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There are environment-friendly interventions that will ensure that South Africa will have sufficient renewable power supply domestically as well as for export.  (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

‘South Africa on a path to unjust transition’

The country needs a greener economy but energy specialists say policymakers must ensure the creation of a fairer economy in the process

Disproportionate suffering: A girl climbs a baobab tree in Malamawa village, in Niger. The climate has long been inhospitable, but now rising temperatures have caused prolonged drought, exacerbating food shortages, prompting migration and contributing to instability. Photo: Luis Tato/FAO/AFP

The West owes Africa $100bn (at least) for climate recovery

In fewer than three days, a US citizen emits as much carbon as a person from Chad or Niger does in one year. Such is the asymmetry in culpability for climate change.

Aid: People queue for hampers, masks, soap and sanitiser from charities at the Iterileng informal settlement near Pretoria.  (Marco Longari/AFP)

From pandemic crisis to a better South Africa

The time has come for radical reforms that unleash the potential of all South Africans to create small businesses and jobs, and for the government to fix the education, health…

US President Donald Trump (R) Democratic Presidential candidate, former US Vice President Joe Biden and moderator, NBC News anchor, Kristen Welker (C) participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. (Photo by JIM BOURG / POOL / AFP)

US elections: Neither candidate is taking climate change seriously

The climate policies of both parties are constrained because they are far too wedded to the neoliberal economic systems

Emissions are still climbing. In 2024, global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.3%, reaching 57.7 gigatons of CO₂ equivalent — a faster rate of growth than in 2023 and more than four times the annual average of the 2010s.

Ramaphosa misses chance to create a better climate future

Ramaphosa missed the chance to get even more out of his big moment

Dangerous business: A bushmeat vendor in the Congo. Inger Andersen, the executive director of the UN Environment Programme, has said: ‘Never before have so many opportunities existed for pathogens to pass from wild and domestic animals to people.’ (Florent Vergnes/AFP/Getty Images)

Covid-19 stimulus packages must prioritise the green economy

Our response to the Covid-19 pandemic can and should place a just transition at the centre of all economic stimulus packages

On the coal face: Eskom’s maintenance has fallen by the wayside under political pressure.  Plant breakdowns and coal supply problems put the grid under strain and necessitate load-shedding. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Dear EFF, it’s time for radical renewable transformation

The party’s vision for Eskom seems to be one designed to benefit vested interests rather than the greater good

The green economy can pave a way to a thriving South African society by unlocking economic value, fighting climate change and improving human wellbeing. It is a win-win-win.

The green economy – a win-win strategy for South Africa

On a provincial level, programmes such as Gauteng’s The Innovation Hub are helping to create green economic growth

On board: For a global Green New Deal to work, countries will fast have to find ways of collaborating while ensuring that stronger nations do not overpower weaker ones. (David Cliff/NurPhoto)

Wake up, there is no Planet B

The environmental threat to humanity means world leaders must finish what they started

On board: For a global Green New Deal to work, countries will fast have to find ways of collaborating while ensuring that stronger nations do not overpower weaker ones. (David Cliff/NurPhoto)

Wake up, there is no Planet B

The environmental threat to humanity means world leaders must finish what they started