Correction: Measurable impacts of South Africa's just energy transition partnership on poverty reduction and economic opportunities in marginalized communities

A correction has been made to the Section 1. Introduction, first sentence of the last paragraph:

Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework, we executed a multi-stage methodology, and after screening, 25 studies were retained for full-text analysis.

A correction has been made to the Section 2.4 Results of the systematic review:

The systematic review process began with the identification of 3,421 papers from selected databases, including ProQuest Central, Sabinet African Journals, and Scopus. A Rigorous Screening Process then eliminated duplicate records (411), papers deemed ineligible by automation tools (2,108), and other records excluded for various reasons (902), leaving 107 papers for further evaluation. Follow-up title and abstract screening resulted in the exclusion of 47 papers that did not meet the inclusion criteria, leaving 64 full-text reports for retrieval. However, four reports could not be accessed, reducing the number of full texts assessed to 60. Further review of these full texts led to the exclusion of 35 studies that did not meet the research criteria. Ultimately, 25 papers satisfied all inclusion requirements and were included in the final systematic review. This process is visually represented in Figure 1, the PRISMA flow chart, ensuring transparency and reproducibility. The PRISMA flow diagram (Figure 1) summarizes this process.

A correction has been made to the Section 4 Poverty reduction mechanisms, Subsection 4.1 Direct benefits, Paragraph number 1, the first sentence of the paragraph:

Only three out of the 25 studies report any direct benefit associated with the interventions. Twenty-two studies make no mention of direct poverty or energy poverty reductions resulting from implemented projects.

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Edited and reviewed by: Konstantinos Chalvatzis, University of Exeter, United Kingdom