SA signed a landmark agreement aimed at protecting biodiversity in international waters last week, as the UN Oceans Conference (UNOC3) in France firmly put marine preservation on the global agenda, and reinforced the call for changes in economic models and ... Read More
Minister of Mineral & Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe has issued a correction to a contentious draft law to remove empowerment requirements placed on prospectors. A News24 report notes that another correction, as per the gazetted document, has also clarified that ... Read More
Coastal municipalities are already under pressure, exposed not only to hazards originating from the ocean such as storm surge and sea level rise-related flooding and erosion, but also to the universal climate hazards experienced in the country. This is according ... Read More
A World Bank-linked climate fund has backed South African plans to cut the country’s reliance on coal, unlocking up to $2.6bn (R46.8bn) in financing and giving the nation’s energy transition an unexpected boost. A Tech Central report notes ... Read More
Energy & Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has told the African Green Hydrogen Summit that green hydrogen must be understood not merely as a clean fuel, but as a strategic enabler of Africa’s structural transformation, notes a Policy Watch report. ‘It ... Read More
SA’s pervasive ‘rhino war’ rhetoric distracts us from addressing the root causes of poaching. ‘We urgently need alternative conservation philosophies, practices and policies to tackle wildlife crime,’ write Dr Lindie Botha, a social scientist; Alastair Nelson CEO of Conservation ... Read More
Thirty years after the execution of Nigerian author and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eights others sparked global outrage, they have been pardoned by President Bola Tinubu, a decision that has been partly welcomed, but also heavily criticised by family members ... Read More
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and African Parks last week announced the successful translocation of 70 southern white rhinos to Akagera National Park. A report in The New Times notes that the translocation, completed in two phases over three days, contributes ... Read More
The World Bank last week launched the Sierra Leone Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) and the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), two core analytical reports that provide essential insights into the country's economic and climate challenges, offering strategic pathways ... Read More
The World Bank's board has agreed to end a longstanding ban on funding nuclear energy projects in developing countries as part of a broader push to meet rising electricity needs, the bank's president, Ajay Banga, said last week ... Read More
The sentencing of two company directors for dumping illegal waste at a landfill site in Northern Ireland sends a message that personal criminal liability is a risk facing business owners who breach environmental laws, an expert has said. According to ... Read More
Hundreds of top environment lawyers are suing the New Zealand Government over what they say is its ‘dangerously inadequate’ plan to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050. A report in The Guardian notes that it is the first time ... Read More
* A boat sinking in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northwestern Equateur Province left at least 30 people dead. Territorial administrator Justin Mputu told local media that the boat, which was overcrowded, was carrying goods and people on Lake Tumba in ... Read More
* Ethiopia will host the Second Africa Climate Summit from September 8-10, in partnership with the African Union. Centred on ‘Green Talks and Green Actions,’ the summit will promote nature-based solutions as key to Africa's climate strategy, with a ... Read More
Earthshot nomination for ocean groupAn ocean conservation group that has helped tens of thousands of children connect with the sea is celebrating two major milestones – 15 years of grassroots work and a nomination for the 2025 global Earthshot Prize ... Read More
New species of rain frog discoveredIn the damp, grassy slopes of the KZN Midlands, an unassuming amphibian has leapt into the scientific spotlight. Named Breviceps batrachophiliorum – Latin for ‘frog-loving people’ – this newly described species of rain frog was ... Read More
