The ongoing three-week talks ahead of COP26 are proving tricky in a world of virtual climate diplomacy
Cave drawings dating back more than 45 000 years are slowly eroding as temperatures and humidity fluctuate
Indigenous oral cultures are teaching researchers that precolonial South Africans were aware of conservation
New International Energy Agency report says policy changes will play pivotal role in reducing greenhouse emissions by 2050
Two environmental organisations have challenged the environment department’s rejection of the appeal against the project
Climate considerations are pressing Standard Bank shareholders to push for the recusal of those with fossil fuel ties.
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New research shows unmitigated warming could knock 18% off of global GDP by 2050
Environmental groups say the controversial deal means South Africa will be tied to fossil fuels for the next 20 years
South Africa’s climate change transition risk is 5.6 on a scale of one to 10, with 10 being the highest
The recent blockchain boom has been followed by concerns over its impact on the environment
The decision to use Turkey’s floating power plants locks the country into fossil fuels for 20 years
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Research suggests retiring old coal-fired power is more cost-effective and climate positive
A higher carbon tax will be introduced in 2023 for companies with dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions
Climate change means hats are crucial personal protective equipment now – and work hours must become flexible
Country can’t lose sight of the threat climate change poses, President Ramaphosa says.
The government would do well to realise that these two disasters can’t be tackled separately
Pumping limited resources into a project that is predominantly meant to extend dirty coal energy in South Africa is not what local communities and the climate needs.
In its latest policy documents, the ANC is self-critical and wants ‘consequence management’, yet it’s letting its members off the hook again
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The minister of environment, forestry and fisheries, likes to watch the British medical drama series Casualty, she tells Sheree Bega
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The climate policies of both parties are constrained because they are far too wedded to the neoliberal economic systems
Researcher Els Vermeulen has a whale of a time conducting an annual aerial survey of the country’s southern right whales. But decreasing numbers reveal the depressing nature of this work
South Africa has not signed the Leader’s Pledge for Nature, despite the Earth’s interdependent crisis of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and climate change
World leaders must choose between life or death for humanity, say climate justice activists at 10th Desmond Tutu international peace lecture
Bioeconomy — using renewable biological resources — will allow Africa to transform its systems and create a viable economic future, global warming
The lack of detailed information on extreme heat impacts hinders disaster response and preparedness.
A better future for all South Africans is possible if we pursue a swift path to renewable energy
The Covid-19 pandemic provides a chance to reflect on, reimagine and reset the global economic system
Unlike the virus, there is no treatment for global warming except to immediately abandon economic activities that cause it
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.
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
The outbreak and the response to it is showing us that many things are possible, including the provision of water to waterless municipalities
During Cyclone Idai, responses were hampered by a shortage of reliable information. This has worrying implications for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic