Research presented at a seminar in Johannesburg, on Friday, suggests that a shift is needed in peoples’ view of coal as a source of energy, jobs and foreign exchange, to coal as a driver of inequality, social dislocation and environmental damage; however, this will require collaboration. The seminar was held by the Society, Works and Politics (Swop) Institute, and was titled “A Just Transition from coal: implications for coal workers and coal-affected communities”.
