CLIMATE EDUCATION: South Africa's Tshilidzi Marwala Says Big Big Challenge Is How His Nation Moves Away from Coal
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- South Africa ranks 7th in the world for coal consumption. About 80% of the country's electricity comes from coal. South Africa has pledged to phase coal out. In a new episode of the acclaimed Net Zero series, Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg and former Deputy Chairperson of the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, discusses with youth Climate Activist Mphathesithe Mkhize the challenges South Africa is facing in reaching its Net Zero commitments and the solutions being explored. "We are considered the continent's worst polluters," says Marwala. "We must make the changes needed to keep our planet safe. The big big challenge is HOW do we move away from coal?"