- By 2035, SA wants to keep greenhouse gases between 320 and 380 million tons of CO₂-equivalent.
- That’s 20% lower than the target set in 2021.
- Long-term goal: Net-zero CO₂ by 2050 — now written in clear black and white.
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Purpose
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Amount
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|---|---|
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Clean energy & cutting emissions
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R3.47 trillion
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Adapting to climate shocks
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R250 billion
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TOTAL
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R3.7 trillion
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VIEWPOINT-South Africa Agriculture's Cautious Rebound in Q3 2025
- Floods wrecked KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, and Western Cape.
- Heatwaves broke records in the Northern Cape.
- Droughts hit farms hard.
- Storms slammed Gauteng.
- Wildfires tore through the Western Cape.
- It builds on the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JET-P) — a $8.5 billion deal from 2021 to green the power grid.
- Two new tools:
- Climate Change Response Fund — to pool local and foreign cash.
- Just Adaptation Plan (JAR-IP) — to fund local flood walls, drought-proof farms, etc.
Carbon Tax got tougher.
New energy plan (IRP 2025) adds 44 GW of solar and wind by 2035.
- Much clearer and more detailed than the 2021 version.
- Net-zero by 2050 is now a real promise.
- New section on “loss and damage” — SA can now ask the world to pay for climate harm.
- The 2035 pollution target is too weak.
- Science says it should be 248–329 million tons, not 320–380.
- Going slow hurts the economy just as much as rushing.
- Weak targets scare off investors and kill green job opportunities
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