# Die Wêreld Meteorologiese Organisasie sê hy werk daaraan om vroeë hittewaarskuwingstelsels te bevorder onder die Early Warnings for All-projek. Die projek wil universele beskerming bied teen gevaarlike hidro-meteorologiese, klimaat- en verwante omgewingsprobleme deur lewensreddende vroeë waarskuwingstelsels. Uiterste temperature het tussen 2000 en 2019 jaarliks sowat 489-duisend hitteverwante sterftes veroorsaak. Hiervan was 36-persent in Europa en […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê die omgewingsgoedkeuring vir ʼn nuwe kernaanleg in Kaapstad is ʼn belangrike stap in die land se toekomstige energiemengsel. Dit volg nadat die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, die 2017-besluit bekragtig het om Eskom toestemming te gee om ʼn nuwe kernaanleg by Duynefontein […]
# 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 […]
