Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP)
Daily Round-up | Colombian government and ELN to begin talks in Caracas & other stories
In today’s episode, we take a look at stories of the upcoming peace talks in Colombia, protests in Sri Lanka demanding the release of youth activists, and criticism of South Africa’s energy transition deal
“South Africa’s ‘Just’ Transition climate deal with the west is a betrayal of the working class”
South Africa is set to implement an $8.5bn plan funded by western countries to transition from coal-based energy to renewables. The country’s biggest union NUMSA has warned this plan will only intensify privatization while burdening South Africans with debt and poverty.
- Communists celebrate 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazis at Stalingrad
- Israeli occupation forces kill at least five Palestinians in a refugee camp in Jericho
- Sudan and Israel announce plans for a peace deal
- Massive workers’ rallies across UK defend the right to strike
- Iran blames Israel for last week’s attack on Isfahan military site
