# ‘n Professor in Filosofie aan die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, Lucy Allais, sê ryk lande het ‘n klimaatverpligting om energie-oordrag te finansier en die klimaatkrisis te temper. Afrika suid van die Sahara ontvang tans net vyf-persent van wêreldwye klimaatfinansiering vir oordrag soos hernubare energieprojekte en aanpassing by die gevolge van aardverwarming. Allais sê waar […]
# A new research has called on South Africa’s Reserve Bank to adopt a more flexible monetary policy framework that accounts for climate risks. Authors Admire Chirume, James Hurungo, and Brandon Chinoperekweyi warn that extreme weather, droughts, floods, and supply disruptions could drive up production costs, inflation, and interest rates, threatening growth and jobs. The authors recommend climate-informed policies, […]
# The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says erratic and intensified rainfall patterns, amplified by climate change, are compounding Pakistan’s vulnerability. Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed at least 739 people across Pakistan since late June, displacing thousands and destroying over two-thousand homes. More than one-thousand livestock have been […]
# JSE-listed Reit Growthpoint Properties will become the first in South Africa to certify renewable energy use at the building level, and make verified renewable energy certificates directly available to tenants. Together with Fuel Switch, they will roll out a blockchain-enabled green energy product for tenants when their e-CO2 green energy initiative goes live in October. […]
# University of the Witwatersrand professor of Philosophy, Lucy Allais, says wealthy countries have climate obligations to finance the energy transition and mitigate the climate crisis. Currently, sub-Saharan Africa receives just five-percent of global climate finance to pay for mitigation, such as renewable energy projects and to adapt to the effects of global warming. Allais […]
# Suider-Afrika het die potensiaal om ‘n florerende natuurlewe-ekonomie te ontwikkel wat regstreeks tot mense se lewensbestaan bydra terwyl bioverskeidenheid beskerm word. Dit is volgens die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Narend Singh. Hy sê wat nodig is, is die kartering en monitering van die gereeldheid en ligging van konflikvoorvalle tussen mens en […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se Direktoraat vir Stedelike Afvalbestuur het die Kaapse Skiereilandse Universiteit vir Tegnologie geprys oor sy instelling van ‘n beleid van zero-afval in die hoër onderwyssektor. Die universiteit het verlede jaar ‘n drieledige sorteerstelsel op al sy kampusse ingestel en Kaapstad se eerste zero-afval-universiteit geword. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Stedelike Afvalbestuur, Grant Twigg, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ‘n rooi brandgevaarwaarskuwing uitgereik vir uiters gevaarlike veldbrandtoestande in Limpopo, Gauteng en Mpumalanga. Baie warm, droë en winderige toestande kan lei tot die ontwikkeling van weghol- en veld- of bosbrande en bestaande brande aanvuur. ‘n Woordvoerder van Tshwane Nooddienste, Lindsay Zwelithini, sê die toestande sal na verwagting tot Vrydag middernag […]
# Southern Africa has the potential to grow a vibrant wildlife-based economy that contributes directly to local livelihoods while safeguarding biodiversity. This is according to deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Narend Singh. He says what is needed is the mapping and monitoring of the frequency and locations of human-wildlife conflict incidents to guide […]
