Saliem Fakir - Low Carbon Future
Why SA should not install new nuclear capacity
By: Saliem Fakir 11th October 2019 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has reopened the debate on whether or not South Africa requires nuclear power or not. He has... →
How science has lost its touch
By: Saliem Fakir 30th August 2019 These days, feelings matter more than facts, despite Hans Roslings’ plea for 'factfulness'. It is not the reasonableness of the argument or... →
Climate change and the future of food production in Africa
By: Saliem Fakir 2nd August 2019 The International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) is the highest scientific body on climate change that provides perhaps the best scientific... →
Acclimatising physical infrastructure to extreme weather events
By: Saliem Fakir 21st June 2019 Acclimatising conventional infrastructure to extreme weather Climate change and extreme weather patterns are already a factor in infrastructure and... →
Conservation as cost
By: Saliem Fakir 7th June 2019 The conservation movement has been around for a long time. In its modern version, it can be traced to the curiosity of early explorers like Darwin,... →
Independent power producers and Weet-Bix
By: Saliem Fakir 19th April 2019 There is a vociferous attack on independent power producers (IPPs) and renewables in South Africa, despite the energy crisis that the country is... →
Reflection on proposed splitting of Eskom
By: Saliem Fakir 15th March 2019 The mere mention of the splitting of State-owned electricity utility Eskom into three parts invikes the conclusion that it is a Trojan horse for... →
Building sustainable economies through good governance of extractives industry
By: Saliem Fakir 1st March 2019 A pertinent question remains unanswered: Can mining economies lead to sustainable economies? This is an appropriate question to ask in the context... →
The Eskom quagmire
By: Saliem Fakir 1st February 2019 As we enter the year 2019, State-owned electricity utility Eskom, once a success story of South Africa's industrialisation programme, is now an... →
Reflections on global conventions in a postliberal order
By: Saliem Fakir 18th January 2019 I was in Sharm-El Shaik, Egypt, in November at a gathering of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of the Conference of the Parties (COP).... →
