by Deborah Potts, King’s College London. An energy transition in South Africa which achieves improvements related to environmental problems like climate change and does this at the same time as furthering the aims of social and economic justice – i.e. a ‘just transition’ – can probably safely be described as
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Wicked problems, complex solutions? Urban transformations and energy provision in South Africa
by Federico Caprotti, Exeter University. A ‘wicked problem’ is generally understood to be one that is resistant to resolution, where goalposts shift, actors have different aims, and the problem itself shape-shifts and become difficult to define. In our project, we’re tackling an issue – energy provision in South African municipalities
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