The Climate Change Act is the country’s first comprehensive piece of legislation to encourage the development of an effective climate change response
Crispian Olver, the climate commission’s head, has said that fossil fuel jobs will shrink but citizens will benefit from the green market
An update on the training and community support programmes taking shape at Eskom’s pilot renewable energy plant
Renewable energy could close the gap between demand and supply, ending load-shedding. But out-of-pocket Eskom must find money to upgrade its transmission infrastructure first
Climate commission presents its recommendations to Ramaphosa, highlighting that it is vital to decommission crumbling plants as soon as the power crunch eases
Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up
Failing to invest in a greener economy could cost South Africa trillions, but calls to mobilise capital come amid fiscal strain
And universities in the Eastern Cape have not taken up the challenge of creating knowledge centres to produce solutions
The effects of climate change are accelerating and the collapse of mitigation trade has implications for emissions reduction.
Is the clean development mechanism working? Crispian Olver gives a view of a debate that is relevant in developed and developing countries