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Sustainability: South Africa shines as global superpowers waver

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#WorldCitiesDay: Smart cities need smart waste management

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Parametric insurance launches in South Africa to protect smallholder farmersElias Sekoboane

Dr Mavuso Msimang received the Eco-Logical Intelligence Lifetime Achievement Award. Image supplied.

South Africa's eco-champions win big at 2025 Eco-Logic Awards

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South Africa’s coal mines are leaking methane – and no one knows how muchJennifer Lee Broadhurst, Brett Cohen and Jesse Burton

SA algae-fuel startup wins world’s largest green business competition

SA algae-fuel startup wins world’s largest green business competition

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#WorldCitiesDay: Smart cities need smart waste management

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SA can meet ESG demands, but how?

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Central banks should be fighting the climate crisis – here’s why

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Will Suez shipping disruption derail hopes for rate cuts?

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#BizTrends2024: The shifting landscape of cities

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#BizTrends2024: New risk on the block

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Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Maytaal Angel and Dewi Kurniawati 19 Dec 2023

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Trade rules and climate change: Africa stands to lose from proposed WTO policy tools

Olabisi D. Akinkugbe 18 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf Old Mutual announced that it has been awarded the African seat on the Global Steering Group for the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance

Old Mutual leads the charge against climate change in Africa

18 Dec 2023

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Humanitarian crises will worsen in 2024 - International Rescue Committee

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Ghana government gives Africa's largest rooftop solar green light

Ghana government gives Africa's largest rooftop solar green light

14 Dec 2023

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SA welcomes COP28 agreement global adaptation efforts on climate change

14 Dec 2023

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AfDB greenlights $300m loan to bolster SA's energy governance and climate resilience

13 Dec 2023

Communities in South Africa's coal heartland in Mpumalanga will be most affected by the energy transition.

SA secures $300m loan for Energy Governance and Climate Resilience

12 Dec 2023

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Revitalising commercial real estate through sustainable solutions and innovative energy management

11 Dec 2023

Image: Officials inspect the carcass of an elephant in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 7 December 2023, Reuters/Nyasha Chigono

Dozens of Zimbabwe elephants die as climate change dries up Hwange park

Nyasha Chingono 8 Dec 2023

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#COP28: Development bank head urges African exemption from EU carbon tax

Simon Jessop 7 Dec 2023

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#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

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#COP28: South Africa's climate change regime and just energy transition "stocktake"

5 Dec 2023

SAICA hosts inaugural Climate Change Conference

SAICA hosts inaugural Climate Change Conference

SAICA 5 Dec 2023

Image: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (7th R), stands for a photograph the Zayed Sustainability Prize with the winners during COP28 UAE, Al Wasl Plaza, Expo City. Seen with HE Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and COP28 President (L). (Hamad Al Kaabi / UAE Presidential Court)

#COP28: Zayed Sustainability Prize winners

4 Dec 2023

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#COP28: Cities face huge climate finance gap, study says

David Stanway 4 Dec 2023

#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

Paul Winters 4 Dec 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the G77 Summit. Source: x.com

#COP28: Ramaphosa calls for unity among developing nations

3 Dec 2023

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#COP28: AstraZeneca's AZ Forest initiative: Pledging six million trees in Kenya

1 Dec 2023

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#COP28: UAE commits $30bn to climate action finance fund

1 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Majesty King Charles III open the inaugural Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum.

UAE launches groundbreaking COP28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum

1 Dec 2023

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

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#COP28: Unpacking Africa’s emboldened agenda

Charles Douglas 29 Nov 2023

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Green energy boom and its impact on jobs in SA

22 Nov 2023

Climate change and farming: Economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa

Climate change and farming: Economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa

Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso and Abiodun Olusola Omotayo 22 Nov 2023

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