Views about multinational energy and gas companies sponsoring the United Nations climate conferences are strongly divided
The great powers such as US and China will compete to be first with climate targets, but climate crises will spur their populations to demand change too
The latest United Nations report on the greenhouse gas emissions gap paints bleak picture for the climate accord target
South Africa already faces numerous crises including hunger, poverty, unemployment, inequality — all of which are being worsened by the climate crisis.
Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro and the Rwenzori mountains are all retreating faster than the global mean
Long-standing issues on climate finance will make or break COP26, says environment, forestry and fisheries minister
New scientific research shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
A green investment increases resilience and adapts cities to the harmful effects of climate change — and increases property prices and addresses issues such as health, water, sanitation and transport
Only four populations of the micro frog, endemic to the wetlands near Bredasdorp, were known before this discovery
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/ 23 October 2021
The proposal was made during the Cop15 biodiversity conference in China last week when the conference adopted a post-2020 framework to save nature
The Healthy NDCs Scorecard has recognised South Africa’s efforts in revising its nationally determined contributions to mitigate climate change
The UN committee has been accused of ‘turning its back’ on the children who filed a groundbreaking legal complaint with it against five countries
More than 100 countries pledged to better protect nature at UN biodiversity talks last week
The physics 2021 Nobel prize means the conversation is no longer about debating whether climate change is real, but rather what we should do about it
Only 16% of losses in South Africa from weather-related disasters in the past four decades were covered by insurers, leaving governments and communities unable to build back
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi have been announced as the joint winners
Addressing climate change is largely absent in the three major parties’ election manifestos
There are also early warning signs of climate change on South Africa’s coral reefs as elevated sea temperatures drive large scale bleaching
A rebuttal to Colin Coleman’s remarks at the National Investment Dialogue suggests South Africa certainly has a debt problem
Climate activist Lisakhanya Mathiso, 18, from Tafesig uses dance to educate people in her community about the climate crisis
The system needs to be more open and inclusive to give young people, civil society, the private sector, academia, and others a spot at the table
Climate envoys from the UK, US, and the EU are in South Africa to discuss a possible coal retirement plan
The world’s largest monitor lizard has moved up the red list for threatened species, with fewer than 4 000 of the species left
The country’s climate is becoming ‘more extreme’ as temperature records are broken
In fewer than three days, a US citizen emits as much carbon as a person from Chad or Niger does in one year. Such is the asymmetry in culpability for climate change.
Will China’s end of coal finance be the final nail in the coffin for MMESZ?
The bank’s chief risk officer says banks can’t stand on the sidelines of the climate crisis debate
But Sasol shouldn’t rely on natural gas a transition fuel, say civil society organisations
Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change
The Global Climate and Health Alliance says South Africa’s low score means there is room for improvement
Real dung beetles make waste useful and this steel sculpture does the same for plastic
Some species have fewer than 50 individuals left in the wild and in South Africa, 6% of its species are threatened