Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa has signed the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations in New York. Signing the agreement on behalf of the South African government, Molewa agreed that South Africa would adopt the...
A tax on carbon dioxide emissions could provide the South African government with enough money to deliver clean running water to every citizen This is the finding of a study published on Thursday from the Mercator Research Institute on Global...
Must greater prosperity necessarily lead to a greater carbon footprint and increased greenhouse gas emissions? “In theory, no, but in practice this seems to be the case”, says researcher Max Koch from Lund University in Sweden. His study of 138...
More than 120 countries have said they are ready to sign the United Nations (UN) accord to fight global warming, French ecology minister Segolene Royal said Wednesday. Royal said the strength of support meant the climate deal clinched in Paris...
