We must act as one to overcome the following constraints:
- Reliance on carbon-emitting industries, energy generation and transport: reliance on extractive industries, coal-powered energy generation and motorised transport means that South Africa emits high levels of greenhouse gases.
- Insufficient nationally-determined contributions (NDCs): South Africa’s NDC’s, which outlines the country’s contribution to global efforts to fight climate change, is below what can be considered as the country’s fair-share contribution.
- Insufficient political urgency: climate change is not the focus of political action despite evidence proving that it is an immediate threat.