# Wealthy nations reportedly owe Africa trillions in climate debt for overusing the carbon budget. According to a report by Action Aid, despite contributing little to global emissions, Africa faces severe climate impacts and needs funds for urbanisation and adaptation. Yet, most climate finance arrives as high-interest loans, worsening the debt crisis. With South Africa […]
# Suiso, a sustainable blue-ammonia production facility in Kriel, Mpumalanga, is partnering with the Council for Geoscience, to determine whether South Africa’s geological formations can safely store carbon emissions. This project will also help in mitigating industrial pollution while unlocking new economic opportunities in green hydrogen production and resource extraction. Suiso founder, Paul Erskine, says this joint […]
# Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister, Gwede Mantashe, says a ministerial task team has been established to urgently develop a revival plan for the smelting sector, and to ensure its long-term sustainability. South Africa has just more than five-million tonnes of installed ferrochrome smelting capacity, but less than three-million tonnes of this is operational. Mantashe […]
# The World Health Organisation is calling for urgent global action to tackle, what it says is the greatest environmental health risk, air pollution. Data show that 99-percent of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO guideline limits and contains high levels of pollutants, with low- and middle-income countries suffering from the highest exposures. […]
# Die DA vra ‘n omvattende ondersoek na die vermeende brandstigting-verwante bosbrande in die Wes-Kaap. Op ‘n parlementêre vraag is onthul dat 68 van die meer as elf-duisend veldbrande wat in die provinsie aangemeld is, as brandstigting ondersoek word – 97-persent daarvan in Kaapstad. Die party dring daarop aan dat die polisie die skuldiges moet […]
# The DA calls for a wide-ranging investigation into suspected arson-related wildfires in the Western Cape. A parliamentary reply revealed that 68 of the more than eleven-thousand wildfires reported in the province are being investigated as arson, with 97-percent occurring in Cape Town. The party urges the police to arrest those responsible. The DA’s Dave […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, het ‘n sterk G20-plan uiteengesit om oseane te beskerm en marienebesoedeling te beveg. Afgevaardigdes sal mekaar later vanjaar persoonlik ontmoet in die Kruger-wildtuin en in Kaapstad. George het tydens die eerste virtuele vergadering van die Omgewing- en Klimaatvolhoubaarheidswerkgroep gesê dringende optrede is ndig om […]
# Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment minister, Dion George, has outlined a bold G20 plan to protect oceans and combat marine pollution. Delegates will meet in person in the Kruger National Park and in Cape Town later this year. Speaking at the first virtual meeting of the Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group, George said […]
# Polyco, in vennootskap met Pick ‘n Pay-skoolklub, het opvoedkundige plakkate wat plastiekherwinning bevorder aan twee-duisend-675 laerskole reg oor Suid-Afrika geskenk. Die projek is deel van Polyco se, Million+-program, wat meer as twee-miljoen leerders en onderwysers ondersteun. Elke skool het sedert die begin van die jaar interaktiewe almanakke en materiaal ontvang om herwinning en omgewingsbewustheid […]
