The first two months of the Israel-Gaza war exceeded the individual annual carbon footprints of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.
Upcyclers must ensure that their activities comply with IP laws to avoid legal challenges from trade mark owners who may claim infringement of their brand
Bhekisisa had a team of four reporters at the climate conference. On average, our journalists walked eight to nine kilometres a day
Almost 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector. Rethinking how hospitals run can get this down. But healthcare workers say regulations stop them from doing this
Companies must focus on reducing their carbon footprint and run their data centres on renewable energy
The fight for climate justice must include the people who are most affected, including those in the Arab region
A cyclone, or a hurricane, can knock a small or at-risk country off its growth trajectory for years, if not decades
Climate justice groups are leading the fight against those causing harm to our environment and climate
The initiative aims to capture air pollution and store it in the ground
Along with the Star Bottle, the company will be opening Green Zones across the country
The carbon market: a potential planet saver or greenwashing that gives polluting companies an opportunity to evade reducing their emissions?
If you still think climate change is a problem for the future, you had better think again
Conference sees delegates setting the continent’s agenda for COP28
Plan to get inhabitants of Zimbabwe’s second city to cycle to reduce pollution faces hurdles, including that two-wheelers are spurned by the upwardly mobile
The EU, US and China wield the most carbon emissions, yet Africa is left paying the price, again. The continent needs to build its own resilience to combat a declining economy.
Shutting down Eskom’s coal plants and shifting to cleaner technologies will bring ‘cleaner air’ to the polluted Mpumalanga Highveld, says the utility’s environmental manager
The first vehicle of its kind in the country will arrive by the end of this year and it will be rigorously tested under local conditions
South Africa has the immediate technical potential to produce 3.2 billion litres of alternative aviation fuels annually
Industries can take advantage of carbon tax allowances if they finance projects mitigation projects
No to ‘climate-stupid’ agriculture
Chief executives have begun to recognise the importance of sustainability, but we urgently need climate science-aligned policies that provide a new framework for business
Solar-generated pumps are pumping larger volumes of water for wildlife than diesel used to, and spekboom is helping offset carbon emissions
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
Environmental organisations say that COP26 ended with 90 new coal power projects, worth a total of 88GW, are likely to be cancelled
China will keeps its promise about not funding coal abroad, Chen Xiadong tells Fossil Free South Africa
South Africa, the continent’s largest emitter, is not among several African countries that joined the UK-led coalition committing to phase out the fossil fuel
Health professionals have called on leaders at COP26 to prioritise changing food systems to reduce their effect on the climate, as well as to prevent deaths
The UN committee has been accused of ‘turning its back’ on the children who filed a groundbreaking legal complaint with it against five countries
The Climate Justice Charter Movement has critiqued the manifestos of the main parties contesting the local government elections and found them ‘shallow’
The bank’s chief risk officer says banks can’t stand on the sidelines of the climate crisis debate
Only Gambia has a plan that, if everyone acted the same way, would see global heating kept to below 1.5°C.
This year’s UN climate conference will be the first in-person meeting since COP25 in 2019, when developing countries walked away, outraged by the poor outcome