Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dion George said South Africa will continue working to end plastic pollution in the country and develop fair, practical regulations
‘Zombie’ microbes may reawaken as Earth’s ice melts, a study has found
Persistent organic pollutants stay in the environment over decades and longer and are linked to cancer, liver damage and decreased fertility
There are early signs that fewer lesser kestrels and Amur falcons are visiting South Africa this year
Nature-based solutions can play help solve the triple crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste
At state-of-the-art labs in Pretoria, a team of scientists is developing compostable products to replace single-use ones that are not recycled
Wealthy nations default on payments for climate adaptation
This can be done by 2040 if there are changes in the market, a United Nations report has found
The first round of plastic treaty negotiations saw positive outcomes but oil producing countries, at the behest of big oil and petrochemical companies, could dominate the treaty discussions
No ‘credible pathway’ in place to limit warming to 1.5°C
South Africa discharges up to 250 000 tonnes of rubbish into the oceans every year
There are also early warning signs of climate change on South Africa’s coral reefs as elevated sea temperatures drive large scale bleaching
For each rand spent on rehabilitating the river system, the return is at least R1.70 if not more
The environment department’s Source-to-Sea initiative will create 1 600 work opportunities
The well-being of about 3.2-billion people, 40% of the world’s population, has been harmed
Rangelands are ‘nature’s gift to humanity’, but have been overlooked, neglected
Automatic-control mechanisms are part of the intelligent self-regulation that occurs in nature. Thus, the outbreak of Covid-19 could very well be Gaia’s automatic reaction to restore homeostatic equilibrium
The UNEP said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6%, each year, every year until 2030 to limit global temperature rises to 1.5°C
More than 60 countries have instituted bans on plastic use
New predictions of global warming outstrip
earlier worst-case scenarios, reports David Adam.
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/ 16 February 2009
The UN called on Monday on rich nations to forge a deal that puts climate change and poverty reduction at the heart of efforts to reboot the economy.
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/ 2 December 2007
World leaders will converge on the tropical island of Bali this week for the start of negotiations that experts say could be the last chance to save the Earth from catastrophic climate change. The United Nations conference of 191 countries is the beginning of talks to agree a new international treaty to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
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/ 9 November 2007
Mozambique is among Southern and East African countries that will benefit from new, -million energy projects. The United Nations Environment Programme said in a press release issued on Thursday that the projects will use tea and sugar residues to generate energy.
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/ 25 October 2007
Humanity is changing Earth’s climate so fast and devouring resources so voraciously that it is poised to bequeath a ravaged planet to future generations, the United Nations warned on Thursday in its most comprehensive survey of the environment. The fourth <i>Global Environment Outlook</i> is compiled by 390 experts from observations, studies and data garnered over two decades.