TIPS FORUM 2022
Towards a Just Transition
The Role of Industrial Policy
PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS
DAY ONE: 1 AUGUST 2022
OPENING SESSION
Moderator: Baba-Tamana Gqubane
Opening and context of the conference: Saul Levin (TIPS)
Welcome: Fiona Tregenna (SARChI, UJ)
Keynote address: Nomfundo Tshabalala (DG, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment)SESSION 1: MACROECONOMIC POLICY AS A TRANSFORMATIVE TOOL TOWARDS A JUST TRANSITION
Moderator: Seeraj Mohamed
- Presentation: The macroeconomic risks and opportunities of a transition to a low-carbon economy for South Africa
Aalia Cassim, Roderick Crompton, David Francis, Michael Sachs, Julia Taylor, Imraan Valodia - Presentation: Financialisation of non-financial corporations in South Africa
Antonio Andreoni, Nishal Robb, Sophie van Huellen - Presentation: Sarthak Shukla, Aishwarya Sharma, Kumer Singh
- Documentary video: Voices from under a dark cloud - Towards a just transition in the coalfields of South Africa
SESSION 2: INDUSTRIAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS TO COUNTER CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
Moderator: Elvis Avenyo
- Presentation: Climate change policies and trade - Implications for industrial policy in South Africa
Jason Bell, Sumayya Goga, Nishal Robb - Presentation: Technology-based industrialisation amid balance-of-payment constraints - Evidence from Morocco and Tunisia
Rex Asiama - Presentation: Industrial policy for recycling - The case of the renewable energy sector in South Africa
Katrina Lehmann-Grube, Patrick Lehmann- Grube - Presentation: Green hydrogen for industry and the challenges for an entrepreneurial-regulatory state
Antonio Andreoni, Simon Roberts
SESSION 3: ADAPTION STRATEGIES FOR A JUST TRANSITION
Moderator: Rendani Mamphiswana
- Presentation: Climage change adaption, resilience and just transition
Safiyyah Aboo - Presentation: Promoting green and inclusive industrial development
Johannes Mabela - Presentation: A strategy for SMME participation in the renewable energy industry
Cabanga Moyo - Presentation: Mapping sectors for high employment and low carbon growth in South Africa
Nicola Wills
SESSION 4: POLITICAL ECONOMY DIMENSIONS OF THE JUST TRANSITION
Moderator: Basani Baloyi
- Presentation: A paradox of dependence and affectedness - A decolonial analysis of environmental justice and coal-phase out in South Africa
Kholofelo Moeng - Presentation: A tale of life and death - The coal value chain’s impacts on local communities in South Africa
Lerato Monaisa, Gaylor Montmasson-Clair - Paper: Promoting participatory green industrial development - Lessons from the Atlantis Special Economic Zone Community Stakeholder Network
Julia Hampton, Michael Webster
DAY TWO: 2 AUGUST 2022
SESSION 5: IDENTIFYING THE BLIND SPOTS OF THE JUST TRANSITION
Moderator: Muhammed Patel
- Presentation: The unjust impact of domestic political economies and global geopolitics on South Africa’s energy transition
Mike Muller, Sean Muller - Presentation: Creating employment and reducing emissions: Options for South Africa
Anthony Black, Harald Winkler - Presentation: Integrating just transition into sustainability reporting
Clémence McNulty
SESSION 6: ADAPTION STRATEGIES FOR A JUST TRANSITION
Moderator: Kaemete Tsotetsi
- Presentation: Blue hydrogen as an interim phase of the just transition - Is it a feasible proposition for South Africa?
David Walwyn - Presentation: Determinants of digital technologies’ adoption in South African manufacturing - Evidence from a firm-level survey
Elvis Avenyo, Jason Bell, Julius Nyamwena - Presentation: An analysis of the Secunda coal-to liquids facility in the context of South Africa's energy transition
Caitlin Bergh
SESSION 7: ADAPTION STRATEGIES FOR A JUST TRANSITION
Moderator: Khodani Mulaudzi
- Presentation: Public employment programmes and inclusive economic growth opportunities - Promoting a just transition through public entrepreneurship, a case of the City of Cape Town
Masibulele Zonyana - Presentation: Leveraging EPWP for an inclusive just transition - Improving labour market conditions for youth in the green economy through city-led partnerships
Mamokete Modiba, Olga Koma - Presentation: Just transition in South Africa - The case for a gender just approach
Nokwanda Maseko - Presentation: Promoting a gender inclusive green economy - A case study of the Atlantis Greentech Special Economic Zone'd skills development programme
Nontsikelelo Mngqibisa
PLENNARY SESSION
Moderator: Neva Makgetla
Closing Panel Discussion
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS)
Lauren Hermanus (ADAPT)
Rudi Dicks (The Presidency)
Lauren Hermanus (ADAPT)
Rudi Dicks (The Presidency)
Closing
Saul Levin (TIPS)
Saul Levin (TIPS)