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Impact of climate change on South Africa's mining industry, what …

Responding to climate change responsibly, presents significant opportunities for positive disruption across the sector, and a just transition in South Africa and the broader continent. According to Minerals Council South Africa, in 2022, the mining sector contributed …

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Decarbonising the South African Mining Sector

South Africa's mining sector is a key socio-economic contributor. To remain competitive globally, it will need to decarbonise, respond to shifting value pools, and adapt to local climate change impacts – while ensuring a Just …

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South Africa: The 'polluter pays' principle – Ezulwini Mining …

South Africa: The 'polluter pays' principle – Ezulwini Mining Company (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others (2023) ZASCA. ... 24 July 2024 – The South African Climate Change Act 2022 was published on 23 July 2024 but will only come into operation on a date fixed by the President.

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Mining and climate change: A review and framework for analysis

Robust planning for mine closure is crucial for minimising negative environmental impacts and ensuring a positive post-mining legacy. Even though climate is an important factor in the design and management of most post-mine landscape features, general understanding of the multi-facetted nature of climate change risks to mine closure outcomes is limited.

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UNDP South Africa Launches Report on the Just …

The Just Energy Transition (JET) is a critical component of South Africa's climate strategy. This transition involves transforming the nation's energy systems to achieve net-zero carbon emissions while ensuring fairness, equity, …

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Climate change: the impact on the mining sector

There is clearly growing concern about changing weather patterns and climate stability, and the effect on the consistency of future water supplies. Most research, mine design, planning, and …

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Climate change adaptation in South Africa: a case study on the …

Abstract Background. Globally, the response to climate change is gradually gaining momentum as the impacts of climate change unfold. In South Africa, it is increasingly apparent that delays in responding to climate change over the past decades have jeopardized human life and livelihoods.

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Climate Change and South Africa: A Critical Analysis of the

For these developing countries, climate change adaptation must remain in the forefront of sustainable development. 4 South Africa is considered a significant contributor in terms of global emissions, partly owing to South Africa's mining resources and exploration thereof. vi South Africa is playing an important role in international climate ...

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Coal mining and environmental sustainability in South Africa: …

ronmental eects of coal mining in South Africa in rela-tion to the mediating role of institutions. Although South Africa is one of the African continent's economic giants, its environmental attributes are unsatisfactory. South Africa, which produced CO2 emissions of 0.46GT in 2018, or 1% of all global emissions, is far and away the greatest ...

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South Africa's energy transition – Unraveling its political economy

The 20 in-depth semi-structured expert interviews with 21 actors associated with the energy and mining sectors in South Africa were conducted between August 24, 2020 and December 20, 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all interviews were conducted via Zoom. ... South Africa's National Climate Change Bill aims for the country to transition ...

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Mining and climate change: A review and framework for analysis

Conceptual framework of the categories of relationships between climate change and mining. The point labelled "1" represents a relationship in which climate change directly affects mining activity, while in 2, mining activity contributes directly to climate change. ... (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) member countries.

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Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change.

The impact of climate change on agriculture and food production is clear: the sector will suffer. Here's what needs to be done. ... Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change ...

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Renewable energy investments in South Africa: Potentials and …

In the face of climate change, South Africa's Just Transition strategy aims to ensure a high standard of living for all citizens. The National Just Transition Framework, which was developed as part of a multi-stakeholder engagement led by the Presidential Commission on Climate Change (PCC) and built on the Just Transition clause in Chapter 5 of ...

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Major climate change-induced risks to human health in South Africa

South Africa is facing major health challenges due to the impact of changes in the climate occurring at the present time and into the future. These issues come on top of the adverse socio-economic conditions experienced by many people in the country which relate to factors such as poverty, poor housing, malnutrition, limited access to medical facilities and the highest …

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The impact of carbon regulation on the mining industry

South Africa ratified the Paris Agreement in November 2016 and, in terms of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), committed to a peak, plateau and decline GHG emissions trajectory range, which is estimated to range between 398 and 614 Mt carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-eq) by 2025 and 2030. ... With the acute global focus on climate ...

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Information and communication technology and climate change …

The mining sector is a significant contributor to the gross domestic product of many global economies. Given the increasing trends in climate-induced disasters and the growing desire to find lasting solutions, information and communication technology (ICT) has been introduced into the climate change …

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South Africa's Miners Addressing Climate Change Challenges

South African mining is facing increased pressure to address its environmental impact and carbon footprint, with roughly ZAR 264 billion annually in mining sales at risk from …

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Unpacking the South African Climate Change Act

The Climate Change Act, as endorsed by the President, is intended to enable the alignment of policies that influence South Africa's climate change response to ensure that South Africa's transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy and society is …

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The impact of the Climate Change Act on the mining industry

The Climate Change Act provides for various mechanisms aimed at mitigating South Africa's carbon emissions while supporting a just transition to a sustainable, climate …

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South Africa's climate battle: mining district exposes gaps in

In South Africa, the new 2024 Climate Change Act requires local governments to plan responses to global warming. These local authorities should find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions where ...

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Mining's green revolution: South Africa's energy transition …

South Africa's mineral and energy complex stands at a crucial crossroads as global demands shift towards green energy. This analysis explores how the country's mining sector can transform from ...

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Assessing coal mine closures and mining community …

The mining industry has led the way in taking advantage of this change in legislation and now has a pipeline of 89 self-generation projects of 6.5 GW (95% solar) at 29 mining companies with a project value exceeding R100 billion …

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South Africa: CO2 Country Profile

In discussions on climate change, we tend to focus on carbon dioxide (CO 2) – the most dominant greenhouse gas produced by the burning of fossil fuels, industrial production, and land use change. But CO 2 is not the only greenhouse gas that is driving global climate change. There are a number of others – methane, nitrous oxide, and trace ...

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Gold mining, climate change, and Africa's transition

In South Africa, for example, where gold mining's emissions are rooted in its connectivity to a largely coal-powered grid, the sector's ability to influence government policy to allow ...

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"The Green Mining Value Chain" | South Africa

According to a recent World Bank Group report "Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition", approximately 3 billion tons of minerals and metals will be required to deploy the renewable energy …

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Digging for change: South African industry climate change

However, the processes involved in mining can also contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change and other forms of pollution that exacerbate climate change. The South African mining industry is a significant contributor to …

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The Just Transition and the Coal Mining Sector in …

South Africa is under pressure to do the same, as the world's seventh largest coal producer and the fourteenth biggest CO2 emitter. In addition, South Africa is going to experience greater temperature increases than the global average …

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The impact of the Climate Change Act on the mining sector

The Climate Change Act 22 of 2024 (Act) was signed into law on 23 July 2024, which represents a keydevelopment in the country's ongoing commitment to tackling environmental consequences from climatechange. Although its date of commencement still awaits proclamation in the Government Gazette,industry stakeholders must take note of the Act's …

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Mining and climate change – Opportunity and risk

Mining and climate change. ... In this case the change-in-law event is the imposition of new (carbon) tax in South Africa. Market risk: it is very likely that demand for coal will, over time, curtail as greater emphasis is placed on renewable energies. In this instance, a coal supplier might consider allying itself with the rapid development of ...

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Life-Changing Quarry Mining Shatters Lives in Zimbabwe

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 26 2025 (IPS) - On Christmas Day in 2022, 27-year-old Thabani Dlodlo's eight-year-old son drowned in a flooded pit dug up by quarry miners in the vicinity of Pumula North, a high-density suburb in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city. As if that was not enough, just a week after New Year's Day the following year, Dlodlo's neighbor, …

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