Finance

Explainers


Explainer Natural gas pipeline on a bridge over scrubland somewhere in South Africa.

The reality is that natural gas is an uncertain investment. Many different variables affect the price of gas on the international trading markets.

Explainer Gas burning on the hob of a cooker

Natural gas presents a risk to the success of the green energy transition, to the economy and to the country’s climate goals.

Explainer Green landscape with wind turbines in the distance. Sunlight breaking through the clouds.

Climate finance can empower South Africa to build a greener, healthier future where it costs less to keep the lights on.

Explainer Bulldozer pushing Indonesian coal at coal mine

A carbon tax is a fee paid to the government by carbon dioxide (or carbon dioxide equivalent) emitters for every tonne of carbon emitted.

News & Analysis


News & Analysis Offshore oil rig

A new report warns of trillions in oil and gas revenues at risk by 2040, with demand set to fall globally in favour of cheaper renewables.

News & Analysis Field of solar panels

Accelerating renewables in line with the 1.5°C pathway would safeguard global GDP, inflation and jobs in the event of an oil and gas price shock.

News & Analysis

Banking group FirstRand, which houses FNB and RMB, has joined Nedbank in withdrawing its support for coal-fired power projects.

News & Analysis

In the lead up to COP26, regulators are likely to raise the pressure on pension funds to join the fight against climate change, Amundi Asset Management says in a new report.