On 22 April people around the globe celebrated Earth Day, calling for better global ecological awareness. Ahead of this year’s event, Western Cape MEC for environmental affairs and development planning Anton Bredell called on South Africans to do...
The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change says time is of the essence and countries need to step efforts to tackle global warming. The goal is to find ways of limiting global warming to 1-point-5 degrees Celsius. The panel is meeting in Durban...
This installment of Going Green we look at the warming of oceans – one of the effects of global warming. Measuring the magnitude and the rate at which the oceans are warming is a complex process. But, according to a report from the UN...
Oxfam International says rising temperatures will push millions of people in Africa into poverty and hunger unless governments take swift action. Earlier this week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report detailing progress...
Meeting in Mexico City earlier this month, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) and consultants Arup outlined the first emission reduction plan in order to meet the most ambitious Paris Agreement targets to keep global warming below 1.5...
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...
Clean and green environment (CGE) technologies have taken centre stage as a recent report reveals the most urgent environmental issue that needs to be addressed is water scarcity. With rising water scarcity, energy depletion, and global warming...
A new report by the World Bank Group has revealed that Climate change impacts, such as extreme heat events, may now be unavoidable because the Earth’s atmospheric system is locked into warming close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by...
By Liesl Frankson In recent years we’ve been made aware that the global climate is changing and water is the primary medium through which climate change impacts the earth’s ecosystem and people. This is according to UN-Water. The...
