Climate change
Australia's new PM heads to Tokyo with climate message
Australia's new prime minister Anthony Albanese took office Monday, hours before flying to a Tokyo summit with a 'message to the world' that his country is...
Godongwana said the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, both at home and abroad, has made it harder to deal with South Africa’s triple challenge of poverty, inequality and unemployment.
The burning issue was discussed virtually on Tuesday among officials from the Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Department, the weather service and the South African Local Government Association.
Extreme weather events and how it affects communities were discussed in an online briefing hosted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, as well as the Government Communication and Information System on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that the severe weather which led to the death of over 400 people showed that climate change was not only an environmental issue but an alternative economic development model too.
UNDRR said in a statement that the sharp rise in disasters globally could be attributed to a 'broken perception of risk based on optimism, underestimation and invincibility'.
It is natural to ask whether the recent floods will occur more often within the context of climate change or whether they were simply freak events.
The warmest summer on record featured a heatwave along the Mediterranean rim lasting weeks and the hottest day ever registered in Europe, a blistering 48.8C (120 degrees Fahrenheit) in Italy's Sicily.
Artificial Intelligence head, Junaid Kleinschmidt, explains how the use of AI could be a possible solution in averting climate disasters.
Last week, storms pummelled the east coast city of Durban, triggering heavy floods and landslides that killed more than 440.
Individuals along with economy-wide efficiencies can make a major difference in the drive to avert the worst of global warming, UN climate experts say.
In a United Nations assessment in February dubbed an 'atlas of human suffering', experts laid out in devastating detail the past, present and future impacts of climate change on people and the planet they depend on.
A crescendo of deadly extreme weather is outpacing preparations for a climate-addled world, according to a landmark UN assessment of climate impacts released this week.
Officials have recently signed a R77 million grant funding agreement with the KfW German Development Bank.
Species extinction, ecosystem collapse, mosquito-borne disease, deadly heat, water shortages, and reduced crop yields are already measurably worse due to global heating.
Climate change must always be fought at an international level with a bigger push on large emitters.
South Africa accounts for less than 1% of greenhouse gas emissions. Our responsibility to combat climate change must be proportional to our contribution to the problem, writes Kanakana Mudzanani and Vuslat Bayoglu.
Locally we've seen severe droughts and excessive rain wreaking havoc on communities and farmers having to adapt to these changing conditions brought on by long term shifts in temperature and weather patterns.
Jennifer Fitchett looks at how the changing climate is affecting the Namaqualand daisies and the impact that it will have on the industries that have sprung up around the flowers.