The European Commission, for example, estimates that additional investments of around 350 billion euros per year will be required up to 2030, just to convert the energy system. [5] But delaying the sustainable transition will cost us more. To reach our goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the public and the private sector must pull together.
South Africa continues to have much going in its favour and it is important that we capitalise on these not least the role that bright young minds like yourselves can play in leveraging your education and helping to change the world.