Saliem Fakir - Low Carbon Future
Carbon tax – some pragmatism is needed
By: Saliem Fakir 7th August 2015 The furore over the carbon tax that is playing itself out in public and behind closed doors is leading to an impasse. From the submissions made to... →
International climate change bargaining disappointing
By: Saliem Fakir 17th July 2015 Scientific persuasion could not be more compelling than the growing evidence that climate change and variability pose the greatest threat to... →
Delinking from the minerals sector
By: Saliem Fakir 3rd July 2015 Minerals and energy resources will continue to play an important role in South Africa’s economy. It is what South Africa does that will determine... →
We should stop building big power plants. Period!
By: Saliem Fakir 5th June 2015 The current crisis at at power utility Eskom is a result of policy decisions made during and after apartheid. Faulty energy paradigms, political... →
Engel’s Curve and the pollution question
By: Saliem Fakir 3rd April 2015 Pollution remains one of the challenging issues for many emerging economies. They want growth and development before worrying about dealing with... →
New approach to mining needed
By: Saliem Fakir 13th March 2015 There is a need for a more holistic view of mining than the current compliance mode of governance. By holistic, one means working on the full... →
US shale extraction and the mirage that was
20th February 2015 Unconventional reserves, unlike cheap conventional sources, remain vulnerable to market conditions, technology and geological characteristics.... →
Renewables-related job creation
By: Saliem Fakir 30th January 2015 Most jobs in renewables are created during installation. This is not different from constructing a soccer stadium or building the next Carlton... →
What to do about the South African economy
By: Saliem Fakir 23rd January 2015 Improving the performance of, and labour participation in, the primary sectors of the South African and the manufacturing sector should be... →
Denmark’s green technology export thrust
By: Saliem Fakir 7th November 2014 I was invited by the Danish Embassy in South Africa to undertake a study tour of the Nordic country with fellow South Africans. There were 12 of us... →
