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The EU, US and China wield the most carbon emissions, yet Africa is left paying the price, again. The continent needs to build its own resilience to combat a declining economy.
But analysts say the fossil fuel’s boom will probably be short-lived as the turn to renewable energy picks up
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some to make an about-turn on coal but their scramble has not sealed the fate of renewables
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Bill moves towards the all-of-government approach required to mount effective climate response, but there are concerns that it is ‘toothless’
Industries can take advantage of carbon tax allowances if they finance projects mitigation projects
But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’
Despite commitments to climate resilience, many continue to ignore their social mandates and push ahead with funding for fossil fuel projects.
Shell’s 3D seismic survey is set to begin on Wednesday. But a high court application brought by rights groups to block it will be heard as an urgent matter on Tuesday
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
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
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
If we don’t engender an all-of-society approach, we run the risk of exposing our country, our cities and our people, often the most vulnerable among us, to the climate crisis
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
The Healthy NDCs Scorecard has recognised South Africa’s efforts in revising its nationally determined contributions to mitigate climate change
Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up
Critics have accused the young climate activists of being divisive and unrepresentative; they say this simply isn’t true
But Sasol shouldn’t rely on natural gas a transition fuel, say civil society organisations
Calls intensify to focus on helping high-risk communities adjust to climate change
Only Gambia has a plan that, if everyone acted the same way, would see global heating kept to below 1.5°C.
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
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
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
Rangelands are ‘nature’s gift to humanity’, but have been overlooked, neglected
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The ongoing three-week talks ahead of COP26 are proving tricky in a world of virtual climate diplomacy
Countries with the biggest industrialised economies could see an average loss of 8.5% of economic value by 2050, according to an Oxfam analysis
The pandemic has demonstrated that, when it’s a matter of life and death, we can manage dramatic U-turns in public policy. We must take similarly decisive action now on climate change, rather than later regretting it
The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters