# ‘n Verslag deur die Internasionale Raad vir Mynbou en Metale waarsku watertekorte word ‘n reuse-struikelblok vir mynbou en internasionale energie-oordrag. Die studie het bevind 30-persent van mynbou- en metaalgeriewe word in gebiede met water-bekommernisse bedryf, terwyl 96-persent van Suid-Afrika se geriewe aan ernstige droogtegevare blootgestel is. Die verslag sê gesamentlike optrede van regerings, beleggers […]
# Meer as tien-duisend mense is oornag in die suidweste van Frankryk ontruim nadat ‘n veldbrand vinnig versprei het en sowat twee-duisend hektaar grond wes van Bordeaux verwoes het. Data toon veldbrande het vanjaar reeds meer grond in Europa verbrand as die jaarlikse gemiddelde van die afgelope twee dekades. Dit volg op drie opeenvolgende hittegolwe, […]
# Over ten-thousand people were evacuated in southwestern France overnight as a rapidly spreading wildfire scorched through two-thousand hectares of land west of Bordeaux. Data shows wildfires have burnt more land in Europe already this year than the annual average in the past two decades, as the world’s fastest-warming continent has endured three back-to-back heatwaves. […]
# A report by the International Council on Mining and Metals warns that water scarcity is becoming a major obstacle to mining and the global energy transition. The study titled Global Mining and Metals Water Dataset found 30-percent of mining and metals facilities operate in areas of high water stress, while South Africa has 96-percent […]
# Die bestuurshoof van Eskom, Dan Marokane, sê die ordelike sluit, heropwekking en heraanwending van ouer steenkoolkragstasies moet ondersteun word deur bewyse, stelselgeskiktheid, nuwe kragopwekking en die gereedheid van die netwerk. Die kragverskaffer het die minimum vrystellingstandaard by agt van sy steenkoolkragstasies verseker. Dit laat hulle toe om voort te gaan waar omgewingsregulasies andersins toegepas […]
# Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says the orderly shutdown, repowering, and repurposing of older coal-fired power stations must be informed by evidence, system adequacy, new generation delivery and the readiness of the grid. The power utility has secured minimum emission standards exemptions for eight of its coal-fired power stations, effectively permitting continued operation beyond the […]
CapeNature reminds visitors that simple actions like picking wildflowers, leaving marked hiking trails, disturbing wildlife or taking rocks and shells from protected areas can be biodiversity crimes. The conservation agency says these actions can harm fragile ecosystems and undermine conservation efforts. Between April and June this year, the organisation registered ten biodiversity crime cases and […]
# CapeNature herinner besoekers eenvoudige optredes soos om veldblomme te pluk, gemerkte staproetes te verlaat, wildlewe te versteur of klippe en skulpe uit beskermde gebiede te neem, kan biodiversiteitsmisdade wees. Die bewaringsagentskap sê hierdie aksies kan sensitiewe ekosisteme benadeel en bewaringspogings ondermyn. Tussen April en Junie vanjaar het die organisasie tien biodiversiteitsmisdade geregistreer en 48 […]
# Die Gautengse regering is verkies tot visepresident van ‘n wêreldwye netwerk van subnasionale regerings wat klimaatsake, bioverskeidenheid en volhoubare ontwikkeling aanvuur, Africa of Regions4. Die aanstelling is tydens die netwerk se algemene vergadering bevestig. Die Gautengse LUR vir Omgewingsake, Ewan Botha, sê die rol sal Afrika se stem in wêreldwye klimaatbesprekings versterk, toegang tot […]
