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10 December 2019, Spain, Madrid: Greta Thunberg, Swedish climate activist, speaks at an event at the UN Climate Change Conference, holding a microphone in her hand. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa (Photo by Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)
ANN SKELTON

Countries bear cross-border responsibility for harmful effects of climate change, rules UN child rights committee

The UN committee has been accused of ‘turning its back’ on the children who filed a groundbreaking legal complaint with it against five countries

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Young leader: Lisakhanya Mathiso (in red) believes that educating members of her community about the climate crisis helps them to understand that it affects everyone. (David Harrison/M&G)
AFRICAN CLIMATE ALLIANCE

Meet the young activist from Mitchells Plain who’s fighting for a greener world

Climate activist Lisakhanya Mathiso, 18, from Tafesig uses dance to educate people in her community about the climate crisis

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
Outdoor air quality funding to sub-Saharan Africa collapsed by 91% in just one year, falling from $129 million in 2022 to a mere $11.8 million in 2023. Photo: File
AYAKHA MELITHAFA

We cannot afford incremental action on climate change

The government has promised that we will get to net zero emissions by 2050, but is still taking actions that will make the climate crisis worse

  • Alex Lenferna
6 min read