# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê te veel munisipaliteite, gemeenskappe en sake-ondernemings kan nie meer staatmaak op veilige, betroubare waterdienste nie en dit bedreig openbare gesondheid, ekonomiese bedrywighede en maatskaplike bestendigheid. Hy het die Nasionale Water-aksieplan bekendgestel om betroubare watervoorsiening te verseker en mislukte munisipaliteite, korrupsie en infrastruktuur-agterstande te hanteer. Ramaphosa sê die omvang van die […]
# Kamele word die skepe van die woestyn genoem, maar selfs hierdie geharde diere word nie gespaar van die gevolge van stygende temperature in Afrika nie. Die Afar-streek in noordoos-Ethiopië is een van die warmste en droogste plekke op aarde. waar nomade dikwels kameel-karavane lei, wat sout deur die woestyn vervoer. ‘n Kameeloppasser van Semera […]
# Camels are famously known as the ships of the desert, but even these hardy animals are not being spared from the extremes of rising temperatures in Africa. The Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia is one of the hottest and driest places on earth, where nomads often lead camel caravans carrying salt through the desert. […]
# ‘n Verslag deur die Internasionale Raad vir Mynbou en Metale waarsku watertekorte word ‘n reuse-struikelblok vir mynbou en internasionale energie-oordrag. Die studie het bevind 30-persent van mynbou- en metaalgeriewe word in gebiede met water-bekommernisse bedryf, terwyl 96-persent van Suid-Afrika se geriewe aan ernstige droogtegevare blootgestel is. Die verslag sê gesamentlike optrede van regerings, beleggers […]
# Meer as tien-duisend mense is oornag in die suidweste van Frankryk ontruim nadat ‘n veldbrand vinnig versprei het en sowat twee-duisend hektaar grond wes van Bordeaux verwoes het. Data toon veldbrande het vanjaar reeds meer grond in Europa verbrand as die jaarlikse gemiddelde van die afgelope twee dekades. Dit volg op drie opeenvolgende hittegolwe, […]
# Over ten-thousand people were evacuated in southwestern France overnight as a rapidly spreading wildfire scorched through two-thousand hectares of land west of Bordeaux. Data shows wildfires have burnt more land in Europe already this year than the annual average in the past two decades, as the world’s fastest-warming continent has endured three back-to-back heatwaves. […]
# A report by the International Council on Mining and Metals warns that water scarcity is becoming a major obstacle to mining and the global energy transition. The study titled Global Mining and Metals Water Dataset found 30-percent of mining and metals facilities operate in areas of high water stress, while South Africa has 96-percent […]
# Die bestuurshoof van Eskom, Dan Marokane, sê die ordelike sluit, heropwekking en heraanwending van ouer steenkoolkragstasies moet ondersteun word deur bewyse, stelselgeskiktheid, nuwe kragopwekking en die gereedheid van die netwerk. Die kragverskaffer het die minimum vrystellingstandaard by agt van sy steenkoolkragstasies verseker. Dit laat hulle toe om voort te gaan waar omgewingsregulasies andersins toegepas […]
# Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says the orderly shutdown, repowering, and repurposing of older coal-fired power stations must be informed by evidence, system adequacy, new generation delivery and the readiness of the grid. The power utility has secured minimum emission standards exemptions for eight of its coal-fired power stations, effectively permitting continued operation beyond the […]
