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Omen: The Knysna fires of 2017. (Deon Raath/Rapport/Gallo Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism

  • Richard Calland
5 min read
The six-member investor group says it plans to engage with the Sasol board further regarding the company’s environmental disclosures in the coming months.
GHGS

Institutional investors reject Sasol’s climate plan

But board rejects calls for matter to be discussed at AGM

  • Thando Maeko
3 min read
At current levels of greenhouse gas emissions, we could pass the 1.5°C marker as early as 2030, and no later than mid-century, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change reported with ‘high confidence’. (Bloomberg)
CLIMATE CHANGE

UN warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos

Earth’s surface has warmed 1°C and is on track toward an unliveable 3°C or 4°C rise

  • Marlowe Hood
4 min read
A spate of extreme weather events over the past few years will no doubt intensify the political pressure on fossil-fuel firms in coming years. (Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay)
BIG TOBACCO

Storm warning for the fossil-fuel industry

How oil and gas companies manage their growing political challenges will be just as important for their valuation as their day-to-day operations

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read