Presidential Climate CommissionTowards a Just Transition

Overview

The impact of climate change is already felt across the globe, manifesting in unprecedented droughts, floods, bush fires and other extreme weather events. This state of affairs will only intensify as the world continues to warm. The effects of climate change will take the harshest toll on the world’s most vulnerable communities.

To mitigate the impact of climate change, urgent action is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve climate resilience. This will require significant and unparalleled changes across all sectors of the economy. Importantly, the transition must be just and equitable, ensuring that the poorest and most vulnerable are supported and uplifted in the shift towards a more sustainable society.

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About us

The Presidential Climate Commission is an independent, statutory, multistakeholder body established by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Our purpose is to oversee and facilitate a just and equitable transition towards a low-emissions and climate-resilient economy.

In fulfilling this role, our focus is to:

  • Create a social partnership around a just transition

  • Define a vision for a just transition, and means of achieving that vision, covering the necessary sectoral shifts, technological innovation, employment opportunities, and climate finance

  • Conduct independent analysis into climate change impacts on jobs, the economy, and policy

  • Monitor progress towards mitigation and adaptation goals, as well as the achievement of a just transition linked to broader development objectives

  • Engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including all spheres of government, business, labour, academia, communities, and civil society.

Our work

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Just transition framework

The JT framework is a planning tool that sets out the actions that the government and its social partners will take to achieve a just transition, and the outcomes to be realised.

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Just energy transition

The just energy transition focuses on the transition of South Africa’s energy sector as the country navigates the shift away from coal towards cleaner sources of energy.

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Climate Finance

Achieving a just transition in South Africa will require significant resources, including the elimination of structural barriers to mobilise capital at scale.

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Featured Research

Towards a Just Transition: A review of local and international policy debates
This review presents a situational analysis of the key issues that will inform the development of South Africa’s Just Transition Framework – the practical guide that will ensure that the country’s transition to a low-emissions economy is well managed, just, and equitable.
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Laying the Foundation for a Just Transition Framework for South Africa

This report presents a summary of studies and consultations, highlighting important considerations for the development of the just transition framework.

South Africa's NDC Targets for 2025 and 2030

Technical analysis to support consideration of the emissions trajectory in South Africa’s NDC.

In The Media

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25 Jun 2025 - PCC in the media

Addressing the agriculture, food security, and climate change nexus is an economic imperative

While SA faces many social and economic challenges, such as food insecurity and high unemployment rates, agriculture remains a vital economic sector

11 Jun 2025 - PCC in the media

Why local government fiscal health must be climate-proofed

As SA reviews the 1998 White Paper on Local Government, we must confront a climate reality that our municipal systems were never designed to withstand

26 May 2025 - PCC in the media

Philanthropy’s role in powering South Africa’s Just Transition

The F20 Climate Solutions Forum convenes in Cape Town from May 27–28, 2025, when the urgency to mobilise climate finance has never been more pronounced

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