# Die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit in die Wes-Kaap moedig inwoners aan om meer bome te plant om gemeenskappe beter toe te rus vir stygende temperature en toekomstige hittegolwe. Die naderende El Niño en voorspellings van uiters warm somertemperature in 2027 kan ‘n uitdaging wees vir Suid-Afrikaners. Woordvoerder, Herman Pieters, sê om bome te plant bied ‘n praktiese, […]
# The Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape is urging residents to plant more trees to help communities cope with rising temperatures and future heatwaves. The approaching El Niño weather cycle and forecasts of soaring summer temperatures could make 2027 a challenging year for South Africans. The municipality’s spokesperson, Herman Pieters, says planting […]
# The Garden Route District Municipality is urging residents to plant more trees to help communities cope with rising temperatures and future heatwaves. The approaching El Niño weather cycle and forecasts of soaring summer temperatures could make 2027 a challenging year for South Africans. The municipality’s spokesperson Herman Pieters says planting trees offers a practical, […]
# Meer as 100 buitelandse rugsakreisigers is gestrand in sentraal-Nepal nadat ‘n grondverskuiwing toegang tot ‘n rivier afgesny het, wat oorstromings op staproetes en brûe veroorsaak het. Die oorstromings het gister die Gorkha-gebied sowat 100-kilometer wes van Katmandoe getref. Reuters berig reddingswerkers het reeds 96 mense gered, insluitend nege buitelanders, terwyl reddingspogings voortduur. Daar is […]
# More than 100 foreign back-packers are stranded in flood-hit central Nepal after a landslide blocked a river, causing flooding that washed away hiking trails and bridges. The flooding struck the Gorkha district, about 100 kilometres west of Kathmandu, yesterday. Reuters reports rescuers have evacuated 96 people, including nine foreigners, while rescue operations are continuing. […]
# Minstens vier mense is dood nadat orkaan Isaias die Golfkus van Florida getref het. Reuters berig sowat 670-duisend verbruikers in vier deelstate was sonder elektrisiteit nadat die storm die kus bereik het. Isaias het intussen verswak, maar gevaarlike toestande heers steeds in die gebied. Weervoorspellers waarsku teen kitsvloede, skadelike wind en moontlike tornado’s in […]
# Hurricane Isaias has killed at least four people after striking Florida’s Gulf Coast in the United States. Reuters reports that about 670-thousand customers across four states were without electricity after the storm made landfall. Isaias has since weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, but dangerous conditions remain. Forecasters have warned of flash flooding, damaging winds […]
# Die Climate Finance Accelerator het 43 Suid-Afrikaanse ondernemings en projekte gehelp om befondsing van 1,6-duisend-miljard rand te bekom, met nog 30-miljoen-dollar wat daarna ingesamel is. GreenCape se bestuurder van die Groen-befondsingsprogram, Lisa Johannson, het die syfers tydens ‘n beleggersbyeenkoms in Kaapstad bekend gemaak. Die Britse-gesteunde inisiatief voorsien nie regstreekse befondsing nie, maar help ondernemings […]
# The Climate Finance Accelerator has helped 43 South African businesses and projects secure 1.6-trillion-rand in funding, with a further 30-million dollars raised subsequently. GreenCape’s Green Finance Programme manager Lisa Johannson shared the figures at an investor engagement event in Cape Town. The UK-supported initiative helps climate-focused businesses become investment-ready rather than providing direct funding. […]
