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Lucas Chaumontet is an expert in climate and sustainability, energy transition, natural resources, and process industries at Boston Consulting Group. He leads the firm’s work in climate and energy transition in Africa and is a member of the Global Leadership team on climate. Lucas is a core member of BCG’s Energy, and Social Impact practices.

Lucas has led various national multi-stakeholder initiatives in South Africa on the topics of energy transition and economic recovery. He has also led many strategy, decarbonization, and operational improvements programs for global energy and industrial companies.

Lucas joined the Paris office of Boston Consulting Group in 2009 and moved to Southeast Asia in 2012 as a BCG Ambassador. He worked there until 2018 before moving to Johannesburg.

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EDUCATION


  • MSc, Ecole Nationale des Ponts ParisTech

Publications and Videos

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South Africa’s Net-Zero Transition: Towards a Just, Climate-Resilient, Prosperous Future for South Africa

The cost of inaction to climate change in South Africa is massive: at risk are 50% of export value, ~1m direct jobs and 15% of GDP if no actions are taken. There is a clear imperative to achieve net-zero emissions through a Just Transition by 2050.
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Financing South Africa's Just Transition

Funding South Africa's Just Transition to net-zero will be a mammoth task, requiring coordinated efforts from stakeholders across the economy to unlock the ~ZAR 6 trillion required to fund needed infrastructure investments.
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The Role of Gas in South Africa’s Path to Net-Zero

The Role of Gas in South Africa’s Path to Net-Zero analyses how gas can enable the integration of renewable energy at scale in the power sector and the phase-out of coal as a feedstock in the production of synthetic fuels (synfuels).
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Building a Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon, Job-Rich Africa

Climate change poses a significant threat to the continent. But as global decarbonization efforts intensify, Africa could emerge as a green powerhouse.
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Decarbonising the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use Sector in South Africa

The decarbonisation of South Africa’s Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) sector analysis aims to provide an understanding how driving a Just Transition towards a decarbonised, climate-resilient South African AFOLU sector will be vital to ensuring the availability of healthy and sustainable food supply.
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Decarbonising South Africa's Petrochemicals and Chemicals Sector

The Decarbonising South Africa’s Petrochemicals and Chemicals Sector report confirms the petrochemicals and chemicals sector as a key contributor to South Africa’s energy security, and as a significant role-player in a decarbonised economy in the long-term.
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Decarbonising the South African Mining Sector

South Africa’s mining sector is a key socio-economic contributor. To remain competitive globally, it will need to decarbonise, respond to shifting value pools, and adapt to local climate change impacts – while ensuring a Just Transition.
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Green recovery a powerful opportunity for Africa

Despite African nations accounting for only 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions, they are still disproportionately exposed to the risks of climate change. This crisis provides Africa with the opportunity to accelerate climate action.
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Decarbonising South Africa’s Power System

The Just Transition Pathways study focuses on sector level decarbonization. This report addresses the decarbonization pathway for South Africa's power sector to be net-zero by 2050.
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Decarbonising South Africa’s Power System

A Power Sector Decarbonisation Report by the National Business Initiative (NBI), Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shows that it is possible for South Africa to decarbonise its economy, by around 2050, and looks at ways to ensure a just transition that is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable and which leaves no one behind.
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Pour une relance verte en Afrique!

L'Afrique n'est responsable que de 6 % des émissions mondiales de gaz à effet de serre, mais est exposée de manière disproportionnée aux risques du changement climatique. Cet article se penche sur l’opportunité de faire de la reprise économique en Afrique une relance verte.
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Green Recovery in Africa

Africa is responsible for just 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions but is disproportionately exposed to risks of climate change. This article highlights Africa’s opportunity to turn an economic recovery into a green recovery.
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