A white Christmas may increasingly become a nostalgic memory as the Northern Hemisphere sees ever fewer snowy winter days due to climate change, with Europe warming quickest, a report warned on Tuesday.

South Africa’s grand hydrogen ambitions could be setting us up for failure. Instead of chasing far-fetched export dreams, we should focus on using green hydrogen locally to fuel industrial growth, writes Nick Hedley.

Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the United States.

Fine particle air pollution killed nearly 240 000 people in the European Union in 2022, a five percent fall on the previous year, the European Environment Agency said in a report published Tuesday.

Natural disasters have caused an estimated $310 billion in economic losses around the world this year, swelling six percent from 2023 as the climate crisis takes its toll, reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Thursday.

The US government said Tuesday it was “disappointed” after nations negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic waste failed to reach a deal, blaming a “small group” of countries and producers for blocking progress.

Climate impacts are already impacting children globally, with children in the Global South experiencing the harshest climate impacts due to limited resources. They bear little responsibility but disproportionate risk, writes Bryony Fox.

Global wine production is set to fall again this year to its lowest level since 1961 due to climate change, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said on Friday.

Globally, we are witnessing a new era of wildfire intensity and SA was no exception. The 2024 fire season broke records, with 2 750 firefighting teams dispatched, thousands of livestock destroyed, and 34 human lives lost, including many firefighters.

How much does cutting down on carbon emissions, by doing things like using public transport, walking or cycling, really save? COP29 was a good place to find out. Our team tracked their steps and calculated how much carbon they emitted — and saved.

COP is expensive and shameful, not only because of the large delegations of government officials that travel there to achieve so little, but also because of the global activist corps that makes up a big part of the 50 000 registered participants, writes Carol Paton.

The COP29 talks to persuade the rich world to pay for climate damage ended uneasily in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday

Developing countries have responded with fury to the rich world’s $250-billion year offer of financial support to deal with the impact of climate change, an amount that falls far short of the $1.3 trillion that poorer countries had proposed.

For South Africa to maintain its solar momentum beyond load shedding, we need to reach the economic tipping point seen in other countries where the solar market evolved sustainably, says Jon Kornik.

South Africa has recognised aquaculture as a priority for national and regional development. Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, explains why.

Twenty-five countries at the COP29 climate summit Wednesday pledged not to build any new unabated coal-power plants, in a push to accelerate the phaseout of the highly polluting fossil fuel.

Antiretrovirals like dolutegravir help keep people healthy. But their use adds to global warming, which drives climate change. Switching to newer forms of medicines can help to lower carbon emissions. But we don’t have enough to make this a reality.

The developed world and developing countries have put their options on the table – and the gulf is huge.

SA’s Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and the Environment Dion George says he believes a last-minute deal on mitigation commitments can be reached.

Climate finance negotiators at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, are coming to terms with the likely departure of the US from the Paris Agreement as they struggle to set a new global finance goal without the contribution of the US.

OPEC secretary-general Haitham Al Ghais on Wednesday told the COP29 climate summit in Baku that crude oil and natural gas were a gift from God, and that global warming talks should focus on cutting emissions not picking energy sources