The Policy and Regulatory Framework Needed to Attract Investment

Investment in sustainable energy requires a clear and stable policy and regulatory environment, which effectively balances commercial, social and environmental interests. Policy uncertainty, incoherent regulations and social and environmental conflicts will effectively deter investment in sustainable energy. Leaders in finance and energy, social activists and regulators identify the regulatory risk deterring investment in sustainable energy; and what can be done to mitigate them.

Areas for discussion include:

• From the regulatory perspective, what are the necessary policy reforms in the energy sector that would attract development finance?
• What are some of the policy and regulatory issues that may impede funding from commercial financial institutions?
• Given the scale of the energy crises in South Africa, why are many energy initiatives ending up in court?
• Regulatory clarity surrounding the Green finance taxonomy