# Die Global Environment Facility het befondsing aangekondig vir drie nuwe projekte onder leiding van die VN-omgewingsprogram. Dit is die globale ondersteuningsprogram vir klimaatdeursigtigheid, die wêreldwye uitskakeling van kwik in die produksie van nie-ysterhoudende metale in Suid-Afrika, en die uitskakeling van kwik in vel-bleikmiddels in Afrika. Die drie projekte wil praktiese oplossings bied vir ernstige […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has condemned the ongoing illegal sand mining activities at Soutpan Spruit river in Soshanguve. She says people are mining on the area’s riverside and are selling the sand for 400-rand a load. Despite causing soil erosion and harming the environment by increasing habitat loss, sand mining also leads to water table depletion and […]
# The Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority says green hydrogen is a pathway to economic renewal and climate resilience, and, with the right skills, South Africa will lead the way. The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations has formally approved three new National Qualifications Framework Level 4 green hydrogen skills programmes. This is namely green […]
# The Global Environment Facility has announced funding for three new UN Environment Programme-led projects. They are the Climate Transparency Global Support Programme, the global elimination of mercury in non-ferrous metals production in South Africa, and the elimination of mercury-added skin-lightening products in Africa. The three projects aim to deliver practical solutions to pressing environmental […]
# Die Wêreld Meteorologiese Organisasie voorspel dat wêreldtemperature tussen 2025 en 2029 waarskynlik alle rekords gaan oortref. Die organisasie sê daar is ‘n 80-persent moontlikheid dat temperature in minstens een van daardie jare, 2024 as die warmste jaar ooit gaan oortref. Daar is ook ‘n 86-persent waarskynlikheid dat voor-nywerheidsvlakke binne ‘n jaar ‘n styging van […]
# The World Meteorological Organisation forecasts a high likelihood of record-breaking global temperatures between 2025 and 2029. The organisation says there’s an 80-percent chance that at least one year will surpass 2024, currently the hottest on record. Additionally, there’s an 86-percent probability that a year will exceed 1.5-degrees-Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The organisation says that […]
# Die Europese Unie sê hy is op dreef om sy 2030-klimaatteikens te haal en in oorgang na skoon energie te belê. Die EU nader sy gesamentlike teiken van ʼn 55-persent vermindering in kweekhuisgasvrystellings en ʼn gedeelde aandeel van minstens 42,5-persent in hernubare energie. Hy sê lidlande is polities vasbeslote om afhanklikheid van ingevoerde fossielbrandstowwe […]
# Die Herwinnings- en Ekonomiese Ontwikkelingsinisiatief van Suid-Afrika, Redisa, het die terugtrekking van die goedkeuring van die Nywerheidsafvalbandbestuursplan verwelkom. Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en Omgewing, Dion George, het die goedkeuring teruggetrek om ‘n omvattende hersiening te verseker. Redisa sê die land produseer ten minste 253-duisend-ton afvalbande per jaar, wat wanbestuur word deur die afvalburo […]
# The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa has welcomed the withdrawal of the Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan approval. Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment minister, Dion George, has withdrawn the approval to ensure a comprehensive review. Redisa says the country produces at least 253-thousand tonnes of waste tyres a year, which is […]
