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One pact shows how the G7 can support Africa s climate agenda

One of the more concrete outcomes of the COP26 climate change summit in November last year is South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). Under this plan, South Africa is to receive US$8.5 billion in grants and loans from the EU, France, Germany, the UK and the US to support its transition from coal-fired power plants to cleaner energy sources. Details of the JETP’s implementation are still scant, but the agreement already promises to be a template for how wealthy countries, the world’s largest historical emitters of greenhouse gases, can support the climate agenda of the lowest emitters, most of which

How the G-7 can support Africa s climate agenda

By Olumide Abimbola and Zainab UsmanBERLIN/WASHINGTON, DC One of the more concrete outcomes of last November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). Under this plan, South Africa will receive $8.5 billion in grants and loans from the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the European

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