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Minister 'aware of ecology'

Susan Shabangu, the minister of mineral resources, agrees that mining should not take place in ecologically sensitive areas.

COP in or COP-out?

Climate change negotiations are like a 17-year group effort to write a book. Will Durban close a chapter?

China to tax heavy polluters

China is to impose an environmental tax on heavy polluters under an ambitious clean-up strategy being finalised in Beijing.

Favouring the soft option

Saliem Fakir looks at the different approaches business and government have when it comes to taking action towards a low-carbon future.

Cosatu wants to have a say in the green revolution

Cosatu has commissioned the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (Naledi) to research the links between labour and climate change.

Water, not energy, shortage will constrain growth

South Africa's climate change debate has, so far, largely focused on the country's overdependence on coal-fired energy.

Calculating the human factor

Scientists have found that global warming makes floods between two and three times more likely.

Renewable energy a 100% option

It is possible that renewable energy could supply 100% of the world's needs by 2050.

Pressure is on to use water efficiently

The planet is facing a real freshwater crisis.

No emissions recession

The deepest recession since the 1930s has failed to reverse rising global carbon emissions.