# Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40-years ago. According to a new report by the country’s Institute of Marine Science, the northern and southern branches of the sprawling reef both suffered their most widespread coral bleaching. Bleaching happens when coral gets […]
# The Presidential Climate Commission met with Environment minister Dion George to discuss South Africa’s revised Nationally Determined Contribution. The update, recently approved by Cabinet, is now open for public input ahead of its UN submission in October. Covering 2031 to 2035, the nationally determined contribution aims to reflect stronger climate action. The Presidential Climate […]
# Olimpiese Spele: ‘n Australiese inheemse groep het met regstappe begin teen die oprigting van ‘n stadion met 63-duisend sitplekke vir 2032 se Spele in Brisbane. Die Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Corporation het die federale minister van Omgewingsake versoek om die park tot kultureel-belangrike gebied te verklaar en teen ontwikkeling te beskerm. Die groep sê die […]
# Olympic Games: An Australian indigenous group has launched legal action to stop the construction of a 63-thousand-seat stadium for the 2032 Brisbane Games. The Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Corporation has petitioned the federal Environment minister to declare the park as a culturally significant site, which could protect it from development. The group says the park […]
# ʼn Grootskaalse soek-en-reddingsoperasie is in die noorde van Indië in die Himalaja-staat, Uttarakhand, aan die gang ná ʼn verwoestende modderstorting. Vier mense in ʼn dorpie is dood en 100 ander word vermis. Sowat 150 soldate het gehelp om 20 mense te red. Eerste minister Narendra Modi sê spanne doen alles moontlik om te help. […]
# Die Kaapstadse stadsraad het die Bioverskeidenheids-ruimtelike plan 2025 as raadsbeleid aanvaar. Die beleid dien as ‘n handleiding vir ruimtelike beplanning, omgewings-beoordeling en natuurlike hulpbronbestuur vir ‘n verskeidenheid sektore wie se beleide en besluite bioverskeidenheid raak. Die metro bestuur meer as 20-duisend hektaar in sy 22 natuurreservate en 16 bioverskeidenheidsooreenkoms-bewaringsgebiede. Die onderburgemeester, Eddie Andrews, sê […]
# Burgerlike organisasies en kusgemeenskappe het amptelik appèl aangeteken teen die regering se omstrede besluit om goedkeuring te gee vir Shell se Ultra Deep olie- en gasprojek aan die Weskus. Die gebied waar Shell wil ontgin, is tussen Port Nolloth in die Nood-Kaap en Lambertsbaai in die Wes-Kaap. Green Connection se woordvoerder, Neville van Rooy, […]
# A large-scale search and rescue operation is underway in the northern Indian Himalayan state of Uttarakhand after a flash flood caused a devastating torrent of mud to crash through the town. Four people are dead, while about 100 others are missing. Around 150 troops have helped rescue 20 people. Prime minister Narendra Modi says […]
# The City of Cape Town Council has adopted the Cape Town Biodiversity Spatial Plan 2025 as a council policy. The purpose of the policy is to inform and guide spatial planning, environmental assessment and natural resource management by a wide range of sectors whose policies and decisions impact biodiversity. The metro manages over 20-thousand […]
