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# South Africa-UK PACT

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**UK PACT has been partnering with South Africa since June 2020 to support the acceleration of the just transition and a low-carbon economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.**

UK PACT-funded projects in South Africa are helping to drive the just transition through technical assistance for increased renewable energy uptake, sustainable transport, and green finance initiatives. The programme brings together national, provincial, and municipal level partners to address climate priorities, supporting the implementation of South Africa's new and strengthened Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions reduction targets under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

UK PACT is a demand-led programme, it provides a platform to support  

 

climate action and further contributes to other development imperatives in South Africa, including job creation and poverty alleviation. The programme forms a key part of the UK's technical assistance offer under the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), an agreement announced at COP26, in which the UK, alongside France, Germany, the European Union and the United States pledged US$8.5 billion to support the Government of South Africa’s plans on climate action and energy transition.

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## Current Calls for Proposals

The South Africa-UK PACT call for proposals for the **climate policy and governance and clean energy sectors** is now closed. The deadline for submitting proposals was **15 August 2025 at 17:00 SAST / 15:00 UTC.**

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## Our project portfolio is addressing key priorities in South Africa in 3 strategic sectors

![South Africa 2024 funding infographic](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Website%20project%20landing%20pages/South%20Africa/Country%20Programme%20page/South%20Africa%202024%20funding%20infographic.png?width=600&height=275&name=South%20Africa%202024%20funding%20infographic.png)

 

## Find out how projects by ICLEI and TIPS are helping drive the energy transition

 

 

## Learn more about our work

UK PACT projects in South Africa are working in the energy, mobility, and finance sectors, identified as priority areas of action on climate change. The projects also focus on ways to create jobs and contribute to inclusive, economic growth. 

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**Supporting the establishment of the Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency to maximise the contribution of the renewable energy value chain to South Africa’s Just Transition**

**Led by: Green Cape**

 

![IMG 5 South Africa GreenCape](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Website%20project%20landing%20pages/South%20Africa/IMG%205%20South%20Africa%20GreenCape.png?width=2925&name=IMG%205%20South%20Africa%20GreenCape.png)

 

## How our projects are making an impact

### Distilling the just energy transition in South Africa: harmonising conflict and seeking opportunities

**Led by:** Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/trade-industrial-policy-strategies-south-africa-project-page-0)

### City of Johannesburg electric vehicles readiness support programme

**Led by:** Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA)

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/sustainable-east-africa-sea-south-africa-project-page-0)

### STRAPSA: Shifting the transport paradigm for South Africa

**Led by:** Nelson Mandela University

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/nelson-mandela-university-south-africa-project-landing-page-0)

### Expanding the South African green finance taxonomy and embedding its use

**Led by:** National Business Initiative (NBI)

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/national-business-initiative-nbi-south-africa-project-page-0)

### Co-creating a just labour transition through the TVET college system

**Led by:** South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/south-african-institute-of-international-affairs-saiia-project-landing-page-0)

### Climate Transitions Protocol Pathways

**Led by: ** National Business Initiative (NBI)

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/national-business-initiative-nbi-south-africa-project-page-2)

### Aligning South Africa's climate-related financial disclosure with global best practice

**Led by:** DNA Economics

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/dna-economics-south-africa-project-page-0)

### Operationalising energy performance certificates (EPCs) in South Africa

**Led by:** Carbon Trust

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/carbon-trust-south-africa-project-page-0)

### Alternative finance for municipal embedded generation in South Africa

**Led by:** ICLEI: Local Governments for Sustainability

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/iclei-south-africa-project-landing-page-0)

### EThekwini regional hydrogen strategy

**Led by:** Arup

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/ethekwini-municipality-arup-south-africa-project-page)

### Eastern Cape green hydrogen production and export infrastructure feasibility study

**Led by:** Nelson Mandela University

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/south-africa-nelson-mandela-university-landing-page)

### Increasing international alignment and interoperability of South Africa's Green Finance Taxonomy

**Led by:** GreenCape Sector Development Agency

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/south-africa-greencape-landing-page)

### Rebuilding the grid from the bottom up

**Led by:** Sustainable Energy Africa

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/south-africa-sustainable-energy-africa-landing-page)

### Enabling municipal energy procurement and generation, supporting the South African Local Government Association and selected municipalities

**Led by:** University of Pretoria

[ Read more ](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/south-africa-university-of-pretoria-landing-page-0)

### About UK PACT

UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) is a unique capacity-building programme. Jointly governed and funded by the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) through the UK's International Climate Finance, it works in partnership with countries with high emissions reduction potential to support them to implement and increase their ambitions for tackling climate change.

 

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