According to a new World Bank report, investments of 4.5% of GDP will allow developing countries to achieve their infrastructure-related Sustainable Development Goals...
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According to a new World Bank report, investments of 4.5% of GDP will allow developing countries to achieve their infrastructure-related Sustainable Development Goals...
A new WWF South Africa report, Agri-Food Systems: Facts and Futures, has called for a fundamental overhaul of our food system which, in its current form, it says, is a threat to the environment and human health...
Instead of building sea walls, Boston is now opting for waterfront parks that welcome the tides in and pose less of a threat to local marine life...
19 hours ago
A new WWF South Africa report, Agri-Food Systems: Facts and Futures, has called for a fundamental overhaul of our food system which, in its current form, it says, is a threat to the environment and human health...
1 day ago
Agriculture has become a carbon-intensive endeavour. Crop, livestock and fossil fuel use in agriculture account for about 25 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions...
Laxmi Pant 2 days ago
Open to organisations, cities, industries, universities, governments, and others taking bold leadership on climate change, the 2019 UN Global Climate Action Awards is now accepting entries...
12 Feb 2019
After more than three decades of talk about the potential of building green, we've still failed to change the way we design and construct buildings...
Meg Holden and Rebecca Holt 6 Feb 2019
Speaking at the inauguration of the Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development in Rome this week, FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva said a major focus on boosting the agricultural sectors and promoting rural development in Africa is needed...
29 Jan 2019
There is mounting evidence of the impact of climate change on human habitat and health, on plant and animal life, on water resources and shorelines...
Lenore Manderson 28 Jan 2019
More than ever before, in 2018 we saw sustainability playing a major role in shaping trends in the retail sector...
Feroz Koor 25 Jan 2019
It's estimated that by 2050, global aviation could account for over 22% of all global carbon dioxide emissions due to rapid growth in air traffic...
25 Jan 2019
Recent reports have delivered sobering messages about climate change and its consequences...
Benjamin Preston and Johanna Nalau 24 Jan 2019
The year 2018 was packed with environmental buzzwords. Sustainable, eco-friendly, low-carbon footprint, and upcycle are just some of the words that we are used to hearing in conversations with our clients, and for good reason...
Kim Winstanley 17 Jan 2019
Man-made climate change and its effect on rainfall made the drought in South Africa's Western Cape province over the past few years about three times more likely...
14 Jan 2019
SouthSouthNorth has released an independent study on the potential private sector investment priorities that support South Africa's climate change outcomes...
11 Jan 2019
2018 was a year of paradox. The scientific signals of global warming are significantly stronger. The frequency, intensity and cost of weather impacts escalates. But the backtracking and general malaise...
Simon Clarke 7 Jan 2019
If you've ever walked in a forest following the first rainfall after a dry spell, you would recall a sweet, fresh and powerfully evocative smell. This earthy-smelling substance is geosmin, a chemical released into the air by a soil-dwelling bacteria called actinomycetes...
Ruth Schmidt 4 Jan 2019
The Government of Mauritius and the European Union held a High Level Policy Dialogue on Climate Change following the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference...
4 Jan 2019
Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more...
Taahirah Martin 3 Jan 2019
Climate scientists insist in a recent report that fundamental changes in how energy is consumed and supplied are urgently required to avoid serious damage to life and property...
Abhishek Kar & Hisham Zerriffi 3 Jan 2019
Climate change will hammer the US economy unless there's swift action to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels, according to the latest National Climate Assessment report...
Garth Heutel 28 Dec 2018
Although most G20 countries, including several emerging countries, have enhanced their conditions for investments in low-carbon energy in the past year, more has to be undertaken in order to meet the Paris climate targets...
24 Dec 2018
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) recently announced the first cohort of the Small Research Grants in Climate Change Science...
24 Dec 2018
What did you have for dinner last night? Might you have made a different choice if you had a simple way to compare the environmental impacts of different foods?
Adrian R. Camilleri, Dalia Patino-Echeverri and Ri 20 Dec 2018
Between 2015 and 2017 South Africa's South Western Cape region experienced three of its lowest rainfall years on record...
Mark New, Friederike Otto and Piotr Wolski 20 Dec 2018
The global fashion sector has increased momentum to address climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. Premier fashion brands, retailers, and supplier organisations have agreed...
19 Dec 2018
Maritime shipping transports 90% of the goods traded around the world by volume...
Henrik Selin and Rebecca Cowing 19 Dec 2018
Three years after the Paris Agreement was struck, we now finally know the rules...
Kate Dooley 18 Dec 2018
South Africa is scaling-up its current ambitious efforts to address climate change, says Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom...
13 Dec 2018
As delegates at the UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland, discuss the possibility of restraining global warming to 1.5?, it might sound like a reasonable question to ask how much money it will cost if they fail...
Jack Pezzey 13 Dec 2018
South Africa has showcased the country's Climate Change Near-Term Priority Flagship Programmes on the sidelines of the international climate change talks, currently taking place in Katowice...
12 Dec 2018
