LETTER: 2021’s Sona must address climate change and a UBI
Cyril Ramaphosa needs to commit to to net-zero emissions by 2050 and put money into the hands of hungry people
I hope President Cyril Ramaphosa embraces Business Day columnist Peter Attard Montalto’s suggestion for the state of the nation address (Sona). (“Putting a just energy transition at centre of Sona would be a winner (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2021-01-31-peter-attard-montalto-putting-a-just-energy-transition-at-centre-of-sona-would-be-a-winner/),” January 31.)
Indeed, the idea may already have occurred to him, as it would not be his first reference to a just transition, though the precedent was too vague to carry real weight. There will need to be some substantive detail, not just framing rhetoric, to be convincing enough to mobilise the investor confidence so craved by his finance minister...
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