Wed 22 October 2023: National Treasury has announced that South Africa has signed bilateral loan agreements with the World Bank, German state-owned development and investment bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition. The concessional financing includes a loan of some $1 billion from the […]
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Tue 21 October 2023: The world’s emissions-cutting pledges are nowhere near enough to curb the effects of climate change, with Earth on track for warming a potentially catastrophic 2.9C (5.2F) this century, the United Nations has warned. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s annual Emissions Gap report, published on Monday, assesses countries’ promises to tackle climate change against […]
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Mon 20 October 2023: A study conducted by the charity Oxfam International has shown a shocking inequality in carbon emissions: five billion people, or the richest 1% of the world’s population, contribute twice as much to carbon emissions as the poorest two-thirds. In order to address these discrepancies in the fight against climate change, the […]
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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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