Alex Lenferna, Author at African Arguments

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Alex Lenferna

Dr Alex Lenferna is a post-doctoral research fellow at Nelson Mandela University in the Department of Development Studies – on a National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship. He is also the elected General Secretary and co-founder of the Climate Justice Coalition - a South African coalition of civil society, grassroots, trade union and community-based organisations working together to advance a transformative climate justice agenda. Alex is a first generation South African whose family hails from the small island nation of Mauritius. He has dedicated over fifteen years to research, writing, teaching, and activism on climate justice.

Climate Politics South Africa Top story

By Alex Lenferna
May 23, 2024
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South Africa 2024: What are parties promising on energy and climate?

Some parties’ manifestos fall shorter than others. Some fall so far short they would arguably take us backwards. When voters in South Africa go to the ...

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Climate Economy South Africa Top story

By Alex Lenferna
December 7, 2023
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What went wrong with South Africa’s once pioneering just transition plan?

Two years into the world’s first Just Energy Transition Partnership, some fear it will amount to “green structural adjustment”. South Africa’s experience in piloting a new ...

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