Energy Transition in Africa’s Cities
Project name:
Energy Transition in Africa’s Cities
Project partners:
African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, World Resources Institute; Nina Callaghan, Dr Ricardo (Ric) Amansure, Merin Jacobs, Alboricah Bathupetsane
Funders:
National Research Foundation
Project period:
2023 to 2028
Project outputs:
Two PhD candidates enrolled at any one time; tow MPhil students enrolled at any one time; four conference papers per annum at international conferences; two journal articles per annum, one book, and several opinion editorials.
Project Description
Africa is the only world region where an urban transition is underway that must take place during an era when there are severe constraints on carbon emissions. All other regions were free to burn fossil fuels to drive urbanisation and development. If Africa replicates this mode of development, none of the climate targets agreed at the UNFCCC Conference in Paris will be achieved. It therefore follows that the world has an interest in Africa find a low-carbon energy transition pathway. This will largely be achieved where energy consumption is due to increase dramatically, namely in Africa’s cities. This project will focus on urban innovations across Africa that fuse together developmental targets with low carbon energy solutions.
