December 06, 2023
Africa: Antarctica Lawyers Up - Hopes for a Legal Revolution to Defend Earth's Vast Southern Wilderness
Global experts unite at COP28 to grant the world's greatest deep freeze far-reaching rights equal to humans. Read more »
December 04, 2023
South Africa: Better Late Than Never - DTIC Finally Releases Electric Vehicle White Paper
Trade and industry minister, Ebrahim Patel, says jobs are a huge concern but that South Africa needs to get on the road to a greener future. It's high time because Naamsa has… Read more »
November 30, 2023
Africa: COP28 - Humans of All Faiths (And No Faith) Have a Limited Window of Opportunity to Act On the Climate Crisis
A crucial global meeting is being held from 30 November to 12 December 2023 in Dubai: the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -… Read more »
South Africa: Oil-Soaked Climate Summit Disaster Looms - - Thanks Partly to Elite South African Self-Interest
Will COP28 contribute to worsening the climate catastrophe? With climate imperialists and sub-imperialists like Kerry, Al Jaber and Creecy in the lead, how could it not? Read more »
Africa: As UAE COP28 Agenda Raises Scepticism, African Scientists Call for End to New Fossil Fuel Exploration Scramble
African scientists, experts and some global climate policy leads have called for an ambitious goal-setting COP28 as negotiations start in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30… Read more »
November 22, 2023
South Africa: What South Africa Will Tell the World At COP28
Briefing the portfolio committee on forestry, fisheries and the environment, Environment Minister Barbara Creecy and deputy director-general of climate change and air quality… Read more »
November 12, 2023
South Africa: 'Devastating' Death of Dozens of Migrating Birds Points to Coming Climate Change Havoc - Experts
After a drastic change in weather last week, birds were found dead across the country, highlighting the ecological cascade climate change will bring. Read more »
November 05, 2023
Africa: Big Shortfall in Climate Funding Needed By Developing Countries Is 'Hugely Worrying' - UNEP
The funding developing countries need to deal with the present impacts of climate change (adaptation finance) is 50% bigger than previously thought, with Unep estimating the… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Southern Africa: Southern Africa At Increased Risk of Being Hit By Powerful Category 5 Cyclones, Experts Warn
Climate experts warn that with the way the southern African region has been warming, a Category 5 tropical cyclone landing could not be ruled out - and that should this happen, the… Read more »
October 24, 2023
Africa: Africa Energy Week - Where Climate Science Makes Way for the Gods of Gas and Coal
Over the course of the week, the organisers of Africa Energy Week 2023 gave a key platform to alleged fraudsters, sanctioned Russian energy companies, oil giants and people who… Read more »
October 01, 2023
South Africa: New Investment Pledges Boost Just Energy Transition Funding Pool to $11.8 Billion
Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain have joined the group of countries who are partially financing South Africa's Just Energy Transition. Read more »
September 27, 2023
South Africa: How Prepared Is Cape Town for a Future of Extreme Weather Events?
The City of Cape Town has a Climate Change Strategy and Winter Readiness Programme, but it will probably have to do more to prepare for future extreme weather events. Read more »
September 26, 2023
South Africa: SANParks Should Not Be Providing a Platform to Help Climate-Breaking Companies Like TotalEnergies Look Good
The partnership announced between the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, SANParks and TotalEnergies makes a mockery of efforts to fight climate change by giving… Read more »
September 22, 2023
South Africa: Activists Say 'No More Soft Approach' to Climate Change, Need More From Standard Bank
Climate protesters held a three-day campout at the Standard Bank Headquarters in Rosebank, Johannesburg, which ended in activists being removed by the police. Read more »
September 20, 2023
South Africa: Climate Change Should Factor in the 2024 Election As El Niño Heads South Africa's Way
Science writer Leonie Joubert and climatology professor Coleen Vogel joined Our Burning Planet journalist Julia Evans in an invigorating discussion on how we can leverage the… Read more »
South Africa: Climate Activists, Journalist Ejected From Standard Bank HQ As Anti-Fossil Fuel Protest Turns Chaotic
A protest at Standard Bank's headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday descended into chaos when a group of human rights and climate activists, as well as a Daily Maverick… Read more »
September 14, 2023
South Africa: Climate Activists Add Electricity Minister to List of Respondents in Environmental Impact Case
Civic and climate organisations have expanded their court application against several stakeholders involved in approving 1,500MW of coal-fired power. The case was filed in 2021,… Read more »
September 11, 2023
South Africa: Karpowership Game Ranch 'Donation' Raises New Stink Over Green Offset Schemes
KwaZulu-Natal's official custodian of nature conservation has stepped into a pungent quagmire after entering into a provisional agreement that involves the 'donation' of a 1,784… Read more »
August 31, 2023
South Africa: West Coast Registers Record-Breaking Maximum Temperatures in August
The minimum and maximum temperatures for the upcoming spring and early summer in South Africa are expected to be above the normal average, with a number of all-time maximum… Read more »
August 24, 2023
Africa: Renewable Energy Focus Could Steer Brics Towards Formation of Powerful Climate Club
BRICS could be the catalyst for a new global alliance to power solutions to the world's climate crisis. Read more »
August 14, 2023
South Africa: How Rising Temperatures Threaten Farmworkers in Northern Cape, Country's Sunniest Province
With the El Niño event that is likely to see temperatures reach ever greater heights, scientists and experts are cautioning that the agricultural sector and its workers need… Read more »
July 02, 2023
South Africa: Leave Coal in the Hole and Oil in the Soil, Warns Top Climate Scientist
Forget about climate geoengineering, says Professor Debra Roberts, just leave fossil fuels in the ground. Read more »
June 20, 2023
South Africa: SA Launches $1bn Green Hydrogen Fund With Netherlands, Denmark to Tackle Climate Crisis
The SA-H2 fund is seeded by an initial $250m from Invest International, and aims to capitalise on South Africa's wind and solar resources to mitigate the impacts of the climate… Read more »
May 29, 2023
South Africa: Scientist Debra Roberts Nominated to Head World Expert Body On Climate Crisis
If Roberts wins the majority vote in Nairobi, she will become the first woman and first person from Africa to lead the IPCC. Read more »
May 24, 2023
South Africa: A Spell of Spots Scattered Around the Karoo Veld
Our visit to a family farm just south of Gariep Dam happened when a truly Biblical drought had begun to bite deep. But despite it, life seemed unaccountably cheerful out here at… Read more »