Climate change and civil war are escalating tensions between South Sudan’s herders and crop farmers, who are competing over land
Globally the month was 0.05°C warmer than in 2019 and 0.8°C warmer than in 2016, which previously held the records for the warmest and second warmest September on record.
World leaders must choose between life or death for humanity, say climate justice activists at 10th Desmond Tutu international peace lecture
The car manufacturer is betting on lowering battery costs to bring down the price of its electric vehicles
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
South Africa must update its old position to make a positive contribution
Think-tank institutes, politicians and Big Business conspired to discredit researchers and the science of the climate crisis
COMMENT: The rapid roll-out of small-scale solar power will reduce pressure on the grid and and boost SMME sector
COMMENT: Developing countries face a debt crisis that will only become worse as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, and massive debt relief will inevitably be necessary. The only question is whether it will be designed to address the even larger climate crisis
Until now, climate models have predicted a slow and steady increase of Arctic temperatures, but a new study shows the warming is occurring at a more rapid pace
In Japan, in 2018, more than 1 000 people died during an unprecedented heat wave. In 2019, scientists proved it would have been impossible without global warming
Bioeconomy — using renewable biological resources — will allow Africa to transform its systems and create a viable economic future, global warming
Some people in the Democratic Alliance apparently have a narrow view of what sustainability means, but voters are concerned about the climate crisis
The lack of detailed information on extreme heat impacts hinders disaster response and preparedness.
The pandemic has disrupted governments’ plans to flatline the upward trajectory of global warming
This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases
Responses to terrible inequality, climate change and the Covid-19 economic crisis will decide this
We are understandably focused on this crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, that is killing people and destroying livelihoods everywhere. But we are losing sight of the other crises that destroy life
Governments need to provide the modelling and data informing the strategy to control the spread of the novel coronavirus
Our oceans provide us with oxygen, food, recreation, transport and energy; humans should return the favour
A better future for all South Africans is possible if we pursue a swift path to renewable energy
If record vinyls and iTunes can co-exist in the Technological Age, Wi-Fi will allow ocean liners a slice of the airlines’ global travel monopoly
As the world celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity, we should commit to ensuring the natural world has what it needs to survive
With the nearly two-month grinding the economy to a halt as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, carbon emissions globally have dropped to 2006 levels
Scientists from a number of institutions collaborated to collect data on 17 marine birds and mammals such as penguins, albatrosses, seals and whales in the ocean around Antarctica
South Africa’s dependence on the fossil fuel and burning it in power stations uses 5% of water and pollutes even more
The new documentary on the future of our planet, executive produced by Michael Moore, fails on a number of fronts. But believers in green growth could still learn from it.
Ramaphosa missed the chance to get even more out of his big moment
Charles Eisenstein’s book, Sacred Economics, offers some practical alternatives to neoliberal capitalism
More droughts and floods, driven by climate change, will expose competing political pressures.
As Covid-19 upends life, it has taught us critical lessons and offers an opening to confront other crises. Political will is required, of course
Our response to the Covid-19 pandemic can and should place a just transition at the centre of all economic stimulus packages