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Johannes Magaela, Phillip Masitenyane and Minah Funani sort plastic items inside Funani’s yard in Tembisa. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

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Source: © 123rf Today, Monday 16 September, South Africa joins the global community today to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer under the theme Advancing Climate Action

Commemorating International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, Advancing Climate Action

16 Sep 2024

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Simon Stiell speaks at the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Climate change costs Africa up to 5% of GDP, UN climate head says

Duncan Miriri 5 Sep 2024

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Finalists for the 2024 Eco-Logic Awards

30 Aug 2024

Republic of Rwanda's Minister of Environment Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (UN SRSG) for Sustainable Energy for All Damilola Ogunbiyi, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Joergensen and Maldives Minister?of Climate Change, Environment and Energy, Thoriq Ibrahim attend the session of discussion on the Global Cooling Pledge aimed at reducing emissions and exploring sustainable cooling solutions, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, UAE, 5 December 2023. Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo

African governments looking to COP summit for higher climate financing share

Duncan Miriri 27 Aug 2024

WCape hits rainfall records amid changing climate patterns

WCape hits rainfall records amid changing climate patterns

19 Aug 2024

Maritime commerce and climate change: How effective would a carbon tax on shipping be?

Maritime commerce and climate change: How effective would a carbon tax on shipping be?

Vianney Dequiedt, Audrey-Anne de Ubeda and Édouard Mien 12 Aug 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

Mann Made 2 Aug 2024

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Is the green economy the key to job creation in Africa?

2 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Prof Lucy Gilson, the head of UCT’s Health Policy and Systems Division, was co-awarded the prestigious Virchow Prize in Germany.

UCT academic scoops prestigious global health award

30 Jul 2024

FAO report highlights climate stress on forests and need for innovation

FAO report highlights climate stress on forests and need for innovation

30 Jul 2024

Source: G20.org/Diogo Zacarias/MF. Brasil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the signing of a landmark climate partnership agreement during the G20 Finance Track ministerial meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

G20 ministers spotlight $400m Emerging Markets Transition Debt scheme

29 Jul 2024

Solar panels are seen near the cooling towers of a retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom, near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, 9 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa's climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report

Tim Cocks 26 Jul 2024

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SA’s response to climate change outlined in new law

24 Jul 2024

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

22 Jul 2024

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Western Cape calls for urgent reform in emergency housing funding

Katja Hamilton 18 Jul 2024

A dead lamb lies in the veld on a farm near drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Picture taken 16 November 2019. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

South Africa appeals to donors to delay its climate targets, minister says

Tim Cocks 16 Jul 2024

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South Africa aims for net zero emissions by 2050

15 Jul 2024

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

12 Jul 2024

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Kaitano Dube 12 Jul 2024

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Climate resilience tops agenda at symposium

11 Jul 2024

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2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

Climate related disasters are causing widespread damage as winter approaches

Climate related disasters are causing widespread damage as winter approaches

FoodForward SA 24 Jun 2024

IMF approves over $900m to support Tanzania budget, climate change fight

Kanishka Singh 21 Jun 2024

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New Section27 report: Climate change threatens child health and education

20 Jun 2024

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Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Laura Vang Rasmussen, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Ingo Grass, Marney Isaac and Rachel Bezner Kerr 19 Jun 2024

A girl carries a jerrycan filled with water at a Tolou Keur garden in the Walalde department of Podor, in the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel area, Senegal, 11 July 2021. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Will Africa's Great Green Wall hit 2030 goal?

Simon Jessop and Alessandra Prentice 13 Jun 2024

A decade of the Street Store: From local to global, showing how creativity can be used as a force for good

A decade of the Street Store: From local to global, showing how creativity can be used as a force for good

7 Jun 2024

Sappi research chair at Wits marks a milestone year of climate action

Sappi research chair at Wits marks a milestone year of climate action

Sappi 7 Jun 2024

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6 little-known facts about climate change in South Africa

Karen King 6 Jun 2024

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