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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.
Explore the National Treasury's proposed changes to South Africa's carbon tax Phase 2, aimed at achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 while promoting economic growth.
A delegation from the City, led by Economic Development and Planning Committee chairperson councillor Thembo Ntuli met with AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles in the US recently.
A section of the South African music and publishing industry has voiced its dissatisfaction with some sections of the Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers Protection Amendment Bill and wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene.
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently unveiled the Climate Change Response Fund, a pioneering initiative aimed at bolstering climate resilience and protecting critical infrastructure amidst escalating extreme weather events.
In his end-of-year message, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 2023 had marked a turning point in fighting major health challenges but had also brought ‘immense and avoidable suffering. ’
Patrick Bond and Desmond D’Sa interrogate the final document from the United Nations Climate Conference, COP28.
The United Nations positively evaluates China's efforts and important contributions to promoting peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
The UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai on Wednesday called for the tripling of renewable energy across the globe by 2030 as part of joint efforts to ensure deep and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and keep global temperature increase within 1. 5 °C.
The agreement was reached at the UN-led COP28 summit, which is aimed at fighting the climate change that bears costly and destructive consequences.
Around 100 elephants in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe have died due to a lack of water, which has been reportedly caused by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern.
Ailars David, a marine conservation warden at the reserve, said the plan is to build a boardwalk for tourists to reach the lagoon so they can swim surrounded by nature and the freshest of air.
OPINION: COP28 provides a critical opportunity to escalate our fight for climate justice and system change and raise long-standing demands for real solutions, writes Shanice Firmin.
In a bold response to the ongoing global climate crisis, community members from KwaZulu-Natal convened at the Diakonia Council of Churches for the Counter COP Climate Week. Organised by the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance and groundWork, the event aimed to address the critical climate issues and advocate for phasing out fossil fuels.
This surge of financial commitments at the COP28 United Nations Climate Conference marks a turning point in the fight against climate change, with historic pledges and declarations addressing key issues, from loss and damage to renewable energy and efficiency.
The staggering death toll, disclosed on the eve of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surpasses previous estimates and intensifies the call for decisive action to address the adverse health impacts of fossil fuel emissions.
Livestock is responsible for about 30% of global anthropogenic methane emissions, from sources like manure and cow burps, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
Delegates to the UN Climate Conference have committed to providing billions of dollars towards supporting developing countries in climate finance.
South Africa's esteemed environmental activists and Goldman Prize laureates, Liziwe McDaid, Makoma Lekalakala, Desmond D’Sa, Jonathan Deal, and Bobby Peek, confront President Ramaphosa with a bold demand: withdraw the National Petroleum Company Bill and halt offshore oil and gas exploration.
The Loss and Damage Fund, 30 years in the making, aims to support developing and poor nations vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change.
From 2030, experts expect that just four of these threats -malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress - will push global death tolls up by 250,000 per year.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said they welcome the loss and damage fund and the pledges that have already been made.
COP28 makes history with the adoption of the Loss and Damage fund, a critical step in addressing climate change impacts. Pledges totalling $475 million have been made, but concerns linger about fund size and transparency. Learn why this moment is a turning point in the fight against climate crises.
World experts are in Dubai for climate change negotiations, and the City of Durban hopes money to cope with disasters is high on the list.
OPINION: We expect countries to implement the agreements to cut greenhouse gas emissions that were made in previous COPS, such as Egypt, Paris, and Glasgow. They must agree to significant global commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions and share the time frame to achieve this target, writes Kershni Ramreddi.