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South Africa’s planned harmful gas limits ‘off target’

Environment Tunicia Phillips -

South Africa’s latest proposed reduction targets on greenhouse gas emissions, while an improvement on before, do not go far enough to avert a disastrous rise in global temperatures this century.

Skukuza Court closure was like a “knife in the back” of rangers

Environment Sheree Bega -

South Africa’s flagship wildlife-poaching court reopens in Skukuza after being shut for a year

South Africa’s potential to expand tree cover as a climate mitigation tool

Environment Tunicia Phillips -

Should Africa’s largest emitter rely on tree planting initiatives to mitigate?

IMF launches interactive climate dashboard

Environment Tunicia Phillips -

South Africa’s climate change transition risk is 5.6 on a scale of one to 10, with 10 being the highest

Climate change threatens survival of endemic species the most

Environment Sheree Bega -

If Earth warms by 3°C, a third of species living on land and about half of endemic marine species will become extinct

Wits in a climate hot spot

Environment Sheree Bega -

The university says it provides a platform for multiple voices to be heard on any issue, including that of a climate denialist

Carbon dioxide, methane levels surge despite Covid-19 lockdowns

Environment Sheree Bega -

Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than at any time in past 3.6-million years

Environmental organisations demand halt to unnecessary plastic production

Environment Chris Gilili -

NGOs are calling on the department of environment to introduce stricter measures for companies manufacturing and using plastic products

Eskom can be a key player in SA’s transition to renewable energy, a new report finds

Environment Chris Gilili -

With a good business model, the power utility can move to reliable, cost-effective clean energy, says the International Institute for Sustainable Development

South Africa will miss UN’s clean water targets

Environment Sheree Bega -

Mismanagement, pollution and a water deficit exacerbated by climate change are to blame

Powerships ‘a climate threat’

Environment Sheree Bega -

The decision to use Turkey’s floating power plants locks the country into fossil fuels for 20 years

Calling all creatives: Biodiversity needs a global advertising campaign

Environment Heather Dugmore -

Marketing experts need to apply the human behaviour-change techniques they have mastered to convince everyone to start looking after the Earth

Are our initiation rituals getting too hot to handle?

Environment Tunicia Phillips -

Global warming may force changes in some South African outdoor initiation ceremonies, as record heat poses risks for the summer season

Plastic pollution a huge threat to marginalised groups, UN report finds

Environment Chris Gilili -

Industrialised nations often ship their waste to poorer countries under the premise of recyclability, fuelling industries that harm local populations

South Africa tops G20 coal-reliance list in 2020, report finds

Business Tunicia Phillips -

In 2020, 86% of South Africa’s electricity came from coal, compared to the global average of 34%, Global Electricity Review research shows

Poaching is wiping out Africa’s elephants

Environment Sheree Bega -

Forest elephants are on the brink of extinction and savanna elephants are now classified as endangered

High levels of climate warming could shrink range of wild-harvested food plants

Environment Sheree Bega -

In a recent study, the authors examined the climate change risk to 1 190 species used by 19 indigenous language groups in Southern Africa

‘It’s absolutely terrifying to be a whistleblower in Sasol’

Environment Sheree Bega -

A criminal investigation into the petrol giant is under way based on Ian Erasmus’s evidence that the company allegedly polluted the Vaal with hazardous chemicals

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