Germany affirms value of green energy research cooperation with South Africa

Germany sees international cooperation as the only way to deal with the issue of climate change and views South Africa and South African research institutions as valuable partners in this regard. This was a message conveyed by Federal German Government Education and Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger in Cape Town, on Monday evening.

“Global challenges can only be solved globally,” she pointed out in an exclusive interview with Engineering News, at the University of Cape Town (UCT). “We have to cooperate. We saw it in the pandemic crisis. Climate change is similar. South Africa and UCT are strong partners. Sasol also.”

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BY: REBECCA CAMPBELL

Creamer Media’s Engineering News