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Q&A: Africa Climate Week and why it matters in the lead-up to COP27 later this year

The event is a chance for African countries to embrace national interests in climate-change mitigation actions and socio-economic development.

  • Ozayr Patel
4 min read
The “hard-fought” negotiations to develop a landmark United Nations treaty to end plastic pollution closed on Friday without agreement and have been extended again
POLLUTER PAYS

Is it really the case that ‘polluters pay’ in South Africa

The truth is that our carbon tax is way too low to act as a real deterrent

  • Sanele Khakhu
6 min read