But the funding will come at a price, given that the $8.5-bn pledged last year, was mostly in the form of loans
The delay in additional capacity to the grid was not caused by a lack of private capital, but a lack of projects
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Scores of countries at the UN climate talks accepted the COP26 pact reluctantly, condemning a last-minute meeting that led to a slightly different wording
The last days of COP26 have been marred by backtracking and what human and environmental rights watchdogs are calling ‘weak texts’
With funding we can turn an existential code red into a prosperous code green
South Africa, the continent’s largest emitter, is not among several African countries that joined the UK-led coalition committing to phase out the fossil fuel
Views about multinational energy and gas companies sponsoring the United Nations climate conferences are strongly divided
The latest United Nations report on the greenhouse gas emissions gap paints bleak picture for the climate accord target
Long-standing issues on climate finance will make or break COP26, says environment, forestry and fisheries minister
Greenpeace team says it has obtained leaked records of countries asking scientists to water down upcoming scientific report on climate change
Only 16% of losses in South Africa from weather-related disasters in the past four decades were covered by insurers, leaving governments and communities unable to build back
There’s still there hope that COP26 will deliver a powerful pact for action
Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up
Africa causes just 4% of global emissions, but pays the price of them. With what money?
The Bill, which will facilitate South Africa’s transition to a greener economy, compels businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that accelerate climate change
Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change
The Global Climate and Health Alliance says South Africa’s low score means there is room for improvement
This year’s UN climate conference will be the first in-person meeting since COP25 in 2019, when developing countries walked away, outraged by the poor outcome
Eligible COP26 attendees are expected to receive their UK-sponsored Covid-19 jabs this week, but the Climate Action Network says it is too late
Wars and pandemics have managed to reduce global emissions in the past but delegates to COP 26 in Scotland will need to find other solutions
Gabriel Klassen, who grew up on Cape Town’s Cape Flats, is one of the many young climate activists in South Africa who are reaching out
to their peers and pushing for change and action
Emerging markets need $3-trillion to 4-trillion a year in low-carbon investments over the next 15 years to meet their climate mitigation commitments
One country pays for greenhouse gas emissions in another country and uses that credit for its own emission reduction targets — but accounting irregularities increased carbon emissions
The United Kingdom, this year’s climate change conference host, wants an in-person event, but Covid factors such as travel restrictions and vaccinations may stop people from attending
South Africa’s latest proposed reduction targets on greenhouse gas emissions, while an improvement on before, do not go far enough to avert a disastrous rise in global temperatures this century.
Other steps to fight climate change include improved reporting, monitoring and laws
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Scotland’s biggest city, is the epicentre of a substance abuse crisis, which saw an unprecedented 1187 drug-related deaths last year
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Motherwell captain Phil O’Donnell died of heart failure, according to a post-mortem examination. The 35-year-old collapsed while being substituted towards the end of Motherwell’s 5-3 Scottish Premier League win against Dundee United on Saturday and later died in hospital.
British police arrested a fifth person on Sunday after a fuel-filled jeep was rammed into Scotland’s busiest airport in what police said was a terrorist attack linked to failed car bombings in London. Also on Sunday, police carried out a controlled detonation of a suspicious vehicle left in the car park of a hospital near Glasgow.
Two suspects rammed a petrol-filled, four-wheel-drive vehicle into Glasgow airport on Saturday in what police described as a terrorist attack linked to a twin car-bomb plot foiled in London. Britain’s Home Office announced it had raised the national security alert level to ”critical”, the highest ranking and one that indicates further attacks are expected imminently.
Goalkeeper Andres Palop played down his match-winning penalty shoot-out saves which sealed a second successive UEFA Cup crown for Sevilla on Wednesday. Palop kept out three Espanyol spot-kicks as the holders won 3-1 in the shoot-out after a thrilling all-Spanish final had ended 2-2 after 120 minutes at Hampden Park.