Mon 13 October 2023: The third round of negotiations between representatives of UN member states will begin in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Monday, to finalise the details of a globally binding agreement to drastically reduce plastic waste. The hope is that a globally binding agreement can be forged, to minimize the harmful effects of […]
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Mon 13 October 2023: Two Indian cities have joined the national capital, New Delhi, on the list of the world’s top 10 most polluted cities, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers for Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of light. New Delhi took the top spot, as it often […]
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Sat 11 October 2023: Global fossil fuel production in the next seven years will be more than double the levels pushing the world far beyond the climate goals, including the 1.5 degree Celsius target, set under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, said the United Nations and researchers, on Wednesday (Nov 8). The UN Environment Programme’s […]
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Wed 08 October 2023: As cities grow, more people need food. However, space for farming is limited in cities. Building facades can offer a solution for growing food. We asked landscape architect Karen Botes to tell us about her research – cultivating traditional African vegetables on walls. What are ‘living wall systems’ and why did you study them? Living […]
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Fri 03 October 2023: Schools across India’s capital New Delhi have been shuttered and construction activity halted as the city was declared the world’s most polluted. The closures were ordered on Friday as air pollution rose to dangerous levels, with Swiss air quality monitoring group IQAir putting the Indian city at the top of a […]
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Thu 26 October 2023: The World Bank Board has committed to support South Africa’s efforts to promote long-term energy security and a low carbon transition with a $1 billion Development Policy Loan (DPL). “We are pleased to support South Africa’s government, which has taken decisive reforms to address the challenges posed by the energy crisis. […]
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Sun 15 October 2023: A recent study by scientists at the University of Leeds discovered a troubling trend in Antarctica, where over 40% of the ice shelves had drastically shrunk since 1997. The fact that over half of these ice shelves show “no signs of recovery” and that this occurrence is intimately linked to climate […]
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Fri 13 October 2023: The global hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance due to human activities, with droughts and extreme rainfall spurring climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. “Glaciers and ice cover are retreating before our eyes. Rising temperatures have accelerated-and also disrupted-the water cycle,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: Climate change is one of the most profound challenges the world faces, remarked Pope Francis on Wednesday. In his apostolic exhortation, the pope warned that the world is collapsing and may be getting closer to the breaking point, adding that it is indubitable that the impact of climate change will increasingly […]
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A woman in front of her earthquake-damaged house in the old city in Marrakesh. [Fadel Senna/AFP] Wed 04 October 2023: Climate change is detrimental in every imaginable way, negatively affecting the global economy, agriculture, industry, sports and everything else people know, love and make use of, Anadolu Agency reports. But one aspect of this environmental […]
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