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New campaign calls on leaders to take climate action
Almost a billion extra people face a life of extreme poverty if leaders duck key decisions on poverty, inequality and climate change due to be taken at two crucial summits in New York and Paris later this year... read more>>



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Extreme athletes complete 200km swim
Two extreme athletes, Andrew Chin and Toks Viviers, ended a 200km swim down the Free State's polluted Wilge River on Wednesday, 14 January, completing the first stage of a campaign to highlight South Africa's deteriorating waterways... read more>>
Energy
Solar energy to Africa

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The University of Johannesburg's (UJ) solar team, part of the UJ Energy Movement, is looking to test their solar car, iLanga 2, in Namibia this April... read more>>
Sustainability
SA's long-term nuclear plan no solution to country's short-term energy needs
South Africa's national power grid will once again come under tremendous pressure this month. It needs remedies that can come on stream quickly. And that's not nuclear... read more>>
Environmental challenges mean sustainable farming practices are non-negotiable

Zhann Meyer

When combined with the pressure on land and water resources due to population growth and urbanisation, and the massive degradation of roughly a quarter of the world's agricultural land, the challenges farmers face around the world are immense... read more>>
International
EU bans sea bass trawling to save species
BRUSSELS: The EU said Monday, 19 January, it will ban open water trawling of sea bass during the spawning season through April in order to ensure the stock's survival... read more>>
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