Climate Politics
South African State Climate Body Slams National Energy Plan
- Plan doesn’t address energy crisis, air quality concerns
- Climate Commission urges significant changes to plan
A coal-to-liquids plant in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission said the energy ministry has an inadequate plan to tackle the country’s power supply crisis and its lack of attention to air quality and climate change puts it in conflict with the law and international agreements.