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By Mandisa Nyathi

The Green Guardian

/ 15 September 2023

Taking stock of world’s bid to limit the climate crisis

A United Nations report paves the path ahead for COP28 taking place in the UAE in December

By Ozayr Patel

Article

/ 22 March 2019

Job losses threatens the CSIR’s reputation

The council’s climate change research could suffer from job cuts

By Jacques Coetzee

Article

/ 18 December 2018

EU to cut new car emissions by 37.5% by 2030

The targets will require new cars sold in 2030 to emit 37.5% less carbon dioxide on average compared to 2021 levels

By Marine Laouchez and Lachlan Carmichael

Africa

/ 6 May 2017

Kikwete: Africa inherited poor education from colonial masters

Ex-Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said improving the education system in Africa will replenish the continent’s skills gap.

By Manuela Kasper Claridge

Article

/ 6 October 2016

Paris Agreement: World takes giant step towards tackling climate change

The world’s most important climate change agreement will come into force on November 4, Ban Ki-moon announced this week.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 25 July 2016

El Niño is fading but monthly temperatures still reach record highs despite plans

Earth blasts through more heat records, while research shows governments are not ambitious enough to stop catastrophic warming.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 30 May 2016

G7 nations to stop subsidising fossil fuels

The seven economies will stop propping up coal, gas and oil by 2025. But giant greenhouse gas emitters China and India haven’t made the pledge.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 16 February 2016

Oregano will cut cows’ wind and climate change

Famous for complementing Mediterranean and Mexican cooking, the herb could now be a key ingredient in lowering global greenhouse gas emissions.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 17 December 2015

2015 on track to be the warmest year on record

Data from the UK Meteorological Office shows that 2015 will surpass last year as the hottest year on record.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 17 December 2015

Climate-fragile countries need direct financial aid

If donors help states with which they have links rather than those most vulnerable to climate change, it will increase poverty and thus migration.

By Nathalie Francken

Article

/ 17 December 2015

COP21 comes down to a lot of hot air

But developed nations can play a big role in finding cheaper ways to produce clean energy.

By Leonid Bershidsky Bloomberg

Article

/ 17 December 2015

COP21 reached a weak deal

Paris talks failed the most vulnerable, but that failure could be fixed as the world’s governments have at least agreed to head in the same direction.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 10 December 2015

Africa will burn after timid talks at COP21

Hot air at the talks may mean our planet will still be 3°C hotter by the end of the century.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 7 December 2015

Key issues still face COP21

With just this week left for negotiators to haggle, the critical Paris climate meeting still has to overcome fundamental disagreements.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 7 December 2015

How to spot climate change denial

A cacophony of climate deniers is trying to fool us into thinking we should not be planning for the future. Here’s how to spot one, writes Sipho Kings

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 7 December 2015

Cop21 will deliver more for developing countries

African countries stand a good chance at COP21 of getting their ideas across, while there will also be a better opportunity to access climate finance.

By Staff Reporter