This working paper calls for a Global South Debtors’ Coalition to drive structural transformation through coordinated action on debt, food, energy, and industry.
Africa's debt crisis is derailing development. A new report calls on the G20 to deliver real debt relief and reform the failing Common Framework.
This guide explores how fact-checking can strengthen storytelling by improving accuracy, credibility, and public trust. It presents fact-checking as a practical process that helps communicators, researchers, and advocates produce evidence-based content while identifying knowledge gaps that encourage further inquiry. Why…
Millions of working-age South Africans qualify for the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, yet less than half receive it, worsening poverty. The IEJ's research uncovers the reasons and proposes urgent reforms.
South Africa is preparing to update its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets for 2030–2035 as part of its commitments under the Paris Agreement. To support this process, the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) convened a series of stakeholder consultations to ensure…
Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) play a critical role in scaling climate finance to support South Africa's Just Energy Transition. Learn how reforms in governance, lending, and capitalisation can drive inclusive and sustainable growth.
South Africa's worker-centric climate response focuses on equitable fiscal policies, state-led financing, and a climate response fund to ensure a just transition, addressing both climate challenges and socio-economic equity.
South Africa's Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) must prioritise just transition finance to support renewable manufacturing, affordable housing, and adaptation infrastructure, ensuring a fair and sustainable transition for workers.
This policy brief examines the role of DFIs in climate finance mobilisation, focusing on localisation and worker transitions. Using South Africa's IDC as a case study, it highlights challenges and proposes reforms for equitable green transitions.
South Africa must adopt an assertive fiscal policy to address climate change, mobilising domestic resources for renewable energy, carbon pricing, and a climate response fund to ensure equity and worker-centric transitions.