People back climate policy when weather events feel personal, new study finds

The university’s ambition to become South Africa’s first predominantly renewable-powered university is taking shape through a new high tech project

Impacts of drought hit hardest in climate hotspots — regions already dealing with warming trends, population pressures and fragile infrastructure

As conditions become hotter and drier, they offer critical shelter to other species

Companies including the Boston Consulting Group and big accounting firms have been named in the damning report

Many of the country’s native fish species are threatened by habitat loss and pollution while the spread of invasive aliens is putting huge pressure on indigenous populations

The environment department focuses on protecting biodiversity and the health of marine and other resources

Blue cranes are uplisted to vulnerable due to threats such as habitat loss, powerlines, fences and poisoning

Researchers argue that 300GW of solar energy could be produced at Mpumalanga’s old mines and those closing in the next decade

Despite it being praised by the president, civil society coalition counters that South Africa’s green hydrogen vision is fragile

Of the 53 schools that uploaded valid data, 23 returned results showing the water was unsafe to drink

About 422 000 local jobs are tied to exports to economies with active or incoming carbon border adjustment mechanisms

Joburg Water says this will extend the service life of the infrastructure and reduce physical losses