Climate change
Creecy: COP26 Climate Change Conference a make-or-break moment
World leaders and negotiators will meet in Scotland over several days to discuss how to reverse the climate crisis.
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Poor citizens in Africa threatened by accelerating climate change: UN
In a report ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the UN highlighted Africa's "disproportionate vulnerability" last year from food insecurity, poverty and population displacement.
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ECB to carry out 'climate stress tests' on banks next year
ECB stress tests will gauge "how extreme weather events would affect banks" and how their business would be affected by a "sharp" rise in the price of carbon as a result of new environmental rules.
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Energy-stricken SA weighs need to reduce emissions and keep lights on
Like many developing countries, South Africa is struggling to meet growing energy needs yet avoid deepening Earth's carbon crisis, one of the many dilemmas besetting the UN climate talks, which resume in Glasgow on 31 October.
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Creecy wants to narrow emissions gap with new 2030 climate targets
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy was talking to experts in preparation for the Glasgow International Climate Change talks on Friday.
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Climate talk but no action 'irritating': Queen
The queen's comments come after public interventions this week from both her eldest son and heir, Prince Charles, and her grandson, Prince William.
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Prince William tells space tourists: Fix Earth instead
The comments by Queen Elizabeth II's grandson come a day after Star Trek star William Shatner became a real space traveller on Blue Origin's second crewed mission.
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World's clean energy transition 'too slow': IEA
In its annual World Energy Outlook report - published just weeks before the COP26 summit in Glasgow - the IEA calculated that investment in clean energy projects and infrastructure would need to be more than trebled over the next decade if those pledges are to be met.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro accused of 'crimes against humanity' at ICC
Austrian environmental justice campaigners Allrise filed the official complaint at The Hague-based court Tuesday morning.
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The 2021 Nobels: An almost 100% male affair
US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch.
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Princes Charles urges action, not words at UN climate summit
The Prince of Wales expressed sympathy with climate protesters, who have been blocking roads in Britain for several weeks as part of a campaign to make homes more environmentally efficient.
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Ramaphosa: SA must act with urgency to reduce greenhouse emissions
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the world was facing a climate crisis of 'unprecedented proportions which pose broad economic risks'.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: SA must seize opportunities in move to green economy
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that South Africa is endowed with abundant resources that can be harnessed to open up new frontiers of investment and growth and build a new economy with the move to a green economy.
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In Glasgow, China-US tensions could shape climate future
Both nations have stepped up efforts to curb emissions, although analysts say that actions are far too modest to meet a UN-backed goal of keeping the planet's temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and avoiding the worst effects of climate change.
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Google lets users factor climate change into life
Artificial intelligence was put to work in Google's free Maps service in the United States to show people the most fuel efficient routes to destinations even if they are not the quickest.
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COP26 must address 'unprecedented' climate crisis: Pope
Less than one month from the COP26 climate summit, world leaders are under unprecedented pressure to decarbonise their economies and chart humanity's path away from catastrophic global warming.
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Vanessa Nakate's hope giving voice to climate vulnerable
Conversely, it is vulnerable communities in the developing world, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, which are already grappling with the extreme flooding, drought and storms supercharged by global heating.
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Thunberg slams 30 years of climate 'empty words'
Speaking weeks ahead of a crunch UN climate meeting in Glasgow, Thunberg accused governments of "shamelessly congratulating themselves" for insufficient pledges to cut emissions and promises of financing.
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SA's youth vows court action if climate change is not addressed urgently
On Friday, a group of young people gathered at Parliament to call on government to act urgently.
