A Wits University accounting professor has returned from his Amazon expedition he undertook to fight climate change
Empowering women and girls to be equal players and climate change decision-makers is critical
The country is ill-equipped to respond to the devastation caused by the climate crisis and must develop mitigation strategies
With a 250% increase in plants confiscated from traffickers since 2019, the declines are unprecedented, says South African National Biodiversity Institute
UN Economic Commission for Africa says climate finance action has never been more urgent
Environmental groups have also welcomed the plan but have highlighted potential flaws
‘We all have a collective responsibility to support the people of Limpopo, protect the environment and jointly shape the MMSEZ development.’
New C40 implementation programme for cities in sustainable waste management and green energy, buildings
The current heatwave in the UK is making it impossible to play or watch the game
The changes needed to achieve sustainable well-being for everyone are so big, they require people everywhere to put pressure on governments which must respond or be replaced by it.
South Africa’s young people can no longer stand by and watch as the older generation fails to take action on climate change
The West seems more fixated on spending on the military rather than addressing the climate catastrophe.
Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime
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
It’s not too late to change the way in which we power our world and ensure our future
Birds living in hot, humid climates have evolved to handle larger spikes in body temperature
The dam levels have been low for years, the canal transferring water from the Orange River Project to the storage dam was not repaired and the metro rejected help from the state
The costs of climate change damages are rising exponentially. Who will pay?
There are a number of approaches available to mitigate the effects of this devastating clash
Water is treated as if it is an infinite resource but it is a false perception of abundance
The Impofu Dam will run dry in six days and the Churchill Dam will be empty 15 days
Small modular nuclear reactors can help South Africa transition to a low-carbon economy
David Makhura has set up an expert advisory committee to provide independent and expert advice about climate change mitigation and adaptation for the Gauteng City-Region
Swedish researchers have developed a new measurement technique, tested on hydrofoil sailing boats, to adapt hydrofoils to larger passenger ferries
Current climate change predictions make it ‘very unlikely’ that hornbills will persist across hottest parts of their range, even over the next decade
South Africa needs to improve its resilience against climate related catastrophes such as floods, locust swarms and increasing temperatures
Although the answers are not simple, the warnings have been coming for more than three decades and yet leaders are still not doing what must be done
Bill moves towards the all-of-government approach required to mount effective climate response, but there are concerns that it is ‘toothless’
South Africa has the immediate technical potential to produce 3.2 billion litres of alternative aviation fuels annually
Heatwaves need to be assessed in terms of local temperature variability because ‘a smaller absolute extreme may have more harmful effects’
Just a few weeks left until taps run dry in large parts of the metropolitan
COP-27 will be held in Africa and will provide an opportunity to table some important concerns about issues affecting the health of our world and its environment.