The controversial Musina-Makhando initiative will pollute air and water, push climate change and produce dangerous quantities of hazardous waste
Country can’t lose sight of the threat climate change poses, President Ramaphosa says.
Conditions in South Africa and elsewhere are fertile ground for big-man authoritarian populism to take root
Habitat destruction, the use of pesticides and climate change is driving the rapid decline of these tiny creatures
Covid-19 and the Fourth industrial Revolution are business and personal stressors on a grand scale. A new book explores how managers can help teams through chronic stress
Innovation and creativity is crucial to guide financing, say experts
The Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission is tasked with shifting the economy to a ‘low-carbon, climate resilient economy and society’
Despite dozens of appeals, the South African government is determined to give Sasol and its partners the go-ahead. But activists will not stop the fight
It’s the Age of Humans — the Anthropocene — and the most serious threats to our experience and existence on our planet are human-made
According to Google, the top trending “how to help” searches were: how to help Australia fires, how to help Black Lives Matter, how to help during coronavirus and how to help Beirut
Why real climate leadership requires public finance institutions to commit to stop funding fossil fuels
A changing climate threatens to undermine the past 50 years of gains in public health
The growth of sectors such as agriculture and mining, which is good for the economy, often causes damage to the natural environment, which in turn hurts people
Farming must embrace sustainable, regenerative agriculture practices to secure our future
In a single day, temperatures in northern KwaZulu-Natal climbed to a lethal 45°C, causing a mass die-off of birds and bats
Brightness harms people’s and other creatures’ health, disrupts ecosystems and changes climate
The pandemic has reminded us of interconnectedness and that we need to see the world from various perspectives, especially in case studies
Unpredictable and unbearable heat waves, floods and rain set to wreak havoc in Africa
Urban tourist magnets have nowhere to retreat to as sea levels rise with climate change
Environmentalists say Trump’s announcement that he would withdraw from the Paris agreement three years ago made it easier for countries such Australia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil to weaken their own ambitions
Temperatures being recorded in some parts of South Africa are already close to the limits at which humans can survive
Any of 850 000 viruses could cause the next global crisis. Experts say we should focus on prevention
Researchers have found that, because ambient fine particulate air pollution aggravates comorbidities, it could play a factor in coronavirus fatalities
The World Wide Fund for Nature says change needs to happen to halt the negative effects of livestock production on biodiversity and climate
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