Its taken 20 years but Eswatini’s first privately financed hydroelectric power plant can now begin construction, having been developed by South Africa’s ACED and EIMS Africa.

Ecologists suggest Los Angelenos replace palms, junipers and eucalyptus with trees that evolved to survive fire like California oaks.

Perpetrators of a cyberattack on the SA Weather Service’s information communication technology systems have demanded a ransom.

The world’s biggest iceberg – more than twice the size of London – could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals.

Any notion of justice, fairness, and leaving no one behind has to be considered in the context of the extremely serious implications of failing to meet climate goals, writes Emma Schuster.

The South African Weather Service said that its information and communication technology systems suffered a suspected cyberattack on Sunday evening – the second attack in two days after the first attempt failed.

US President Donald Trump has announced a range of measures that are great for America’s oil and gas industry but less great for everyone who doesn’t have a Mars exit plan, says Nick Hedley.

Six engineers successfully trekked approximately 6000 km between Nairobi, Kenya and Stellenbosch, South Africa using a motorcycle, running only on solar power.

A destabilising climate has led to a “whiplash effect” with one year being very wet, followed by one that’s very dry – and we haven’t yet figured out how to adapt to these extremes.

Former Springbok flanker, Robby Brink, and their local council are taken to task after eight crown pine trees were cut down alongside a luxury residential development.

Japan’s much-loved “tonkatsu” pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef Katsumi Shinagawa to skimp on servings.

Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal’s Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction.

Faced with burgeoning claims – more damage and higher repair costs because of the soaring price of labour and materials – insurance companies turned tail and left California en masse, dropping existing clients and refusing to write new policies.

Conservio, a South African online booking platform similar to Airbnb or Booking.com but that exclusively lists properties in nature, has raised $1 million to quadruple its listings this year.

Solar overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc’s power sector, according to a new report.

How and what the private sector can do to deliver just transition strategies starts with a fresh approach to sustainability reporting, writes Gita Maharaj.

The United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is a blow to global cooperation on climate change, but other countries are marching ahead and stepping up leadership on the issue.

As Los Angeles firefighters battle remaining hotspots more than a week into deadly blazes, scientists and engineers hope growing availability of satellite data will help in the future.

The EU’s Green Deal policies have targets to reduce the use of pesticides, which may spill over to South African agricultural exports, affecting profitability for farmers of various crops, a new report shows.

Reversing the decline and conserving the penguin population will not happen without collaboration, it requires a special type of GNU, writes Kevern Cochrane.

Cape Town residents say that there has been an increase in religious ceremonies in Table Mountain National Park, which is damaging to the environment and poses fire risks.