South Africa now has a Climate Change Act, but is it too soon to celebrate? The Act will only come into effect on a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.

From eco-grief to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the human cost of climate change is significantly impacting mental health. Sub-Saharan Africa, as the most vulnerable region globally to climate change effects, is hard hit by the crisis. But understanding and intervention are limited.  Acute climate-related events, like droughts, floods, and heat waves, have an immediate psychological […]

Language and culture are crucial to achieving great things. The Bible’s ‘Tower of Babel’ parable tells the story of humanity’s attempt to make a name for itself with a tower reaching the heavens. God responds by confounding people’s language, leading them to speak in different tongues and scatter across the Earth. At the end of […]

Should nuclear power be a serious contender as South Africa navigates an energy crisis and the need to decarbonise.

Climate change affects all aspects of life including guilty pleasures like chocolate, which gets more expensive as cocoa yields decrease.

The ongoing effects of climate change may cause rhinos to go extinct unless adaptation measures are implemented, according to new research.

A new climate change impact synthesis report highlights the effects of climate change on South Africa and its impact on people’s lives.

Experts say climate change is the biggest threat to health in the 21st century. In South Africa, many lives are already being lost to extreme weather.

World-renowned climatologist, Francois Engelbrecht, continues to call for urgent measures to mitigate global warming impacts on southern Africa.

Generating electricity from fossil fuels has a hidden cost: South Africa’s already scarce supply of fresh water.

South Africa’s heavy coal dependence is driving a climate and health crisis — tackling both together will reap huge benefits for people and the economy.

Authorities confirm methane gas caused last month’s explosion in Johannesburg city, which killed one person and injured several others.

“The era of global boiling has arrived”, said UN chief António Guterres, and leaders must take drastic and immediate action to limit climate catastrophe.

Where governments and corporates are failing to take adequate climate action, a new report details the growing trends in litigation against them.

Investing in energy storage can quickly address load shedding and lay the foundations for a cleaner, more secure power system, said the IISD.

Strategy documents from one of the world’s largest fossil gas lobby reveal the industry’s campaigns to lock in fossil gas and stall progression to net zero worldwide. Analysis of the documents, published by the think tank InfluenceMap, shows the International Gas Union (IGU) has sought to redefine the role of gas in the face of growing […]

The three gas-to-power ships will “cost South Africa billions of rand and be loaded onto your electricity bill”, argues OUTA.

EU demand for coal imports is set to plummet by 2030, to be replaced by critical minerals and technologies for the clean energy transition.

The programme is the largest on the African continent for the procurement of renewable energy and resource efficiency for public facilities.

The EU is firmly on its clean energy transition, with renewables and green technologies at the front and centre of new economic partnerships.