WATCH: Incoherent policy a risk to climate funding, warn environmental groups

Business Day TV spoke to Denene Erasmus, Energy Writer at Business Day

Eskom’s Duvha coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga. Picture: SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS
Eskom’s Duvha coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga. Picture: SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

While the world eyes net-zero emissions by 2050 necessitating a move away from the use of fossil fuels, SA’s ministers of public enterprises and of electricity are tussling over the decommissioning of Eskom’s coal-fired power stations.

Environmental groups have warned that incoherent policy in this regard poses a risk to the country’s climate funding.

Business Day TV spoke to Denene Erasmus, Energy Writer at Business Day for more details.

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