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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at Lanseria Airport near Johannesburg on 7 August 2022. Picture: @DIRCO_ZA/Twitter

Climate change

Russia's invasion of Ukraine on agenda in talks between Pandor, USA's Blinken

By Ray White

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet South Africa's Naledi Pandor on Monday in what has been called a strategic dialogue to reinforce and...

  • A partially dried up pond is pictured near Monfort-en-Chalosse, southwestern France, on 3 August 2022. France saw its driest July on record, the weather agency said, exacerbating stretched water resources that have forced restrictions. Picture: GAIZKA IROZ/AFP

    France orders crisis task force over 'historic' drought

    Water restrictions have already been ordered in nearly all of France's 96 mainland departments, with 62 at the highest alert level, and the Meteo-France weather agency has forecast little relief for the coming weeks.

    10 days ago
  • A photo shows a forest fire in Louchats, south-western France, on 17 July 2022. Picture: THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP

    Britain, France brace for temperature records as Europe fires rage

    Scientists blame climate change and predict more frequent and intense episodes of extreme weather such as heatwaves and drought.

    28 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    NMF to highlight food security, climate change this Mandela Day

    The foundation's Tshepang Motsekuoa said that they'd found that supplying people with food was not as sustainable as teaching and assisting them with ways and means to feed themselves.

    28 days ago
  • The Kruger National Park. Picture: @SANParksKNP/Twitter

    Kruger National Park waste recyclers help preserve their environment

    Residents who live near the Kruger National Park have resorted to recycling to avoid climate change disasters.

    42 days ago
  • People stand next to a flooded petrol station due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on 3 July 2022. Picture: Muhammad FAROOQ/AFP

    Thousands evacuate from 'dangerous' Sydney floods

    Australia has been at the sharp end of climate change, with droughts, deadly bushfires, bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef and floods becoming more common and intense as global weather patterns change.

    42 days ago
  • FILE: "The climate crisis is our number one emergency," said UN chief Antonio Guterres. Picture: Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP

    UN chief calls for ending 'age of fossil fuels'

    The UN chief accused the fossil fuel industry of having tried for decades to convince leaders and sway public opinion of its limited responsibility for climate change, and for seeking to "undermine ambitious climate policies."

    59 days ago
  • Activists of the Extincion Rebellion climate action movement block a street in central Stockholm on June 3, 2022, in connection with the Stockholm +50 UN meeting. Picture: 
Meli PETERSSON ELLAFI / TT News Agency / AFP

    Climate action must not be delayed by global crises, UN talks told

    The summary to this year's landmark climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that any further delay in action "will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all".

    70 days ago
  • 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

    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 ready to engage on climate change.

    84 days ago
  • 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.

    89 days 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.

    96 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.

    97 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.

    102 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'.

    111 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.

    115 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.

    115 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.

    116 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.

    119 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.

    133 days ago
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