Youth March for Climate Justice ahead of Youth Day in Cape Town Under the banner of the African Climate Alliance (@ACA_YOUTH), South African school children will be protesting again on Friday 14th June, ahead of Youth Day, asking adults and leaders to take steps to protect their future from climate and ecological breakdown. In early [...]
Project 90 by 2030, together with partner organisation 350 Africa collaborated on an infographic in order to drive home the effects and consequences of climate change on the economy in our country: JOB LOSSES Climate change will lead to job losses, specifically in the following sectors: agriculture, tourism and energy. Tourism affects over 722 000 [...]
Thando speaks SMART Citizens in Action It has been a very exciting few months in Community Partnership Programme since the second iteration of the SMART Citizens In Action project has kicked off. Community members who had all but believed that they do not have the skills and tools needed to improve their material conditions are [...]
A group of civil society organisations has issued a challenge for Government to set itself decisive climate change objectives. The challenge was delivered during a media briefing held in Cape Town on 30 Jan, hosted by Project 90 by 2030 “Climate change poses an immediate and far reaching threat to people and communities worldwide and [...]
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAPE TOWN, Western Cape, Wednesday 9 January, 2019 NERSA PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD ON REQUESTED ESKOM TARIFF HIKES ESKOM is requesting an additional 15% tariff increase for the next three financial years, amounting to a 45% price hike for consumers. If a household currently spends R500/month on electricity, the [...]
On 4 October 2018, Project 90 by 2030 held Public Participation Workshops with a group of concerned community leaders from Nyanga, Hillview, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha to discuss the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2018) and how the various proposed scenarios could affect their daily lives. It was clear from comments made that the current and rising [...]
Project 90 by 2030 is a non-profit organisation (NPO) established in 2007, which aims to increase awareness around energy and climate change and inspire necessary low-carbon action to be taken by Government and Civil Society sectors in South Africa. We understand that a Government- Civil Society Partnership, with both parties actively contributing, is essential for [...]
Kendal Power Station, July 2018 (Photo: groundWork) Eskom has once again announced that it will not meet pollution standards for 14 of its coal power stations. Read the Background Information Document here. Although Eskom has already been given permission to postpone its compliance with the Air Quality Act’s minimum emission standards, and despite overwhelming evidence [...]
Creating a low-carbon future for all South Africans On 3 July 2018, Project 90 by 2030 attended one of a series of Provincial Stakeholder Engagement Workshop at which all stakeholders and interested parties were able to comment on the National Climate Change Bill. We attended meetings where other stakeholders present included the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), [...]
On 25 April 2018, Project 90 by 2030 hosted the Just Energy Transition Roundtable Discussion in Cape Town. Facilitated by Megan Euston-Brown, the Speakers were: Dr. Neil Overy, an independent researcher for Project 90, who delivered his presentation on "The Role of Ownership in a Just Energy Transition"; Karien Erasmus, climate-change advisor to Promethium [...]
