# 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 […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê regverdigheid en deursigtigheid is ononderhandelbaar in die toekenning van visvangregte. Die departement het permitte om klein diepseevisse soos ansjovis en sardyne te vang, tot 3 Oktober verleng. Dit is genoodsaak hangende die hofuitspraak oor die afhandeling van appèlaansoeke in die 2021/22-visvangregte-toekenningsproses vir die klein pelagiese […]
# Die burgemeester van eThekwini in KwaZulu-Natal, Cyril Xaba, het die program vir die Lente-skoonmaakmaand bekend gestel in Glenugie-park. Dit sluit ‘n reeks bedrywighede in om ‘n skoon, gesonde en volhoubare omgewing te bevorder. Xaba het maatskaplike vennote in die metro gevra om aan die projek deel te neem en beklemtoon dat dit ‘n gesamentlike […]
