These working papers are part of workstream 6 on Regional Growth and Development within the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) project, a three-year partnership between UNU-WIDER and the South African government aimed at improving understanding of regional value chains and supporting industrialisation in the SADC region. In year one of the project TIPS produced five papers: lessons from ASEAN; an analysis of local content requirements as a non-tariff barrier; and reviews of three value chains: agro-processing machinery, motorcycle parts and the aftermarket industry, and capital equipment for copper processing.

• Black cat, white cat – lessons to be learnt from ASEAN
  https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/Publications/Working-paper/PDF/wp-2019-26.pdf
  
  
• Charity begins at home – the political economy of non-tariff barriers to trade in Southern Africa
  https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/Publications/Working-paper/PDF/wp-2019-61.pdf
  
  
• Motorcycle parts and aftermarket industry regional value chain in Southern Africa
  https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/Publications/Working-paper/PDF/wp-2019-38.pdf
  
  
• Assessment of demand in agro-processing machinery in the SADC region: A case study of the maize-milling machinery value chain in South Africa and Zambia
  https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/Publications/Working-paper/PDF/wp-2019-70.pdf
  
  
• Moving up the copper value chain in Southern Africa
  https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/Publications/Working-paper/PDF/wp-2019-52.pdf

Climate change will have drastic impacts on South Africa’s economy and society, and the need to adapt is urgent. As the country embarks on a just transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient and environmentally-sustainable economy, an opportunity exists to develop domestic small, green businesses.

This report and five case studies are part of a broader initiative on small business development in South Africa’s climate change space, by TIPS with support and funding from the Government of Flanders. The research comprises a main report, which summarises the research findings on the topic, and five case studies on South African-based entrepreneurs active in the adaptation space: AB Farms, EWEF-SusTech, Loo Afrique, MySmartFarm and Waste Intrique.

Main report

• Small Business Development in the Climate Change Adaptation Space in South Africa

Climate change adaption and small business – case studies

• Mogale Maleka and Tumelo Pule: Using hydrophonics to enhance food security
• Bulelwa Ntsendwana: Harnessing chemistry for sustainable development and women empowerment
• Rori Mpete: Thinking outside the box – retrofitting water saving in conventional waterborne sanitation systems
• Wolfgang von Loeper: Sustainable farming: ensuring food security while preserving the planet
• Tshego Mpete: Embracing green opportunities in the water sector

This series of four papers was commissioned by the Future Industrial Production Technologies Chief Directorate of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti). This unit is focused on preparing South African industry for the fourth industrial revolution.

• Framing the concepts that underpin discontinuous technological change, technological capability and absorptive capacity
  This paper takes the form of a literature study on the topic of technological change, innovation and building technological capabilities.
• World Economic Forum and the fourth industrial revolution in South Africa
  This paper focuses on the fourth industrial revolution and the concept as promoted by the World Economic Forum, international consultancies, governments and multinational firms.
• Mapping the meso space that enables technological change, productivity improvement and innovation in the manufacturing sector
  This paper focuses on meso organisations and policies that strengthen the technological capability of the country or an industry to enable change, adaptation and economic resilience.
• Technological change and sustainable mobility: An overview of global trends and South African developments
  This paper focuses on technological change and the developments in the sustainable mobility topic in South Africa.

The Unlocking Green Jobs: A Catalytic Intervention was a two-year collaboration between the World Wide Fund for Nature, South Africa (WWF-SA) and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). Published reports include a synthesis report, Unlocking green jobs in South Africa: A catalytic intervention, which summarises the findings and three three case studies. The reports were produced with the financial assistance of the WWF Nedbank Green Trust and Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

Main report

• Unlocking green jobs in South Africa: A catalytic intervention - synthesis report

Case studies

• Essential Amathole: A case study of unlocking green jobs in the bioprospecting sector
• Protecting and unlocking jobs through water stewardship: A case study Linked to the Umbogintwini Industrial Complex, Ethekwini
• Unlocking and retaining jobs in the alien vegetation added value chain through industrial symbiosis: Case study on wood pellets

The Green Economy Coalition (GEC) is the largest global alliance of organisations working on a green economy. The membership spans Asia, Africa, South America, North America and Europe and represents a wide range of interests including the poorest, the environment, business, the United Nations, research and government. Despite its diversity, the coalition is committed to accelerating the transition to green and fair economies. In South Africa, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) and the African Centre for a Green Economy (African Centre www.africancentre.org) are active members of the coalition. The Green Economy Coalition is supported by funding and assistance from the European Union.

TIPS in partnership with the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development, based at the University of Johannesburg, and in association with the Green Economy Coalition (GEC), hosting the 2017 Annual Forum in June, 2017. It was supported by the European Union and the Department of Trade and Industry. The theme of the Forum was Industrialisation and Sustainable Growth See Summary report of the Forum below.

GEC is also supporting the production of seven reports. Draft titles of the seven reports in production are:

• Governance for South Africa’s sustainability transition: A critical review, by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (completed)
• A South African Strategy for Green Trade, by Christopher Wood (completed)
• The role of plantation forestry for promoting sustainability in South Africa, by Struan R. Robertson (completed)
• Nature in South Africa’s transition to sustainability: A stocktake, by Shakespear Mudombi (completed)
• Transforming South Africa’s passenger transport sector for sustainable development in South Africa, by Bhavna Deonarain and Kelello Mashiane (completed)
• Water sustainability in South Africa: Past, present, future, by Shakespear Mudombi
• Building an environmentally-sustainable economy in South Africa, by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair

Reports

• The role of plantation forestry for promoting sustainability in South Africa
• Nature in South Africa's transition to sustainability: A stocktake
• The Green Economy Barometer 2018 South Africa
• A South African strategy for trade in environmental goods
• Governance for South Africa’s sustainability transition: A critical review
• Transforming South Africa’s passenger transport sector for sustainable development in South Africa