Saliem Fakir - Low Carbon Future
International climate change bargaining disappointing
By: Saliem Fakir 17th July 2015 Scientific persuasion could not be more compelling than the growing evidence that climate change and variability pose the greatest threat to... →
Delinking from the minerals sector
By: Saliem Fakir 3rd July 2015 Minerals and energy resources will continue to play an important role in South Africa’s economy. It is what South Africa does that will determine... →
We should stop building big power plants. Period!
By: Saliem Fakir 5th June 2015 The current crisis at at power utility Eskom is a result of policy decisions made during and after apartheid. Faulty energy paradigms, political... →
Engel’s Curve and the pollution question
By: Saliem Fakir 3rd April 2015 Pollution remains one of the challenging issues for many emerging economies. They want growth and development before worrying about dealing with... →
New approach to mining needed
By: Saliem Fakir 13th March 2015 There is a need for a more holistic view of mining than the current compliance mode of governance. By holistic, one means working on the full... →
US shale extraction and the mirage that was
20th February 2015 Unconventional reserves, unlike cheap conventional sources, remain vulnerable to market conditions, technology and geological characteristics.... →
Renewables-related job creation
By: Saliem Fakir 30th January 2015 Most jobs in renewables are created during installation. This is not different from constructing a soccer stadium or building the next Carlton... →
What to do about the South African economy
By: Saliem Fakir 23rd January 2015 Improving the performance of, and labour participation in, the primary sectors of the South African and the manufacturing sector should be... →
Denmark’s green technology export thrust
By: Saliem Fakir 7th November 2014 I was invited by the Danish Embassy in South Africa to undertake a study tour of the Nordic country with fellow South Africans. There were 12 of us... →
South Africa in the Brics – opportunity or a lost cause?
By: Saliem Fakir 3rd October 2014 The Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) meeting held in Fortaleza, Brazil, in July, ended with the establishment of the Brics... →
