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air pollution

Live updates on air quality coming soon

Government plans to put up billboards that will report live on the state of air in highly populated areas in the country. “If the air quality is bad, it will tell you to stay indoors, if you are part of the sensitive population… A person with...
greenhouse-gas-emissions

CO2 emissions rose to 36 bn tonnes in 2013

Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel and cement production grew to a record high of 36 billion tonnes in 2013. According to the Global Carbon Project’s 2014 Carbon Budget, fossil fuel CO2 emissions are projected to increase 2.5% in 2014, bringing...

Winners of the 2014 Eco-Logic Awards

The winners of the  2014 Eco-Logic Awards were announced last week at The Cradle of Humankind, Maropeng. Celebrities, senior government officials, representatives from municipalities and the private sector, environmental NGOs and NPOs as well as...

Strong financing for low carbon development

In 2013, six leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provided approximately $24 billion in financing for projects in developing and emerging economies that address the challenges of climate change, says the third annual joint MDB report on...