The international ecological restoration conference takes place in Cape Town next week
Scientists using new climate models say a bigger heat rise than expected is possible by the end of the century
“We’ve fallen off the cliff. We’re not approaching the cliff. We’ve fallen off it.”
A plan to export water from the San Luis Valley to the Denver Metro area is met with defiance
The law requires funds to consider environmental risk when making an investment decision
This is something that our sector has spent much time grappling with. It is what we are still trying to work out
Before we get to the response to Cyclone Idai, it is worth reminding ourselves about how richer countries respond to similar natural disasters.
Thousands of trees have been planted in the new suburb of Riverside View
The Mail & Guardian has joined one of the most ambitious reporting collaborations in history, joining 250 other newsrooms reporting the climate crisis
SA has already warmed at a rate twice the global average, and climate change is making droughts in South Africa more extreme and more frequent
We need to work across all boundaries to make our systems and societies sustainable – and survivable
Without action by 2030, climate change could push more than 100-million people in developing countries below the poverty line
The UN rights chief also highlighted the impact climate change is having on insecurity around the world
There is funding for renewable energy if countries include climate action in their economic plans
To deal with climate change, central banks may have to encourage financial institutions to favour certain types of activities over others
Where did that limit come from, and what if we miss it?
New Afrobarometer poll samples Africans’ perceptions of climate change
A world of narrowing options threatens to pit biofuels, forests and food production against each other
Hundreds of local traders gather each morning and afternoon at Senga only to find that fish populations are falling in Lake Malawi
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has jumped to its highest level in human history
Disastrous events caused by climate change are a growing risk for the industry
Sorghum, which is in the same family as millet, is the world’s fifth-most important cereal crop
The Indian Ocean hasn’t been studied much, but it has a big impact on the world
Solutions for the conservation and sustainable development of the oceans are urgently required
Lobbyist are happy with the results at Standard Bank’s first shareholder resolution on a climate-related issue.
As the continent most affected by climate change, African countries must have a strong interest in limiting the temperature below 1.5° C
South Africa must adapt rapidly if it is to mitigate the negative effects of the low-carbon transition
Allowing offshore hydrocarbon exploration betrays government’s compact with the youth
Our political parties made little mention of global warming, despite the glaring crisis that is upon us
The ANC’s head of economic transformation, Enoch Godongwana, told Carte Blanche viewers that some South African banks refused to put money in coal.
In the heart of Iceland’s volcano country, 21st-century alchemists are transforming carbon dioxide into rock for eternity
Tough decisions ahead for humankind, if we hope to save the planet