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South Africa has emerged from the 29th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) with optimism, as key agreements were reached that could significantly impact the country’s climate action and green economy.
The UAE has made the phase-down of fossil fuels a central agenda item, with President-designate Sultan al-Jaber describing it as “essential” and “inevitable”.
OPINION: Just transitions can support more robust and equitable mitigation outcomes, with tailored approaches addressing different contexts, writes Lebogang Mulaisi.
OPINION: Just transitions can support more robust and equitable mitigation outcomes, with tailored approaches addressing different contexts, writes Lebogang Mulaisi.
South Africa and Egypt lead, but challenges persist. New report reveals untapped potential of 400GW. Can the continent overcome finance hurdles and policy instability?
OPINION: By reviving the Commonwealth, it merely gives additional diplomatic burden on many poorer nation states who need to navigate a complex global order to secure a decent development deal, writes Ashraf Patel.
In 2023, alarm bells are ringing louder as we grapple with record-breaking temperatures and unprecedented flooding in many parts of the globe.
OPINION: There is no doubt that the post-Covid pandemic and Ukraine-Russia conflict has put multiple pressures on world order and geopolitical fractures, in particular. This has come to signify severe punishments and threats for nations that have chosen a non-aligned position, such as South Africa, writes Ashraf Patel.
The acts will be joined by the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, Conan Gray and Stray Kids.
Officials from the Department of Forestry and Fisheries and the Environment virtually briefed the portfolio committee on environment, forestry and fisheries on the outcomes of COP27 in Egypt.
OPINION: If the green transformation is successful, it will result in a cleaner planet, less pollution, more robust economies, and healthier populations. The time to act is now, writes Kershni Ramreddi.
The Mitigation Work Program will cover the IPCC 2006 key emissions sectors and the IPCC WGIII report.
The South African government congratulated the Egyptian COP27 Presidency for the successful hosting of the climate conference, the 27th instalment of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
OPINION: The decision to set up a loss and damage fund has been called ‘historic’ and a ‘breakthrough' by the mainstream Western press. Still, there is not much clarity about who exactly will pay for the fund and how it will operate, writes Ekaterina Blinova.
Hosted in the green Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, delegates mulled over the quick strides made since adopting the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 30 years ago.
From great migrations of wildlife across landscapes and continents to river flows from mountain to sea, nature’s circulatory system of connections is essential for a healthy planet.
The COP27 climate summit has made a welcome step towards a loss and damage fund, but by failure to agree to more ambitious action on emission reductions - the goal of limiting global warming to 1. 5°C - is slipping away, with disastrous consequences for the world, according to the WWF.
Global agriculture is experiencing severe negative impacts due to climate change but is also one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming.
COP27 was set to be an “implementation COP” of critical importance but as the climate summit concluded, the overwhelming sense among environmental groups, civil society and other stakeholders making their way home was that the summit failed to agree to more ambitious action on emissions reductions.
OPINION: Despite 30 years of dedication to the vision of a balanced world and a planet in peace, Ana Rocha constantly asks herself if her contributions had any relevant impact in moving towards it.
Declining sperm count jeopardises former Namibian president Sam Nujoma’s dream for population growth.
OPINION: If the green transformation is successful, it will result in a cleaner planet, less pollution, more robust economies, and healthier populations, writes Kershni Ramreddi.
OPINION: Rather than rushing ahead, we need to carefully consider which options are most realistic, and how they will be deployed and operate in the real world, writes Antony Froggatt.
The World Wide Fund for Nature says the summit was failing to deliver on the ‘implementation’ theme prioritised by the Egyptian presidency.
The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, and Nestlé come in as the world’s top plastic polluters for five years running, according to Break Free From Plastic’s latest global brand audit report.