A New Approach to Environmental, Social and Governance Policies is Needed Before It’s too Late
This summer has proven how destructive climate change can be. We have been plagued by harrowing images of Maui, Hawaii in ashes, news about wildfires spreading smoke across Canada and the United States and record-breaking heat waves worldwide.
It’s clear we are facing a crisis on a planetary scale, requiring immediate political, social and economic action.
South Africa’s Economic Growth Affected By Mismatch Of Electricity Supply and Demand
South Africa’s electricity sector has faced a series of challenges over the last two decades. It started with inadequate grid infrastructure to provide electricity to the majority of the South African population in the 1990s. In 1994, only 36% of total households were electrified; 50% of the urban population and 12% of the rural population.
Particularly in the middle of the 2000s, the national utility, Eskom, ran into liquidity and profitability problems. It received frequent government bailouts. The 2022 national budget allocated R21.9 billion (about US$1.5 billion) to Eskom.
Indonesia’s Clean Energy Transition Must Start With Clean Rivers (commentary)
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry said in July 2021 that 59% of Indonesia’s rivers are heavily polluted to the point that they no longer support living organisms. Only 8.9% of the country’s rivers have a light pollution level that allows for plants and living creatures to endure.