Thank you
House Chairperson, let me start off by saying that our commitment as a country to international conventions is unquestionable. So, the question, therefore, about our policy as a department as to whether they comply with the scientific consensus, yes, they do. Every time we develop a policy, we take into account the effect of climate change.
The department's policy position is to give due regard for South Africa's current realities of its energy sources. Transitioning into various other forms require careful approach which should be done in a just transition. That is what just transition is talking to. A just transition is a policy adopted in internationally conventions, taking into account that the development level of the various countries is not the same. So, our development stage is that we are at a stage that should not be compared to Europe, which is fully developed. We are at a lower level of development. When we develop policies, we take that into account.