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A climate activist holds a placard as people call for climate justice resistance against oil and gas corporations and to end fossil fuels outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre during the Southern Africa Oil and Gas Conference in Cape Town, South Africa , September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo
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South Africa’s revised carbon tax to be harsher but with more offsets, Treasury says

South Africa is one of the world's top 15 greenhouse gas emitters and the only country in Africa with a carbon tax.

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles drive past the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference posters, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29 climate agenda clouded by trade tensions ahead of summit

China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue...

FILE PHOTO: A municipal worker attempts to unclog a flooded road in Newlands during heavy rains in Cape Town, South Africa, July 9, 2024. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo
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South Africa concerned Trump election will impact climate talks

Trump's election and the collapse of Germany's coalition government this week have come right before COP29.

FILE PHOTO: A bucket wheel excavator processes coal at the Phola Coal Processing Plant near Witbank, in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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European donors woo South Africa’s sceptical coal belt on green energy

European politicians and diplomats urge South Africa's coal communities to embrace renewables, promising support amid transition fears.

FILE PHOTO: A loader is seen at the Klipfontein Colliery near Balmoral, in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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Focus on coal miners, power grid as South Africa spends just sixth of climate aid

South Africa's $11.6B climate fund has spent $1.9B on grid expansion, coal transition, and green projects, sources said.

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are seen near the cooling towers of a retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom, near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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South Africa too slow to meet bold climate pledges, says report

Report commissioned into South Africa climate action by president says country is moving too slowly after strong commitments on cutting greenhouse gases.

FILE PHOTO: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures ahead of signing into law a national health bill that aims to provide universal coverage to South Africans, at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid carbon border tax

He said the economy would suffer unless the country reduces its dependency on coal.

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South Africa energy minister vows change with ‘aggressive’ renewables rollout

South Africa's new energy minister vowed to accelerate the shift to renewable energy from coal, breaking with a predecessor who opposed swift decarbonision...

Children play near a poster for the uMkhonto weSizwe party in the township Botleng in Delmas, South Africa May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
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In South Africa’s coal belt ANC heartland, voters defect en masse

With the ANC on track to get 42% of the vote in the election, the anger in its coal-mining belt hints as to...

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South Africa says climate targets on track if coal switch not delayed again

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s delay in taking coal-fired power stations offline will only harm its commitment to net-zero emissions...

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