South Africa is concerned by the impact Donald Trump’s election as the next president of the United States may have on talks to tackle climate change, its environment minister said on Friday.

The head of France’s state development bank expects other development finance institutions to add to a €400 million climate loan for South Africa that partners will likely sign within days.

After almost 100 years of being absent from Cape Town’s wetlands, an indigenous lily has been replanted this week in honour of an international environmental programme.

Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, has urged investors to partner with SA’s new petroleum company.

This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday.

The Earthshot Prize winners were announced on Wednesday evening in Cape Town. Climate innovators from the host continent took centre stage as two of the announced winners were African climate initiatives.

Donald Trump’s election victory puts a climate change denier back in the White House, poised to dismantle his predecessor’s green policies and jeopardise global efforts to curb human-caused warming.

South Africa this week had its first major snowfall in November, a time of year when summer is approaching, in 85 years, according to the national weather service.

News24 spoke to African finalists, d.light and the Green Africa Youth Organisation, ahead of the Earthshot Prize ceremony on Wednesday in Cape Town. The number of Africa-based nominations for the prize doubled between 2023 and 2024

World leaders kick off UN climate talks next week, days after a knife edge US election that could send shockwaves through global efforts to limit dangerous warming.

Panniers strapped to their haunches, a team of horses waded collar-deep through North Sea waters – hauling wide nets along the Belgian coast as cawing seagulls swirl all around.

Artificial nests have been helping to boost the productivity of endangered African penguins, a study has found.

The 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in South America this past fortnight.

Technological improvement is a primary catalyst for the growth of the SA agricultural sector. But in recent years, the country has been spending less on research, which is worrying – especially as it faces increased climate change risks.

South Africa pledged to slash emissions across its fleet of coal-fired power plants in a bid to secure R46 billion in climate finance. That’s despite seeking to alter the terms of a 2022 agreement by delaying the outright closure of three of the facilities.

Cancer, birth defects or DNA mutations are some of the risks posed by 346 pesticides government seeks to have removed from South African shelves. But the pesticide industry is pushing back, and is fighting to keep 115 toxic products on the market.

After a winter of harsh storms, the South African Weather Service has been more cautious than its peers to make a bold call on the weather prospects for summer. But this doesn’t mean the news is bad, writes Wandile Sihlobo.

South African farmers are expected to harvest 22.6% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.

Only 44% of women worldwide exclusively breastfeed their babies for the first six months of their lives, which is what the World Health Organisation recommends. In South Africa, data shows the number is likely around 32%.

Namibia’s central bank unveiled a policy to provide financial relief to the country’s drought-hit farming industry.

A group of scientists warned Monday of the greatly underestimated risk of a collapse of ocean currents in the Atlantic which could have catastrophic consequences for the Nordic countries as the region’s leaders gathered in Iceland.