# The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute says that South Africa must resist false solutions like oil, gas and nuclear projects, that perpetuate inequality and delay a just, renewable transition. This comes as several offshore oil and gas projects are being proposed, in addition to Eskom’s proposal to extend the operating lifespan of Koeberg Nuclear Power […]
# Jamaika se eerste minister, Andrew Holness, waarsku dat Orkaan Melissa, wat die eiland vandag sal bereik, ʼn aansienlike uitwerking op die streek kan hê. Die buitengewone Kategorie 5-storm bereik winde van byna 260 kilometer per uur, wat dit vanjaar die sterkste storm op aarde maak. Minstens drie mense is in Haïti dood terwyl Melissa […]
# Jamaica’s prime minister, Andrew Holness, has warned that Hurricane Melissa, which is set to make landfall today, could have a significant impact on the region. The rare Category 5 storm was packing maximum winds nearing 260 kilometres per hour, making it the strongest storm on earth this year. At least three people are known […]
# Orkaan Melissa het versterk tot ‘n topvlak kategorie 5-storm terwyl dit in die rigting van Jamaika en ander dele van die Karibiese Eilande beweeg. Die Amerikaanse Nasionale Orkaansentrum sê Melissa bereik tans windsterktes van byna 260 kilometer per uur. Reënval van tot ‘n meter word voorspel, met oorstromings wat na verwagting kitsvloede en grondstortings […]
# Hurricane Melissa strengthened as it took aim at Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean as a top-level Category 5 storm. The US National Hurricane Center said Melissa was packing maximum winds nearing 260 kilometers per hour. Up to a meter of rainfall were forecast, with deluges expected to bring flash flooding and landslides […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika en Maleisië moet saamstaan in die stryd teen klimaatsverandering deur die uitwerking te bekamp en ʼn billike en inklusiewe oorgang na laekoolstof-ekonomieë na te streef. Hy het vandag ʼn openbare lesing by die Universiteit van Malaya gelewer. Maleisië wil sy kweekhuisgas-vrystelling se intensiteit van die bruto binnelandse produk teen […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Malaysia must stand together in combating climate change, both in mitigating its effects and in pursuing a just and inclusive transition to low-carbon economies. The president delivered a public lecture at the University of Malaya earlier today. Malaysia intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions intensity of […]
# Die Presidensiële Klimaatkommissie sê terwyl Suid-Afrikaanse klimaatfinansieringsvloei ‘n positiewe opwaartse neiging toon, moet beleggings ten minste twee- tot drievoudig toeneem om aan beleggingsbehoeftes te voldoen. Binnelandse bronne dra byna 60-persent van die totale klimaatfinansiering by, terwyl internasionale klimaatfinansieringsbronne die ander 40-persent bydra. Die kommissie sê energie oorheers klimaatbeleggings, met ‘n jaarlikse gemiddelde van 139,5-miljard-rand, […]
# The Presidential Climate Commission says while South African climate finance flows show a positive upward trend, investment needs to increase at least two- to three-fold to meet its investment needs. Domestic sources contribute close to 60-percent of total climate finance, while international climate finance sources contribute the other 40-percent. The commission says energy dominates […]
