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Climate models failing to reflect inequality and Global South realities, study warns
Scientists say dominant climate and biodiversity models rely too heavily on existing economic systems and overlook inequality, Global South perspectives and Indigenous knowledge,…
Africa’s floods and droughts are messing with our minds. Researchers are trying to figure out how
As climate change intensifies, experts say our health and healthcare systems are going to suffer. But mental health often takes a back seat
Cities are key to tackling climate change
Populations, resources, power and consumption are centred in cities, and this affects rural areas
‘The window to limit global warming is rapidly closing’
Global panel’s new report says we are hurtling toward disaster but there are ways to avoid it
Durban’s Debra Roberts: first African woman to be elected IPCC Co-Chair
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
It’s ‘now or never’ to avoid worst effects of climate change
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
South African cities must put green infrastructure firmly on the urban agenda
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,…
Adaptation should be central to climate crisis talks. Here’s why
Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change
‘The future is closer than expected’
Restoring ecosystems — wetlands, savannahs and grasslands — will mitigate the effects of global warming
Parties divided on carbon trading system as UN climate talks end
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…
Tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together, not separately, scientists say
Some climate adaptation and mitigation projects end up harming the natural environment and people, a new report warns
South Africa’s potential to expand tree cover as a climate mitigation tool
Should Africa’s largest emitter rely on tree planting initiatives to mitigate?
Covid puts green energy in a coma
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted governments’ plans to flatline the upward trajectory of global warming
Covid-19 brings South Africa’s daily carbon emissions down by 20%
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