 'n koolstof-lae ekonomie. Dit kan ook gebruik word om te verstaan hoe die regverdige transisie in Suid-Afrika betwis en navigeer word. Klimaatsgeregtigheid help lesers om te verstaan dat die klimaatkrisis buite die omvang van die omgewing strek, maar ook 'n politieke en sosiale aangeleentheid moet wees. Omgewingsgeregtigheid verseker dat ekologiese ongelykhede ewe groot is in verhouding tot die samelewing, sodat minderheidsgroepe nie die meerderheid van die laste van klimaatsverandering dra nie. Energiegeregtigheid verseker dat alle individue toegang het tot veilige, bekostigbare en skoon elektrisiteit, en pleit vir geregtigheid in die hele energietoevoerketting, met nuwer koolstof-afwesige stelsels. Suid-Afrika is 'n ontwikkelende land wat 'n verskeidenheid kompleksiteite ervaar, wat wissel van padafhanklikheid in 'n steenkoolintensiewe energiestelsel, hoe vlakke van armoede en ongelykheid, sowel as inkomste-ongelykheid. Beleidskepping en openbare deelname het getoon dat die energietransisie aan die gebeur is, maar die velde van geregtigheid moet beter verstaan en geinkorporeer word in die energietransisie van Suid-Afrika om te verseker dat dit inderdaad regverdig en geregtig is. 'n Kwalitatiewe ondersoek is gedoen oor die literatuur aangaande geregtige transisies en hoe dit ontwikkel het en gebruik is in lande soos Suid-Afrika, en onthul die ontwikkeling van beleid en praktyk tot op hede en toon aan hoe die raamwerke van geregtigheid kan help om die uitdagings wat Suid-Afrika ervaar, te mitigeer. 'n Gevallestudie van vier verskillende belanghebbendes, naamlik die National Union of Metal Workers South Africa, Center for Environmental Rights, Exxaro Resources Limited en Eskom, is uitgevoer om te verstaan hoe die regverdige en geregtige transisie in Suid-Afrika betwis en gebruik word, en om te beklemtoon wat belangrik is en wat in ag geneem moet word om te verseker dat 'n regverdige en geregtige energietransisie plaasvind. Masters 2022-02-21T14:59:13Z 2022-04-29T12:51:01Z 2022-02-21T14:59:13Z 2022-04 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125029 en_ZA Stellenbosch University xi, 114 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Energy security -- South Africa Renewable energy sources -- Economic aspects -- South Africa Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa Eskom (Firm) -- South Africa UCTD Bosman, Savanna Understanding just transitions : analysing the frameworks of justice in South Africa's energy transition |
| title | Understanding just transitions : analysing the frameworks of justice in South Africa's energy transition |
| title_full | Understanding just transitions : analysing the frameworks of justice in South Africa's energy transition |
| title_fullStr | Understanding just transitions : analysing the frameworks of justice in South Africa's energy transition |
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| title_short | Understanding just transitions : analysing the frameworks of justice in South Africa's energy transition |
| title_sort | understanding just transitions analysing the frameworks of justice in south africa s energy transition |
| topic | Energy security -- South Africa Renewable energy sources -- Economic aspects -- South Africa Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa Eskom (Firm) -- South Africa UCTD |
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