Just Transition to a Decarbonised Economy for South Africa (JUST SA)

The project supports the implementation of pathways towards an environmentally sustainable, climate-change resilient, low-carbon economy and just society. At the national level, the project supports the multi-level stakeholder dialogue set up by the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) on Just Transition, ensuring an inclusive and results-oriented process. At regional level, the project assists the Mpumalanga provincial government in formulating a concrete, sustainable and just green economy transition plan for a diversified regional economy, which covers skills pathway development and finance mechanisms. At the local level, the project implements the plan, pilots and scales up in selected municipalities of Mpumalanga and private sector action is incentivised. Furthermore, mine rehabilitation is addressed with a focus on mine water treatment through research, policy implementation and community engagement. Lessons learnt are fed back into the dialogue process.

Project data

Countries: South Africa
IKI funding: 15,000,000.00 €
Duration: 06/2022 till 08/2027
Status: open
Implementing organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Political Partner: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) - South Africa
Implementing Partner: The GreenCape Sector Development Agency

National Business Initiative - South Africa

Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - South Africa

Youth Employment Services (YES)

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State of implementation/results

A high-level launch event was held on 14 March 2023. The event provided an opportunity for approximately 150 selected local stakeholders, government representatives (among others South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy), academia, and representatives of the donor community to exchange and learn about the project.
The JUST SA consortium partner Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency participated at the International Cleantech Network (ICN) Annual Meeting in Vancouver in 2023 The ICN is an exclusive network of 19 cleantech clusters in the world's leading cleantech regions, aiming to generate new business opportunities, enhance competitive advantages and create value for companies, knowledge institutions, and local authorities across cluster regions. The meeting led to new opportunities for collaboration and support from the international network, including an agreement for the next annual meeting to be held in Mpumalanga.

Latest Update:
08/2024