Opinion: Presidential Climate Commission’s electricity recommendations – a reflection from …

In this article, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) head of policy Lebogang Mulaisi writes that the Presidential Climate Commission’s electricity recommendation signals a potential structural shift in electricity planning for South Africa and what this could mean for labour. According to the Global Change Institute, based at the University of the Witwatersrand, one of the top five risks of climate change is “a badly-handled transition to low-carbon energy.” An unjust transition represents a lost opportunity to democratise ownership within the energy sector.