Eco Minute 13:30

BULLETIN 22 September 1:30 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Eco Minute:

# Young entrepreneurs have urged G20 leaders to accelerate climate action. Over 600 delegates from all G20 countries recently participated in the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance Summit in Gauteng. The summit emphasised tangible outcomes, including the launch of accelerator programmes, policy recommendations, investment opportunities, and a youth economic charter. The Global Young Entrepreneurs Alliance says entrepreneurship can drive a green economic transition, sustainable agriculture, and climate-smart innovation. The summit resolutions call for governments to prioritise environmental sustainability alongside trade and digital growth.

# The V&A Waterfront says its partnership with Green Cab drives environmental change while creating real social and economic value. As a women-owned enterprise, The Green Cab stands as a beacon of innovation in the growing electric vehicle and e-mobility sector in South Africa. Since the service launched in December 2024, it has already travelled more than 21-thousand kilometres, carrying over 30-thousand riders, saving an estimated one-thousand-176 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions. V&A Waterfront says this partnership proves that sustainable business is essential for the future of the planet.

# And finally: KwaZulu-Natal premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says he is concerned over the lack of climate change readiness across most municipalities in the province. A recent study by the University of the Witwatersrand details how rising global temperatures are altering weather patterns along South Africa’s eastern seaboard, particularly in KZN and the Eastern Cape, increasing the likelihood and severity of extreme weather events. Ntuli has stressed that communities must be educated, informed, and empowered on both the immediate and long-term effects of climate change:

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