South Africa's Hydrogen Society Roadmap explains how the country's resources, including reliable sources of renewable energy, and its ample supply of platinum group metals (PGM), can be effectively harnessed to produce green hydrogen...
Kieran Whyte 23 Apr 2021
More than half of African companies are delaying their energy transition targets, leaving them in danger of missing the Paris Agreement target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050...
In an effort to move away from using coal to produce power, South Africa has embarked on a process of repurposing retiring coal power plants by adding solar photovoltaic (PV) and batteries...
Reaching our goal of net-zero emissions requires urgent change and innovation across multiple industries...
Eckart Zollner 24 Dec 2020
Energy production and usage accounts for nearly three-quarters of global emission, therefore attaining net-zero emissions requires urgent change and innovation across multiple industries.
Eckart Zollner 30 Nov 2020
It has been over three years since Eskom announced the imminent closure of five of its coal-fired power stations...
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken us back to a time where the world didn't have poor air quality and greenhouse gases. As countries worldwide went into lockdown, a noticeable difference in our environment began to emerge.
Mongezi Veti 25 Jun 2020
There is no one-size-fits-all solution with energy transition, but we also don't need to reinvent the wheel every time, says Dr Angela Wilkinson, the World Energy Council (WEC) secretary general and CEO...
Nicci Botha 9 Mar 2020
As construction of South Africa's latest round of renewable energy facilities being built by the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) nears completion, the energy sector is on the cusp of an exciting period of possibility...
Janine Espin, 18 Nov 2019
The Concrete Institute (TCI) has applied to the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa to investigate the surge in imports of cement at low prices...
Japan is aiming to host the first Olympic Games powered solely by renewable sources...
Niki J P Alsford 20 May 2019
Earth's cornucopia of life has evolved over 550 million years. Along the way, five mass extinction events have caused serious setbacks to life on our planet...
Greg Asner 2 May 2019
So much of the world's growth over the past 200 years has been due to the discovery and ever-increasing use of affordable energy derived from fossil fuels led by coal, followed by oil, and natural gas...
Alan M Clegg 5 Apr 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
South Africa is scaling-up its current ambitious efforts to address climate change, says Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom...
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has tabled the Carbon Tax Bill in Parliament, giving effect to the announcements made in the 2017 and 2018 Budget statements...
As South Africa's largest mining contributor to gross domestic product, the coal sector may be facing considerable job losses as the country's latest energy plan looks to cleaner power generation options...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a special report outlining what would need to be done to keep the world from warming up by more than 1.5°C...
Professor Bob Scholes 15 Oct 2018
Findings from the inaugural Global Director Survey show poverty and income inequality as the top concern for directors around the world, closely followed by taxation and government spending, and the cost of healthcare...
The focus for this year's World Environmental Day and Oceans Day is on plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean...
Dr Nonhlanhla Kalabaila 5 Jun 2018
Transport and logistics is fast gaining prominence as a sector to watch globally. Increased intercontinental trade has meant increased connection across different size economies...
Mandisa Maketa 7 Feb 2018
Major investors vowed Tuesday, 12 December, to move away from Earth-warming fossil fuels as world leaders met in Paris seeking to unlock new cash to save humanity from climate "doom"...
It is critical that the energy mix is carefully blended by policymakers to ensure a sustainable economy...
Colin Logan 18 Oct 2017
Agriculture has contributed nearly as much to climate change as deforestation by intensifying global warming, according to US research that has quantified the amount of carbon taken from the soil by farming...
Ellen Wulfhorst 25 Aug 2017
The UNEP Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative attributed 30% of annual carbon emissions to the global building sector...
Alison Groves 12 Jul 2017
It is in the enlightened self-interest of the African private sector to begin to mobilise investment capital for Africa's climate action, says Chinedu Moghalu...
Chinedu Moghalu 22 Dec 2016