# Vietnam closed schools, airports, and evacuated thousands of people as it braced for powerful Typhoon Kajiki to make landfall. The typhoon downed trees and soaked China’s southern Hainan Island on Sunday before moving over the Gulf of Tonkin overnight with sustained wind speeds of 166 kilometres per hour. According to Vietnam’s national weather forecast […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, sê die nuwe regulasies om skip-tot-skip-brandstofoordrag in Suid-Afrikaanse gebiedswater te beheer, is ʼn belangrike stap om die oseane te beskerm. Die regulasies stel ʼn risiko-gebaseerde stelsel bekend om skade te voorkom wat brandstof-oordrag ter see kan veroorsaak. George sê nie-nakoming kan tot swaar strawwe […]
# Die Wêreldnatuurfonds in Suid-Afrika sê volhoubare ontwikkeling van ʼn oorgangs-mineraalbedryf is belangrik terwyl Suid-Afrika gereed maak om later vanjaar die G20-beraad aan te bied. Die Wêreldbank beraam daar sal teen 2050 ʼn 500-persent toename wees in die vraag na minerale soos grafiet en litium vir die wêreldwye oorgang na ʼn nuwe energie-orde. WWF SA […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, says the new regulations to control offshore ship-to-ship fuel transfers in South African waters are a decisive step to safeguard the oceans. The regulations introduce a risk-based system to prevent and reduce the harm that offshore ship-to-ship transfers, including bunkering, can cause to marine and […]
# Spanje se meteorologiese agentskap sê die hittegolf van 16 dae wat die land hierdie maand geteister het, was die ergste op rekord. Die hittegolf het meer as ʼn duisend lewens geëis en veldbrande veroorsaak wat steeds in die noordelike en westelike dele van die land woed. Die agentskap sê voorlopige syfers wat van drie […]
# The World Wildlife Fund South Africa says sustainable development of a transition minerals industry could not be more pertinent as South Africa prepares to host the G20 nations later this year. The World Bank estimates that there will be a 500-percent increase in demand for minerals such as graphite and lithium by 2050, to […]
# Spain’s meteorological agency says the 16-day heatwave the country suffered this month was the most intense on record. The heatwave, which claimed more than one-thousand lives, fuelled wildfires that continue to ravage parts of the north and west of the country. The agency says provisional readings for the 3rd to the 18th of August […]
# AfriForum warns of life-threatening wildfire risks across seven provinces this weekend due to extreme heat, dry conditions and strong winds. The fire danger index for Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, North West and Northern Cape is at red level. AfriForum’s Tarien Cooks urges residents to avoid open fires, prepare firefighting equipment, and ensure […]
# AfriForum waarsku oor die gevaar van lewensgevaarlike wegholbrande in sewe provinsies die naweek weens uiterste hitte, droë toestande en sterk wind. ‘n Vlak rooi-waarskuwing is uitgereik vir Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, die Vrystaat, Noordwes en die Noord-Kaap. ‘n Woordvoerder Tarien Cooks het inwoners gevra om oop vure te vermy en brandbestrydings-toerusting en watervoorraad byderhand […]
