Court overturns South Africa’s coal-fired power plans, protecting children’s health and the environment

Taxpayer money will be used to pay the R160 million fine slapped on a Mpumalanga municipality

Environmental groups warn of industry obstruction in global plastic treaty negotiations

A robust treaty addressing the lifecycle of plastics is crucial to averting disaster

Stop scapegoating spaza shops when regulation failure is to blame for poisoning deaths, groups say

This conference has shown how developed countries want to shirk their climate finance responsibilities to vulnerable countries, say leaders of least developed nations

The final draft text for COP29 shows there has been limited progress made on funding, a failure given that this was meant to be the ‘finance COP’

The problem has wide-ranging socio-economic and environmental impacts, says a draft mine closure strategy

Association says the government does not ‘have the will to act’ and the solution is regulation to allow artisanal miners to work legally

Least developed countries and small island nations will be prioritised but the finance proposal omits to say how much money will be provided

Dion George is tackling resistance to mitigation and climate finance with just days left at the conference

The Just Energy Transition Project Management Unit in the Presidency has highlighted plans to upskill people to work in the green economy and roll out infrastructure to support renewable energy plants

Pro-Palestine groups at the COP29 conference are arguing that there is a clear link between climate rights and human rights