Sustainability Collaboration: Competition Law Considerations

There is a proverb that says "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together". Systemic risk requires a systemic response and the application of this proverb is likely to become key as we emerge from COP26 to address the challenges that we face.

collaboration at state level

The science on climate change has matured to the point that 194 countries accept it as a reality, as indicated by their signing up to the Paris Agreement 2015. This represents the collective consensus by nearly every nation on earth that there is a problem that needs to be addressed. In the lead up to COP 26, like other signatories to the Paris Agreement, South Africa submitted its nationally determined contribution ("NDCs") that provides the range of South Africa's planned greenhouse gas emissions over time to achieve alignment with the Paris Agreement. South Africa's NDC is heavily caveated on the ability for this transition to be adequately financed by developed