# The City of Johannesburg is one of the finalists for the 2025 Bloomberg Philanthropies Local Leaders Awards. The awards recognise innovative policies, projects, and programmes led by local leaders that have effectively addressed climate change over the past three years. Mayor Dada Morero says this recognition is a powerful validation of the metro’s Just Transition approach. He says they are pioneering a decentralised, […]
# CapeNature welcomes the successful conviction and sentencing of 38-year-old Mozambican national, Gustigu Mthini, who was found guilty on four charges following a violent attack on a Protected Spotted Eagle-Owl in Cape Town earlier this year. He was convicted of the illegal hunting of a protected wild animal, illegal hunting by means of a prohibited […]
# Die direkteur-generaal van die Internasionale Energie-agentskap, Rafael Mariano Grossi, sê namate Afrika-lande na kernkrag beweeg, is samewerking die sleutel om te verseker dat die vordering veilig en seker is. Meer as 20 Afrika-lande ondersoek die potensiaal van kernenergie, met Suid-Afrika en Egipte wat reeds die voortou neem. Grossi sê finansiering en regulering sal die […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Geloofsgemeenskapsomgewingsinstituut herhaal sy waarskuwing oor Eskom se omstrede plan vir die Koeberg-kernkragsentrale in Kaapstad. Die Nasionale Kernreguleerder sal waarskynlik die 20-jaar verlenging van die bedryfslisensie vir Eenheid 2 goedkeur. Francesca de Gasparis van die instituut sê die kern van die probleem is Eskom se ontleding – ‘n nuwe ingenieursverslag wat die toestand […]
# International Energy Agency director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, says as African countries advance decisively towards nuclear power, cooperation is key to ensuring this progress is safe and secure. More than 20 African countries are exploring the potential of nuclear energy, with South Africa and Egypt already leading the way. Grossi says financing and regulation will be […]
# The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute has reiterated its warning over Eskom’s controversial plans regarding the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant. This as the National Nuclear Regulator is likely to approve the 20-year licence extension for Koeberg’s Unit 2. SAFCEI’s Francesca de Gasparis says at the heart of this controversy lies Eskom’s Time-Limited Ageing […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, sê Mariene Beskermde Gebiede bevorder kustoerisme, van duik tot walviskyk, terwyl bioverskeidenheid terselfdertyd beskerm word. Volgens beramings deur die Oseane-ekonomie-meesterplan kan Suid-Afrika se oseaan-ekonomie teen 2035 166-miljard-rand tot die bruto binnelandse produk bydra en meer as 600-duisend werksgeleenthede skep. George sê die ambisieuse vooruitskatting […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, says Marine Protected Areas are boosting coastal tourism, from diving to whale watching, while ensuring biodiversity is safeguarded. Key estimates from the Oceans Economy Master Plan predict that South Africa’s ocean economy could contribute 166-billion-rand to the gross domestic product, and create over 600-thousand jobs […]
# Brittanje se uitvoere van plastiekafval na ontwikkelende lande het in die eerste helfte van hierdie jaar met 84-persent gestyg vergeleke met verlede jaar. Dit is volgens data van die Last Beach Cleanup. Die toename in uitvoere was hoofsaaklik na Indonesië en Maleisië. Die persentasie Britse plastiekafval wat direk na lande wat nie binne die […]
