South Africa is a major carbon and sulphur emitter as it continues to rely heavily on coal-fired power stations and a centralised power utility.“The destruction was not simply appalling, it was apocalyptic, make no mistake when we see those images, we are not just seeing damage. We are seeing the future, if we do not act now. This is not a climate talk summit. We have had enough talk. This is not a climate negotiating summit, because we don’t negotiate with nature.
“ I’m aware that in a week or two, the cabinet will be discussing its IRP, which is the Integrated Resource Plan on energy and will be adopting its policy framework in that regard. We are fully conversant with the fact that SA is one of the significant emitters because of our reliance on coal. We have a dilemma in that we have large deposits of coal as a natural resource in our country.
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