ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
Steve Tshwete Local Municipality, situated in South Africa's coal belt, faces challenges in transitioning to a low-carbon economy while maintaining fairness, equity, and community support. The municipality needs to develop the capacity, policy framework, and practical projects required to navigate the just transition, manage the socio-economic impacts of reducing fossil fuel dependence, and unlock financial resources for sustainable development.
Read more Read less- Capacity built within the municipality to enable the just transition. - Policy/ planning changes enacted in the municipality to enable the just transition. - Just transition projects developed to a point that the municipality can engage with potential funders/ donors/ DFIs to enable further pre-feasibility and feasibility work on them.
Read more Read lessICLEI Africa is supporting Steve Tshwete Local Municipality in its transition away from coal dependence through a collaborative project aimed at building the municipality’s capacity to lead a fair and equitable just transition. The project is working to: (a) build capacity in the municipality to tackle the just transition in a way that is fair, equitable and just; (b) enable policy change via the co-development of a just transition focused chapter within the core municipal policy document (the IDP); (c) co-develop a methodology for the identification and development of just transition projects; (d) co-develop 3 concept notes on 3 prioritised just transition projects, to assist the municipality in unlocking finance for the implementation of such; and (e) hosting an Investment Summit/ Workshop where municipal officials will engage with potential donors/ banks/ DFIs that they can work with in taking their just transition projects to the next stage(s) of bankability.
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