11 December 2024 at 17:00 PM, via News24
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.
10 December 2024 at 17:10 PM, via News24
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.
05 December 2024 at 14:23 PM, via News24
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.
04 December 2024 at 18:30 PM, via News24
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.
01 December 2024 at 17:49 PM, via News24
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.
01 December 2024 at 15:00 PM, via News24
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.
30 November 2024 at 14:27 PM, via News24
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.
26 November 2024 at 21:30 PM, via News24
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.
25 November 2024 at 11:48 AM, via News24
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.
24 November 2024 at 14:41 PM, via News24
The COP29 talks to persuade the rich world to pay for climate damage ended uneasily in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday
23 November 2024 at 12:01 PM, via News24
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.
22 November 2024 at 14:55 PM, via News24
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.
21 November 2024 at 21:30 PM, via News24
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.
21 November 2024 at 20:45 PM, via News24
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.
21 November 2024 at 20:30 PM, via News24
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.
21 November 2024 at 15:30 PM, via News24
The developed world and developing countries have put their options on the table – and the gulf is huge.
21 November 2024 at 09:23 AM, via News24
SA’s Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and the Environment Dion George says he believes a last-minute deal on mitigation commitments can be reached.
21 November 2024 at 08:50 AM, via News24
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.
20 November 2024 at 20:45 PM, via News24
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
20 November 2024 at 17:00 PM, via News24
A new version of the draft COP29 agreement will be released at midnight in Baku, Azerbaijan, as negotiators enter the last and most difficult stage of climate change talks, warning that “it will be difficult to find common ground by the finish”.
20 November 2024 at 06:00 AM, via News24
The union said that coal burn volumes have decreased by 12 million tonnes over the past decade, but the costs have grown by a staggering R25 billion.