Melanie Murcott

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Emissions from the Sappi-Saiccor paper pulp mill in uMkhomazi, south of Durban, South Africa. Gift777/Getty Images

South Africa’s carbon tax should stay: climate scientists explain why

Britta Rennkamp, University of Cape Town; Andrew Marquard, University of Cape Town; Gina Ziervogel, University of Cape Town; Harald Winkler, University of Cape Town; Mark New, University of Cape Town; Melanie Murcott, University of Cape Town; Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town, and Wikus Kruger, University of Cape Town

Polluting companies in South Africa have had to pay a tax on their carbon emissions since 2019. This gives them a good incentive to reduce emissions.
A climate justice picket in 2022 outside the Port Elizabeth High Court against Shell. “Hamba! Voetsek!” mean “get lost”. Joseph Chirume/GroundUp

South Africa’s laws aren’t geared to protecting against climate change: judges are trying to fill the gap

Melanie Murcott, University of Cape Town and Clive Vinti, University of the Witwatersrand

South African courts are increasingly handing down judgments that take into account the future climate damage that new developments may cause.

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