Cooking for Madiba
/ 19 December 2011

Cooking for Madiba

Nelson Mandela’s personal chef Xoliswa Ndoyiya talks about what it was like cooking for the former statesman. She has released her first cookbook.

The colossal fossil
/ 10 December 2011

The colossal fossil

The fossil of the day awards have been an established part of COP since 1999. COP17 drew to a close, the conference’s overall ‘colossal fossil’ was announced.

Occupy the ICC
/ 9 December 2011

Occupy the ICC

As negotiations entered the 11th hour at COP17, activists chanted slogans to the ICC. Those who saw out the peaceful protest were escorted out by UN security.

Shifting sands
/ 9 December 2011

Shifting sands

At the Gobabeb research centre in the Namibia desert, young African scientists gather data for climate predictions.