# SAT-CARe, wat staan vir Southern African Trees for Climate Adaptation and Resilience, stel ʼn toeganklike instrument bekend wat riglyne verskaf oor die slim gebruik van inheemse bome in Suider-Afrika. Professor Guy Midgley van die Universiteit Stellenbosch sê dié digitale instrument maak staat op data oor klimaat, grond en die omgewing, asook gedetailleerde spesie-kenmerke om […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê inwoners van die 7de Laan-informele nedersetting in Strandfontein is die jongste begunstigdes van ʼn hoëtegnologie-, selfonderhoudende spoeltoiletstelsel. Dis die derde van vyf toets-projekte wat in die metro aangebring word. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Water en Sanitasie, Zahid Badroodien, sê dit word heeltemal deur son- en windkrag aangedryf. Dit sluit ʼn modulêre […]
# The Southern African Trees for Climate Adaptation and Resilience is building an open-access toolkit based on bioinformatics to guide smarter use of indigenous trees in Southern Africa. This is in partnership with Stellenbosch University. The university’s professor Guy Midgley says the digital toolkit will draw on climate, soil and environmental data, along with detailed […]
# The City of Cape Town says residents of 7de Laan informal settlement in Strandfontein are the latest beneficiaries of a high-tech, self-sustaining flush toilet system. This is the third of five pilot installations being introduced across the metro. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says the facility operates entirely off-grid, powered […]
# Die Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal maan meer as 700 globale rolspelers in finansiering, belegging en regerings om steenkool regverdig en gelyk te befonds. Die wêreldwye aanvraag het in 2024 ʼn nuwe hoogtepunt van sowat 8,8-miljard ton bereik wat 1,5-persent hoër is as in 2023. FutureCoal se voorsitter, Mike Teke, sê al speel steenkool […]
# The Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal is urging over 700 global finance, investment and government stakeholders to fund coal fairly and equally. Global coal demand increased to a new all-time high in 2024 of around 8.8-billion tonnes, up 1.5-percent from 2023. FutureCoal chairperson Mike Teke says, despite the significant role played by coal, many […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sê uiters gevaarlike veldbrandtoestande word in Limpopo, Mpumalanga en Gauteng beleef en dit sal voortduur. Hy sê volgens hierdie toestande is die Brandgevaar-aanwyser bo 75. Die Tshwane-nooddienste se woordvoerder, Lindsay Mnguni, sê die warm, winderige toestande kan weghol-veldbrande veroorsaak en bestaande brande in Gauteng vererger:
# The South African Weather Service says the extremely dangerous veld fire conditions being experienced in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng are expected to continue. It says conditions are such that the Fire Danger Index is above 75. The Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson, Lindsay Mnguni, says the very hot and windy conditions may result in the […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Klimaatsweek word in die Ethiopiese hoofstad, Addis Abeba, aangebied. Dit word bygewoon deur regeringsamptenare, finansiers soos ontwikkelingsbanke, sakeondernemings, die burgerlike samelewing en inheemse bevolking. Die doel is om die lewering van waarborge en klimaatsoptrede op grondvlak te versnel. Die VN-klimaatsverandering se adjunk- uitvoerende sekretaris, Noura Hamladji, sê klimaatsweke word gehou […]
