# World Meteorological Organisation says it is working to strengthen heat early warning systems under the Early Warnings for All initiative. The initiative aims to ensure universal protection from hazardous hydrometeorological, climatological, and related environmental events through life-saving multi-hazard early warning systems. Extreme temperatures caused approximately 489-thousand heat-related deaths annually between 2000 and 2019, with 36-percent […]
# Green Connection has expressed concern about the affordability of nuclear power, particularly the high upfront capital costs, the risk of construction delays, and the cost overruns that have been experienced worldwide. This comes as Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, has upheld the 2017 decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation to build and […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the environmental approval for a new nuclear facility in Cape Town is an important step in the country’s future energy mix. This comes as Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, has upheld the 2017 decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation to build and operate a […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has invited public nominations for Commissioners to serve on the Presidential Climate Commission, as the current term ends this year. The PCC advises on South Africa’s climate response and just transition. Ramaphosa, who chairs the Commission, will appoint members for a five-year term under the Climate Change Act. The president urged […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het openbare benoemings versoek vir Kommissarisse om in die Presidensiële Klimaatkommissie te dien, aangesien die huidige termyn vanjaar eindig. Die kommissie verskaf toeligting oor Suid-Afrika se klimaatsreaksie en regverdige oorgang. Ramaphosa as voorsitter, sal die lede vir ‘n vyfjaartermyn aanstel kragtens die Wet op Klimaatsverandering. Die president het burgers aangemoedig om […]
# Die omgewingsaktiviste Makoma Lekalakala van Earthlife Africa en Liziwe McDaid van Green Connection is sterk gekant teen die minister van die Omgewing, Dion George, se goedkeuring van ‘n nuwe kernkragsentrale by Duynefontein in die Wes-Kaap. Hulle noem hoë koste, veiligheidsrisiko’s, oprigtingsvertragings en die afwesigheid van radioaktiewe afvaloplossings. Lekalakala dring aan op ‘n mensgedrewe energieplan […]
# Environmental activists Makoma Lekalakala of Earthlife Africa and Liziwe McDaid of Green Connection strongly oppose Environment minister Dion George’s approval of a new nuclear power plant at Duynefontein in the Western Cape. They cite high costs, safety risks, construction delays, and the absence of radioactive waste solutions. Lekalakala urges a people-driven energy plan focused […]
# The Chinese government has announced a multi-million dollar rescue package after flash floods hit villages in the Guangdong province. A record 622.6 mm of rain fell on the provincial capital Guangzhou over four days in the past week – almost three times the average monthly rainfall for the city in August. According to state […]
# Die Chinese regering het ‘n reddingspakket ter waarde van miljoene dollar aangekondig nadat kitsvloede dorpe in die Guangdong provinsie getref het. ‘n Rekord van 622,6-mm reën het die afgelope week oor vier dae in die provinsiale hoofstad Guangzhou geval – byna drie keer die gemiddelde maandelikse reënval vir Augustus. Staatsmedia berig minstens sewe mense […]
