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 | Bobby Banerjee The 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (or COP21) is underway, with the goal of hammering out a deal to reduce global carbon emissions top of the agenda... read |
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 | David L Levy In the run-up to the much-anticipated COP21 international climate summit in Paris, business leaders worldwide have shown substantial support for action on greenhouse gases (GHG)... read |
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 | Tom Harper Chinese president Xi Jinping addressed the opening day of the Paris climate talks as leader of a nation more confident and assertive than it has been at any point since Mao declared it had "stood up" after a century of rebellion and invasion... read |
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 | As world leaders gathered in Paris on Monday, 30 November, in the hope to stopping catastrophic climate change, Google Maps provided online views of remote locations where wildlife is struggling for survival... read |
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 | Mugabe lashed out at "miserly" developed nations at the UN climate summit on Monday, 30 November, accusing them of trying to shift the burden for curbing carbon emissions onto poor countries... read |
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 | African leaders called at a global climate summit on Monday, 30 November, for the world to help save drought-stricken Lake Chad and avert an even greater flow of refugees fleeing to Europe... read |
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 | The International Resource Panel (IRP), hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), says decoupling economic growth from escalating resource use should be an integral part of climate policy... read |
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 | Pope Francis has urged world leaders to seal a strong agreement at the Paris climate change meeting... read |
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 | The WRC hosted the second in a series of Dialogues which focused on drought adaptation and coping strategies, and specifically on understanding our hydrological landscape... read |
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 | The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) released a statement on climate change, presenting the contribution of the industry to the mitigation of... read |
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 | Minnaar has been selected for 21 ICONS South Africa Season III for 'Unearthed' that was written, directed and shot by her alone and received critical acclaim at the Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival... read |
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 | Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business As COP21 gets underway, a new survey reveals that students from the UCT Graduate School of Business and other top-ranking business schools around the world are demanding that business prioritise climate change and sustainability... read |
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 | The Shoprite Group is providing financial study assistance for pharmacy-, accounting- and retail-related university and technical degrees, and also to matriculants, but only a few bursaries are left, so those who have not yet been successful in raising funds for their studies next year need to apply now... read |
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 | According to a recent survey conducted by the Casino Association of South Africa (CASA), members of CASA contributed R134m towards social upliftment programmes during the 2014/15 financial year - 24% more compared to 2013/14... read |
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 | The carbon footprint of your next glass of wine could soon be trimmed after a major South African wine manufacturer unveiled a project to reduce its annual carbon emissions by 1200 tons of carbon dioxide... read |
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 | Africa's growing population and its demand for commodities and energy is a positive underlying factor that will promote future economic growth as soon as global conditions improve... read |
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 | Seven South African chefs were named 'Trailblazers' in the 2015 WWF-SASSI Trailblazer Awards, held at The Table Bay Hotel at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront earlier this week. read |
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 | November marked a major milestone for a simple heat-retention bag that, to date, has achieved remarkable things... read |
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 | Wipro Limited has contributed R100,000 to the Slovo Centre of Excellence (SCE), a non-profit organisation in Johannesburg, to help disadvantaged children... read |
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 | Khululiwe Mabaso The recent African Union's First African Girls' Summit on Ending Child Marriage in Africa, which was held on 26 and 27 November in Lusaka, Zambia, has highlighted the devastating impact of child marriage on the continent... read |
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 | Gift Dafuleya Over the past half a century lending to the poor has taken on many different forms. The microfinance movement began in earnest when Muhammad Yunus, the then-economics professor at Bangladesh University, came up with the idea of providing small loans using his personal funds to local villages in the 1970s... read |
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 | Orange and ENGIE have signed a partnership covering the expansion of the rural electricity grid and ENGIE's optimisation of energy supplied to Orange's telecoms infrastructure in Africa... read |
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 | The De Ville Shopping Centre in Durbanville, Cape Town, now features a bank of highly efficient solar panels on its roof... read |
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 | The Tower Property Fund is currently rolling out green measures to several buildings within the fund's portfolio... read |
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 | Royal HaskoningDHV and WEC Projects have signed an agreement for Nereda wastewater treatment technology in South Africa. The agreement was signed recently in Johannesburg in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte... read |
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 | Mpact Recycling has awarded R140,000 in prizes to 34 schools around the country in its Ronnie Recycler Schools Competition... read |
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 | Students from the University of Cape Town scooped both first and second prizes in the inaugural Growthpoint Greenovate Awards... read |
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