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SA’s response to climate change outlined in new law

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

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Western Cape calls for urgent reform in emergency housing fundingKatja Hamilton

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

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Western Cape calls for urgent reform in emergency housing funding

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ESG Africa Conference 2024: Empowering ESG/Sustainability Implementation and SMME Impact in Africa

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Shoprite Foundation partners with Adopt-a-School Foundation this Mandela Day

Adopt-a-School Shoprite Foundation partners with Adopt-a-School Foundation this Mandela Day

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Citizens team up with scientists to find solutions to SA’s deteriorating water quality

JNPR Citizens team up with scientists to find solutions to SA’s deteriorating water quality

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EcoTraining celebrates World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2024

Our Salad Mix EcoTraining celebrates World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2024

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Jozi My Jozi leads biggest inner-city clean-up on Mandela Day

aHead Marketing Services Jozi My Jozi leads biggest inner-city clean-up on Mandela Day

18 Jul 2024

Database360 commemorates Mandela Day by empowering NGOs with vital data resources

Database360 Database360 commemorates Mandela Day by empowering NGOs with vital data resources

17 Jul 2024

Beyond Mandela Day: the power of employee volunteering programmes

Trialogue Beyond Mandela Day: the power of employee volunteering programmes

16 Jul 2024

Understanding citizen’s service delivery concerns, voter outcomes and consumer behaviour

AfricaScope/GeoScope Understanding citizen’s service delivery concerns, voter outcomes and consumer behaviour

15 Jul 2024

How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South Africa

FoodForward SA How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South Africa

15 Jul 2024

Adopt-a-School Foundation encourages companies to go Back to School for Mandela Day

Adopt-a-School Adopt-a-School Foundation encourages companies to go Back to School for Mandela Day

15 Jul 2024

Addressing the global and South African IT skills shortage: Empowering the youth for a sustainable future

Pnet Addressing the global and South African IT skills shortage: Empowering the youth for a sustainable future

11 Jul 2024

Manhattan Sweets introduces the Manhattan Fun Lab!

The Publicity Workshop Manhattan Sweets introduces the Manhattan Fun Lab!

10 Jul 2024

A dead lamb lies in the veld on a farm near drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Picture taken 16 November 2019. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

South Africa appeals to donors to delay its climate targets, minister says

Tim Cocks 16 Jul 2024

South Africa aims for net zero emissions by 2050

15 Jul 2024

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

12 Jul 2024

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Kaitano Dube 12 Jul 2024

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Climate resilience tops agenda at symposium

11 Jul 2024

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2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

Climate related disasters are causing widespread damage as winter approaches

Climate related disasters are causing widespread damage as winter approaches

FoodForward SA 24 Jun 2024

IMF approves over $900m to support Tanzania budget, climate change fight

Kanishka Singh 21 Jun 2024

Source: Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.

New Section27 report: Climate change threatens child health and education

20 Jun 2024

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Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Laura Vang Rasmussen, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Ingo Grass, Marney Isaac and Rachel Bezner Kerr 19 Jun 2024

A girl carries a jerrycan filled with water at a Tolou Keur garden in the Walalde department of Podor, in the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel area, Senegal, 11 July 2021. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Will Africa's Great Green Wall hit 2030 goal?

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UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

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Western Cape calls for urgent reform in emergency housing funding

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A dead lamb lies in the veld on a farm near drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Picture taken 16 November 2019. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

South Africa appeals to donors to delay its climate targets, minister says

Tim Cocks 16 Jul 2024

South Africa aims for net zero emissions by 2050

15 Jul 2024

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

5 steps to decarbonising and digitising your fleet

12 Jul 2024

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

Kaitano Dube 12 Jul 2024

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Climate resilience tops agenda at symposium

11 Jul 2024

Image source: Michael Bogner –

2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

Climate related disasters are causing widespread damage as winter approaches

Climate related disasters are causing widespread damage as winter approaches

FoodForward SA 24 Jun 2024

IMF approves over $900m to support Tanzania budget, climate change fight

Kanishka Singh 21 Jun 2024

Source: Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.

New Section27 report: Climate change threatens child health and education

20 Jun 2024

Image source: Marcin Jucha –

Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Laura Vang Rasmussen, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Ingo Grass, Marney Isaac and Rachel Bezner Kerr 19 Jun 2024

A girl carries a jerrycan filled with water at a Tolou Keur garden in the Walalde department of Podor, in the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel area, Senegal, 11 July 2021. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Will Africa's Great Green Wall hit 2030 goal?

Simon Jessop and Alessandra Prentice 13 Jun 2024

Public colloquium explores the role of technology in addressing Just Transition - Loss and Damage

Public colloquium explores the role of technology in addressing Just Transition - Loss and Damage

Vaal University of Technology 10 Jun 2024

A decade of the Street Store: From local to global, showing how creativity can be used as a force for good

A decade of the Street Store: From local to global, showing how creativity can be used as a force for good

7 Jun 2024

Sappi research chair at Wits marks a milestone year of climate action

Sappi research chair at Wits marks a milestone year of climate action

Sappi 7 Jun 2024

6 little-known facts about climate change in South Africa

Karen King 6 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf Claire Watt, senior account director, The Friday Street Club explains that strategic communication is a powerful way to achieve a climate safe future

South Africa’s creative industry: A ‘change agent’ for a climate safe future?

Claire Watt 6 Jun 2024

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Research into climate change adaptation and mitigation receives $92m

5 Jun 2024

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Standard Bank, MiDA in $700m green housing deal

28 May 2024

Climate-proofing workplaces: Prioritising safety and sustainability

Climate-proofing workplaces: Prioritising safety and sustainability

Kate Collier 23 May 2024

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Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready

Mohan Singh and Prem Bhalla 21 May 2024

EU carbon price on imports ‘violates’ WTO rules, says Patel as SA heads for clash with bloc

Peter Fabricius 20 May 2024

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet 17 May 2024

Image supplied. Gary Koetser, CEO of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels gives 8 best practices for greener events

8 best practices for greener events

Gary Koetser 16 May 2024

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ITFC, RVCMC collaborate for Maldives' blue carbon credits

13 May 2024

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Sectoral emission targets: What it means for business

Garyn Rapson, Nonhlanhla Mnengi, Sabeeha Loonat & Sinalo Matubatuba 13 May 2024

FAO's Earth Map wins Google impact award for climate monitoring

FAO's Earth Map wins Google impact award for climate monitoring

7 May 2024

UCT academics collaborate with global leaders to decarbonise concrete

UCT academics collaborate with global leaders to decarbonise concrete

6 May 2024

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Mabola Protected Area in the Mpumalanga grasslands is under threat of coal mining. Archive photo: supplied

Proposed coal mine in Mpumalanga grasslands back in court

John Yeld 2 May 2024

4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña

4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña

2 May 2024

Terena Chetty, Head of Strategy at 1Africa Consulting

How climate change has become an OHS issue

Terena Chetty 23 Apr 2024

Source: © Global Cosmetics News Unilver has succumbed to pressure from shareholders to cut costs and to scale back environmental and social pledges

Unilever scales back on environmental and social initiatives

22 Apr 2024

Rangelands provide a wealth of ecosystem services and support rural economies while harbouring native biodiversity. Courtesy Rauri Alcock

Planting trees in grasslands won't save the planet – rather protect and restore forests

Susanne Vetter 22 Apr 2024

Report: Fortified whole grains combat climate change and hunger

Report: Fortified whole grains combat climate change and hunger

18 Apr 2024

An old woman hospitalized for dehydration during the recent record heat wave, receives IV drip while she is being consulted at an hospital in Niamey, Niger, 13 April 2024. Reuters/ Mahamadou Hamidou

Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come

Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou 18 Apr 2024

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Dubai’s torrential downpour unleashes havoc on city’s commercial hubs

17 Apr 2024

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Impact manager Acre raises $100m for African climate infrastructure

Virginia Furness 17 Apr 2024

The Carbon Majors list of the companies responsible for four fifths of the world’s CO2 emissions includes Sasol. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Sasol makes the world CO2 emissions blacklist

Liezl Human 17 Apr 2024