PCC to begin public consultation on the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan
02 Dec 2022
Press Statements
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) convened its 8th Ordinary meeting on 2 December 2022, to consider the recently approved South Africa’s Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP), Outcomes of COP 27 held in Egypt, as well as recommendations on its assessment of findings from the KZN Floods. The meeting was chaired by Mr Valli Moosa, PCC Deputy Chairperson.
CONSULTATIONS ON THE JUST ENERGY TRANSITION INVESTMENT PLAN
Following a special multi stakeholder session on the 1st of December focusing on “understanding the contents of South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP)”, The commission resolved to lead and support the Presidential Climate Finance Task Team (PCFTT) in further consulting and engaging the various stakeholders on the implementation of the JET-IP.
“At the request of the President, and following its successful launch at COP27, the PCC will conduct public and sectoral consultations on the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan with an intention of making a collective recommendations to the President and to government in the first quarter of 2023. Through this consultation we need to ensure that JETP lives to a just transition that recognises the direct and indirect impact that the energy transition has on livelihoods, workers, and communities” said PCC Deputy Chairperson, Valli Moosa.
South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET IP) for the five-year period 2023-2027 sets out the scale of need and the investments required to achieve the decarbonisation commitments in our Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which outlines the rate at which South Africa plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and represents South Africa’s fair contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The consultations will be held from 11 January to 28 February 2022, and the PCC further calls upon stakeholders who wish to make further written submissions on the JET-IP to do so by email to jet-ip@climatecommission.org.za
OUTCOMES ON UNFCCC 27TH CONFERENCE OF PARTIES
The PCC congratulated the South African delegation to the twenty seventh session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP27) recently concluded at the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The PCC applauded the leadership of President Ramaphosa during his participation at the COP and for amplifying our key expectations before the COP, including the Global Goal on Adaptation; Loss & Damage Financing facility, recognition of the Special Needs and Circumstance of Africa, and for world leaders to scale up international support of the Just Transitions in the developing world.
President Ramaphosa stressed the need for a fundamental transformation and modernisation of the global financial architecture and reform of the multilateral development banks to make them fit-for-purpose in supporting Sustainable Development and Just Transitions.
The PCC participated at COP27 in the fifth South African Pavilion (partnership between the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) and National Business Initiative), which showcased the collaboration between government and business in responding to the climate change crisis and provided an excellent platform to showcase the country’s efforts towards co-creating and implementing a Just Transition.
PCC ON CONTINUING RESPONSE MEASURES THE KWAZULU NATAL FLOODS
The PCC considered an assessment report of to the April-May 2022 floods that struck the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province which led to loss of lives and livelihoods, displacement of people, extensive damage to infrastructure and disruption of services.
The assessment reaffirmed that the province has historically been subject to several flood events, is predicted to experience a variety of climate change scenarios and given its socio-economic and environmental features, is perceived to be vulnerable to a range of climate risks.
The commission noted that the substantial interest from various role-players in addressing climate risks within the province and the country alike and called for collaboration to be leveraged for co-developing solutions to the climate change scenarios that threaten lives, livelihoods and environmental (built and natural) integrity in KZN.
The PCC noted the critical role played by non-governmental organisations and civil society in the province in terms of empowering communities towards livelihood resilience to climate impacts, climate change awareness, climate smart agriculture, as well as flood and drought relief.
The PCC called for political will and action impetus supported by significant financial resources to implement climate change response, and support for other critical intervention for resilience and adaptive capacity, the upgrading and maintenance of key infrastructure, and broadly responding to challenges, such as high unemployment levels, intense load shedding, and rising cost of living.
Issued by the Presidential Climate Commission