# The European Commission says it wants the Global Plastics Treaty to cover the entire lifecycle of plastic, from production to disposal. Delegates from over 100 countries are in Geneva, Switzerland, this week negotiating on a legally binding treaty to curb plastic pollution. Global plastic production has reached 400-million tons per year; however, only nine-percent […]
# Die Presidensiële Klimaatkommissie het met die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, vergader om Suid-Afrika se hersiene nasionaal bepaalde bydrae te bespreek, Die hersiening, wat onlangs deur die Kabinet goedgekeur is, is nou oop vir openbare kommentaar voor die voorlegging aan die VN in Oktober. Die Nasionaal bepaalde bydrae strek vanaf […]
# Dele van Australië se Groot Koraalrif toon die grootste jaarlikse afname in koraalbedekking sedert rekords byna 40-jaar gelede begin het. Volgens ‘n verslag deur die land se Instituut vir Marienewetenskap toon die noordelike en suidelike dele van die uitgestrekte rif albei hul ergste koraalbleiking ooit. Bleiking vind plaas wanneer koraal onder druk geplaas en […]
# 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 […]
