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The Energy Research Centre at UCT provided technical background information on mitigation for the development of South Africa's INDC, it's intended nationally determined contribution.
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... results and methodology are briefly explained in the following; readers wishing to understand more fully are referred to the short report and spreadsheet. Based on the selected low-carbon scenario, an emissions mitigation burden (Figure 1) is calculated as the difference between global business-as-usual emissions (RCP8.5) and an emissions trajectory that avoids the worst effects of global warming. ...
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... with high indices will be attributed a high share of the mitigation burden and vice-versa. Figure 10 below. Emissions are assumed to be around 520 Mt CO 2 -eq in 2015, and there is clearly a challenge in the short and medium term in adopting a more ambitious emissions pathway. ...
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... Africa's latest national emissions inventory highlights these challenges. 24 As is clearly illustrated in Figure 12 and Figure 13, the source of South Africa's emissions is primarily the energy sector (82% in 2010), and of those, 55% are from electricity generation. South Africa's mitigation challenges therefore lie primarily in the energy sector, diversifying away from coal, and particularly in the electricity sector. ...
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... Africa's latest national emissions inventory highlights these challenges. 24 As is clearly illustrated in Figure 12 and Figure 13, the source of South Africa's emissions is primarily the energy sector (82% in 2010), and of those, 55% are from electricity generation. South Africa's mitigation challenges therefore lie primarily in the energy sector, diversifying away from coal, and particularly in the electricity sector. ...
