South Africa

SDG localization baseline

SEI report / Local actors drive change and advance the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Time to lead: priorities for the G20 on the eve of COP26

Perspective / The authors present four priorities for the G20 to contribute its "fair share", both in terms of mitigation effort and finance.

Q&A: Financing source-to-sea action for a sustainable blue economy

Perspective / The source-to-sea approach is necessary to address the water and climate crisis and strong cooperation between different actors is key.

How can socio-economic transitions be better managed? Lessons from four historical cases of industrial transition

SEI report / This report analyses how four cities transitioned away from carbon-intensive economies and the lessons that can be applied to future deindustrialization.

Experiences of the deaf, blind, and deafblind in sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

SEI brief / This SEI discussion brief examines the impacts of the pandemic on the deaf, blind and deaf-blind communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Collapse of the Free State Goldfields, South Africa: lessons from industrial transitions

SEI brief / This brief examines the downturn of gold mining in the Free State province, part of a series that aims to provide lessons for ongoing and future transitions.

The Carbon Inequality Era

Other publication / This paper draws on new data examining the starkly different global distribution of carbon consumption emissions among individuals from 1990 to 2015 and beyond.

Insights from historical cases of transition: background paper for the EBRD just transition initiative

Other publication / This paper distils insights into how societal transitions impact people, economies and the environment, with a focus on the green economy transition.

Inclusive climate-resilient transport in Africa

Project / Meeting the mobility needs of disadvantaged groups in a changing climate.