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India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ghana host the largest number of cities with high-risk scores.
AIR CONDITIONING

Oxford study finds world’s highest heat-risk cities concentrated in Asia and Africa

Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban…

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
South Africa needs to change its top-down approach, consult communities and fast track the delayed Integrated Energy Plan
CLIMATE CHANGE

SA’s progress on climate and just transition hindered by incoherent policies, weak governance and inconsistency

The Presidential Climate Commission’s new report says progress is not happening at the pace and scale required This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get…

  • Sheree Bega
1 min read
Prof Linda Godfrey, Manager of Circular Innovation South Africa (CISA).
2023 2024 NSTF SOUTH32 AWARDS

The resource radical

Prof Linda Godfrey’s quest for a circular South Africa

  • Jamaine Krige
2 min read
An elephant feeds as it starts to rain in Hwange National Park in Hwange, northern Zimbabwe on December 16, 2023. (Photo by ZINYANGE AUNTONY/AFP via Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate crisis severely affecting survival of migratory species

Climate change is already having ‘catastrophic impacts’ on many species and their ability to provide ecosystem services to humanity This content is restricted to registered users…

  • Sheree Bega
1 min read
COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber. (F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ANNALENA BAERBOCK

COP28 climate summit: ‘Expectations high, trust is low’

Wealthy countries must step up and make sure that their pledges to developing countries are met, says COP28 president

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
People walk with their belongings in a flooded area after the Nile river overflowed after continuous heavy rain which caused thousands of people to be displaced in Bor, central South Sudan, on August 8, 2020. (Photo by Akuot Chol / AFP)
BOB SCHOLES

The dummy’s guide to climate change for southern Africa

Though there is no going back and fixing what we have done, we can certainly all take responsibility for our corner of the world to ensure we have a fighting chance

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read