14th Meeting of the Presidential Climate Commission

The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) convened its 14th Quarterly Commission meeting on Friday, 07 June at the Constitution Hill Precinct, Johannesburg, to discuss amongst others the much-anticipated State of Climate Action Report, shedding light on the nation's progress, challenges, and future pathways towards combating climate change. The report is the Climate Commission’s first assessment of climate action in South Africa and presents a snapshot of South Africa’s progress towards the achievement of key indicators that support South Africa staying on a pathway to limiting warming to 1.5°C, enhancing climate resilience, and improving the lives and livelihoods of all South Africans – particularly those most impacted in the climate transition.

The meeting had an opportunity to engage the outgoing Minister of Public Enterprise, Mr Pravin Gordhan as well as the Eskom Chief Executive Officer, Mr Dan Marokane on Eskom Plans on decommissioning and progress on the various just energy transition projects as well as the Just Energy Investment Plan implementation update.

Furthermore the meeting adopted the Just Transition Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework for all social partners and recommendations for a Just Transition Financing Mechanism – which encompasses interventions to address climate finance needs future action plans to address barriers requiring targeted interventions to develop a comprehensive financing approach for the just transition.