Extreme heatwaves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have also become more frequent, a UN climate science report said on…
LAURIE GOERING While many young climate activists aim to cool an overheating planet and protect nature, Vladislav Kaim worries about another threat in a warming world: debt-laden economies with few jobs for his generation and workers…
CLAIRE KEETON More than 50 countries promised on Monday to protect at least 30% of the planet’s land mass and oceans by 2030 to halt its steep and rapid loss in biodiversity. The UK, France and Costa Rica chaired the One Planet Summit for…
KARL GERNETZKY Africa’s largest bank by assets, Standard Bank, says it rejects calls from climate activists to vote against five members of its board in the wake of the group not tabling climate change resolutions at its upcoming AGM.…
By ERNEST MABUZA Rapid, dangerous climate change is happening and the time to act is now. Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala said this on Thursday at the Deloitte Africa Outlook Conference 2020, while speaking about factors affecting the…
One of the best scenes for me in Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, Dune, is also one of the least eventful, considering this is the same book that involves magic spice that gives you psychic powers, feudal politics that would make Game of…
Last Friday saw a historic event take place across the world. In more than over 100 countries, around the world, millions of students and young activists took to the streets as part of the Global Climate Strike to protest against…
During the Davos Climate Conference in January, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg gave a speech in front of before the various celebrities and world leaders in attendance, where she delivering the following message: “I want you…
A rise in the level of the sea caused by global warming is already causing damage to public and private coastal property in Cape Town. In some areas retreat to higher ground may be necessary. The coast at Milnerton, in particular, is…
The department of water and sanitation is calling on community members to work hard to protect groundwater in order to help minimise the effects of the ongoing drought, and climate change. According to a statement released by the…
Last weekend’s torrential downpour was no doubt a welcome relief to many in an area that has been gripped by increasingly dry weather. They say it doesn’t rain but it pours, and last weekend that certainly proved to be the case. However,…
I’ve talked a lot about environmentalist issues here in the Go. One of my first Message to the Editor columns was about a report that explained how we only have a decade or so to halt climate change, last week I wrote a front page story…
In the glut of terrible news that seems to have become the norm recently, there was one particular story some of you may have missed. It’s not hard to see why: with the implosion of the US America and Brazil dominating foreign headlines…
Younger South Africans are more concerned about the impact of climate change on the world’s ocean’s than their older compatriots‚ a global consumer survey has found. One quarter of all 18 to 34-year-olds surveyed in SA consider climate…
Nearly 19 million people were displaced because of climate change in 2017‚ said a senior UN climate leader at the opening of a global conference on climate adaption in Cape Town on Tuesday. “That is 2‚000 people an hour being displaced‚…
