Coal Power Regime Destabilisation and Pre-Phase-Out Dynamics: A Comparative Case Study of South Africa and Indonesia

Emily Tyler, Fikri Muhammad, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability, Monash Business School, Caulfield East

The Journal of Environment & Development: A Review of International Policy

Published online on June 03, 2026

Abstract

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Coal phase-out dynamics are well theorised in industrialised contexts but poorly understood in emerging economies, where explicit phase-out commitments remain absent. This comparative study of South Africa and Indonesia (1998–2024) theorises ‘pre-phase-...