Spiralling food prices are driving inflation and squeezing household budgets. This is exacerbating poverty, hunger and debt.

Compressed natural gas (CNG) is promoted as a cleaner fuel alternative, but also comes with risks to the climate and health.

The Kyoto Protocol made history in 1997 as the first major international effort to slow climate change.

While the world plans for a future without gas, an upsurge in new gas projects in South Africa is likely a “costly mistake”.

Analysts agree that natural gas is too risky for South Africa, and it is not needed for the energy transition from coal to clean.

South Africa’s cabinet has approved the $8.5 billion (R155 billion) plan to help the country transition away from fossil fuels.

Global warming is making extreme events, such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, more frequent and severe.

The IMF is sounding the alarm as climate change threatens to worsen food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Climate change risks life as we know it, but bold and inclusive solutions can help build a safer and fairer world.

Our fossil fuel energy system comes at a massive cost. Climate change is causing extreme temperatures, drought and catastrophic flooding.

The cascading effects of climate change impact our ability to produce food, leading to food insecurity and increased food prices.

Agriculture is both a victim and culprit of climate change. The sector is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and is acutely vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

A drought refers to a period of time when an area experiences lower-than-average precipitation. South Africa faces an increasing risk from drought due to climate change.

The main greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2), produced by burning fossil fuels. South Africa is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases on the African continent.

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas (GHG), more commonly known as laughing gas. While N2O rarely makes headlines, it is a dangerous driver of climate change.

Farming is a thriving, robust and diverse sector in South Africa, consisting of both commercial and subsistence farms.

A carbon footprint is the number of greenhouse gases emitted through a person, business or even a country’s activities. These greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and methane.

A carbon tax is a fee paid to the government by carbon dioxide (or carbon dioxide equivalent) emitters for every tonne of carbon emitted.

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound that presents as a gas in the Earth’s atmosphere. It consists of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.

Greenhouse gases are gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. This can be any gas that absorbs infrared radiation and contributes to the Earth’s warming or the greenhouse effect.