# A zoo in England has welcomed the birth of twins to a pair of critically endangered cotton-top tamarins. The babies, born on 3 April, are the third set of offspring for parents Gurt and Mico at Marwell Zoo near Winchester in Hampshire. The species is critically endangered mainly due to deforestation, habitat destruction and […]
# World Wide Industrial and Systems Engineers have raised alarm over South Africa’s fragile trust and oversight in recycled water use. This comes as only four-to-five-percent of wastewater is recycled, with most discharged untreated. Experts say while treated wastewater can safely fill supply gaps, public confidence is low amid outdated infrastructure, cholera outbreaks, and mismanagement. […]
# UNISA se waterkenner, Anja du Plessis, sê dit sal nie Suid-Afrika se waterbesoedelingskrisis oplos as munisipale bestuurders tronk toe gaan nie. ʼn Klousule in die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Nasionale Water laat toe dat munisipale bestuurders en korporatiewe direkteure skuldig bevind kan word en moontlik tronkstraf kry indien die instellings wat hulle verteenwoordig water besoedel. Volgens […]
# UNISA water expert, Anja du Plessis, says jailing municipal managers will not fix South Africa’s water pollution crisis. A clause in the National Water Amendment Bill provides that municipal managers and corporate directors may be convicted, and potentially sent to prison, for water pollution offences committed by the entities they represent. A third of […]
# Finansiële maatskappye waarsku dat klimaatsverandering toenemende risiko’s vir die wêreldekonomie inhou. ‘n Verslag deur die Potsdam-instituut vir Navorsing oor die Gevolge van Klimaatsverandering beraam dat rampe weens die klimaat teen 2049 jaarliks nagenoeg 703-duisend-miljard kan beloop. Versekeraars waarsku dat toenemende risiko’s sekere gebiede onversekerbaar maak, wat finansiële firmas kan destabiliseer en tot gevolg kan […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Energieraad maan die regering om te fokus op sy pogings om die rol wat gas oor die volgende tien jaar in die ekonomie sal speel, te bepaal. Die voorlopige Geïntegreerde Hulpbronplan van 2023 toon die huidige tekort aan elektrisiteit in die land kan slegs oorkom word indien ‘n sewe-duisend-220 megawatt nuwe gas-tot-krag-vermoë […]
# Financial firms are warning that climate change poses escalating risks to the global economy. A report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research estimates that by 2049, climate-related disasters could cost approximately 703-trillion-rand annually. Insurers caution that rising risks are making some regions uninsurable, potentially destabilising financial systems and leading to properties that […]
# The Energy Council of South Africa is urging government to focus its efforts on defining the role of gas in the economy over the next ten years. The draft Integrated Resource Plan of 2023 indicates that the current electricity shortfall in the country can be overcome, only by ensuring that seven-thousand-220-megawatts of new gas-to-power […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, Pemmy Majodina, het inwoners wat onder vloedlyne woon langs die Vaalrivier, stroomaf van die Vaaldam en die Bloemhofdam, gewaarsku laagliggende gebiede bly kwesbaar. Dit is as gevolg van die sluise van albei damme wat oopgemaak is om watervlakke te bestuur. Majodina het inwoners versoek om gebiede te ontruim […]
