Power Poverty: Energy Injustice in South Africa

Authors

  • Jane Carruthers University of South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-2860

Abstract

Dependence on coal, rolling blackouts, air pollution, and land scarred by mining are the factors that contribute to Jane Carruthers definition of power poverty. Her article provides a historical overview of the challenges thwarting a transition to renewable energy as South African activists gather force and international organizations convene to address climate change.

Author Biography

  • Jane Carruthers, University of South Africa

    Jane Carruthers is professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of South Africa. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Jane’s current research interests lie in the history of science in South Africa. Her most recent project is a collection of essays edited with Graeme Wynn and Nancy Jacobs, Environment, Power, and Justice: Southern African Histories (2022). Jane is an Honorary Carson Fellow and was chair of the RCC Advisory Board in 2009–15.

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Published

13-12-2022

Issue

No. 2 (2022)

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