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Australia's new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls his new cabinet ministers to take an oath during a ceremony at Government House in Canberra on 23 May 2022. Picture: SAEED KHAN/AFP

Climate change

Australia's new PM heads to Tokyo with climate message

By AFP

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...

  • FILE: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Picture: @TreasuryRSA/Twitter

    Godongwana: Climate change compounding problem of poverty in SA

    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.

    a week ago
  • The Cutshwayo River in KwaNdengezi caused massive damage and took the lives of many people when it flooded after heavy rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal.

    Govt on a mission to protect vulnerable communities against climate change

    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.

    15 days ago
  • The remains of houses that were damaged in the floods in KwaZulu-Natal in April 2022. Picture: GCIS

    Salga: More needs to be done to safeguard communities from climate change impact

    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.

    15 days ago
  • Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Picture: @TreasuryRSA/Twitter

    Godongwana: KZN floods an eye opener for SA's climate change challenges

    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.

    21 days ago
  • Rescue officials evacuate people in a boat in Shah Alam, Selangor on 20 December 2021, as Malaysia faces some of its worst floods for years. Picture: Arif KARTONO/AFP

    Humanity stuck in 'spiral of self-destruction': UN

    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'.

    30 days ago
  • A general view of a severely damaged home and a crack in the road following heavy rains and winds in Durban, on 12 April 2022. Picture: RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP

    Early warnings for floods in SA: engineering for future climate change

    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.

    33 days ago
  • FILE: The warmest summer on record featured a heatwave along the Mediterranean rim lasting weeks. Picture: pixabay.com

    Extreme weather lashes Europe as climate crisis grows

    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.

    33 days ago
  • FILE: The computer would process high volumes of information in order to predict patterns. Picture: Pixabay

    Can AI help avert scale of natural disasters such as the KZN floods?

    Artificial Intelligence head, Junaid Kleinschmidt, explains how the use of AI could be a possible solution in averting climate disasters.

    35 days ago
  • KZN has been hit by devastating floods. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News.

    What's behind KZN's flood disaster

    Last week, storms pummelled the east coast city of Durban, triggering heavy floods and landslides that killed more than 440.

    37 days ago
  • Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels.

    Fly less? Go vegan? How people can take climate action

    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.

    51 days ago
  • FILE: According to the UN, emissions must be slashed almost in half by 2030 to have a hope of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial era, the most ambitious Paris Agreement goal. Picture: pexels.com

    Never too late for 'transformational' climate action

    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.

    68 days ago
  • Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels.

    'Maladaptation': how not to cope with climate change

    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.

    81 days ago
  • FILE: Long Street in Cape Town. Picture: 123rf.com

    City of Cape Town commits to being resilient to impacts of climate change

    Officials have recently signed a R77 million grant funding agreement with the KfW German Development Bank.

    98 days ago
  • Aerial view of mud after a flood in La Gasca neighborhood, northern Quito, on February 1, 2022. The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades has killed at least 18 people in Quito, washing away cars, damaging homes and sweeping away volleyball players and spectators on a sports field, officials said Tuesday. Picture: Rodrigo Buendia / AFP

    Nations to review harrowing catalogue of climate impacts

    Species extinction, ecosystem collapse, mosquito-borne disease, deadly heat, water shortages, and reduced crop yields are already measurably worse due to global heating.

    101 days ago
  • FILE: The streets of Ladysmith were left flooded on 17 January 2022 after heavy rains. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News

    YONELA DIKO: SA must adopt climate change strategies that have proven to work

    Climate change must always be fought at an international level with a bigger push on large emitters.

    106 days ago
  • © 1971yes/123rf.com

    OPINION: Destabilising coal usage in SA will cripple our economy

    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.

    106 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    Scientists warn global food security could be at risk due to climate change

    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.

    108 days ago
  • Wildflowers in the Postberg section of the West Coast National Park. Picture: Zunaid Ismael/EWN

    ANALYSIS: Namaqualand daisies are flowering earlier: why it’s a red flag

    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.

    129 days ago
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