South Africa Unveils Job Plan Amid Coal Phase-Out Backlash
- Government unit will match projects with climate finance
- Country’s $9.3 billion climate pact opposed by coal unions
Coal on rail transit in Middelburg, South Africa.
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South Africa rolled out a plan to create new jobs as it struggles to counter criticism that its shift away from the use of coal will devastate communities dependent on the fuel for their livelihoods.
The country on Friday unveiled its Just Energy Transition Partnership Funding Platform, which is designed to match money from a $9.3 billion climate finance pact with some of the world’s richest nations, with projects. Many of those are expected to be in the country’s coal-belt province, Mpumalanga.