Organized in partnership with InvestSA and the DTIC, this webinar by Sustainable Energy for All deep-dives into South Africa as an investment destination for renewable energy manufacturing showcasing opportunities, policy and institutional landscape and competitiveness assessments. The webinar convenes representatives from government, industry, financing institutions and development partners to identify key actions needed to translate South Africa’s visions into investments, including on infrastructure development, trade policy and incentive design, investment mobilization and demand creation policies. The webinar also showcases the opportunity for South Africa’s G20 Presidency to place centre-stage the green industrialization agenda and present a pathway for the Global South looking to concurrently advance climate action, energy transition and industrialization.
Guiding questions
- What are the key opportunities in South Africa’s renewable energy and e-mobility manufacturing sector and how is the government looking to attract investments?
- How competitive is local manufacturing in South Africa and what measures can government take to facilitate the development of local and regional supply chains?
- What are the main asks from the international and local private sector in terms of policy support, incentives, and infrastructure to accelerate renewable energy manufacturing?
- What specific financial mechanisms or incentives could be developed to advance South Africa’s renewable energy manufacturing sector? How can climate financing and just transition programmes effectively support such efforts?
- How can South Africa’s renewable energy value chains be better integrated into regional and global supply chains, and what trade policies and financial tools are necessary to enable this?
- How can South Africa’s G20 Presidency catalyze investments, partnerships and cooperation necessary for green value chain development in the Global South?
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