The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report documents hundreds of species that are now extinct
The continent’s section of new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report delivers the biggest assessment ever of effects, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change
The dangerous effects of climate change are occurring faster and will worsen sooner than previously predicted, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate says in its new report
A United Nations meeting in Kenya is a step towards developing a legally binding global treaty that will decisively tackle plastic pollution
African leaders are taking the initiative in developing strategies for coping with it, including its effect on the continent’s water security and sanitation
Pravin Gordhan says bureaucratic blocks must be removed and frankness is required about the trade-offs for the country to lead in new green industries
South Africa is facing a deepening unemployment crisis and experts warn that climate change threatens the country’s shrinking jobs.
For the first time a study has identified 56 heritage sites on the continent’s coast that are exposed to a one-in-100 year coastal extreme event, flooding and erosion
Industries can take advantage of carbon tax allowances if they finance projects mitigation projects
Erica verticillata, a plant endemic to an area along the Cape Flats, may have risen from extinction
But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’
The president promised that the state will act on the findings of the Zondo commission and vowed to cut red tape to facilitate job creation
The social costs of fossil fuel combustion are about R550-billion a year, according to a new report
Food-price inflation has a direct effect on people’s lives — and it hits the poor the hardest
Future-proofing schools against the damaging effects of global climate change is essential
Past climate conditions that led to intense tropical cyclones battering KwaZulu-Natal’s coast are similar to the ones projected now under global warming
A youth empowerment programme has seen an increased interest in climate and environment issues.
The connections between health, climate change, declining public trust and democratic legitimacy, and geopolitical instability must be recognised
WWF says the Global Risks Report is a wake-up call for world leaders and business to make the necessary changes to reduce the crisis
Germany’s Climate and Energy minister Robert Habeck on Tuesday pledged to drastically ramp up renewable energy projects in the coming years
Conflict hotspots, most in the Sahel region, will continue to dominate the news this year, while a number of countries will hold key elections.
Workers in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the western Pacific will be most affected if temperatures continue to rise.
The climate crisis will hit Africa hard. The Covid-19 crisis has shown that African states can’t rely on the Global North to do the right thing. Nevertheless, there are signs that all is not lost
Despite commitments to climate resilience, many continue to ignore their social mandates and push ahead with funding for fossil fuel projects.
Efforts are ramping up to make invisible water resources more visible in policy as a solution to drought and climate change
Free trade limits the policy space available to states worldwide, locking them into market-based trade and industrial policies.
Though there is no going back and fixing what we have done, we can certainly all take responsibility for our corner of the world to ensure we have a fighting chance
Shell will be the second big firm to depart for London after Unilever last year
Food systems lack resilience in the face of crisis and that feed crises of their own making, driving climate change and fuelling epidemics of hunger, malnutrition, obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases
Cold-chain and refrigeration capacity are among the priorities of the programmes supported by the African Centres of Excellence, the University of Birmingham and the United Nations
No to ‘climate-stupid’ agriculture
As a result of its over reliance on coal fired power, the energy transition is set to be a monumental shift for provinces — Mpumalanga in particular — where the local economy is driven by the coal value chain