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What role for social policies in the framework of the just transition in South Africa?

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  • Wendy Annecke
  • Peta Wolpe

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This paper explores the extent to which social policies in South Africa might serve as mechanisms to enhance the transition to a low carbon economy and contribute to mitigating some of the negative impacts towards ensuring a holistic and just transition. It attempts to contribute to the fluid and contested nature of the debate on a just transition in South Africa by mapping the entrenched historical implications of coal use, overlaying these with a description of some of the policies developed to address energy and climate change and analysing the extent to which current social protection policies, designed to facilitate well-being, might be harnessed towards a more equitable society and a just transition.

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  • Wendy Annecke & Peta Wolpe, 2022. "What role for social policies in the framework of the just transition in South Africa?," Working Paper 7e67272e-9d99-4780-9d59-7, Agence française de développement.
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