Populations, resources, power and consumption are centred in cities, and this affects rural areas
Global panel’s new report says we are hurtling toward disaster but there are ways to avoid it
eThekwini’s chief resilience officer says the city is the ‘ideal test tube’ because it’s a microcosm of the world’s climate change problems
A United Nation report says it’s still possible to restrict warming to below 1.5°C, but this requires substantial, sector-wide effort immediately
A green investment increases resilience and adapts cities to the harmful effects of climate change — and increases property prices and addresses issues such as health, water, sanitation and transport
Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change
Restoring ecosystems — wetlands, savannahs and grasslands — will mitigate the effects of global warming
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
Some climate adaptation and mitigation projects end up harming the natural environment and people, a new report warns
Should Africa’s largest emitter rely on tree planting initiatives to mitigate?
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted governments’ plans to flatline the upward trajectory of global warming
With the nearly two-month grinding the economy to a halt as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, carbon emissions globally have dropped to 2006 levels