South Africa’s most important climate research centre has warned that current temperature projections underestimate the scale of warming this century.
Elites still choose the line SA takes politically and citizens are expected to fall in. We need an enthusiastic alternative like UK’s Jeremy Corbyn.
The UN’s top climate official has said pledges by countries to lower carbon emissions will not be enough to keep temperature increases below 2°C.
The water department has failed to show how a farmer contravened the law when he diverted a river, creating a drought in the valley below.
Research into some of the JSE’s biggest companies finds them in regular breach of environmental legislation and failing to disclose this to investors.
A due diligence report for their own company reveals illegal activity as recently as last year.
There are no environmental checks on Gauteng’s emergency response to the mine drainage crisis, as polluted water seeps into rivers and land.
Experts say South Africa’s draft discussion document, which proposes how the country will tackle climate change, commits to doing far too little.
Sewage flows because of misplaced trust in local government and co-operative governance.
This year is set to be 0.1°C warmer on average than 2014, thanks to an unusually strong El Niño warming the Pacific Ocean and the world’s climate.