The Nelson Mandela Bay University in the Eastern Cape, is the host of this year’s National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC), on Africa, Europe and Middle East (AEME). Discussions will centre…
The Green Connection celebrated its 25th year in operation, at the Vineyard Hotel, in Cape Town, on Saturday. The organisation was first established in South Africa in 2000, and registered…
A volcano in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, erupted at around 8:30 a.m. UTC (3:30 a.m. EST) on Sunday, for the first time in 12,000 years. According to geologists,…
Transnet in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), and the European Union (EU), have partnered to decarbonise South Africa’s state-owned ports and railway operator. Transnet, had proposed €300 million…
Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary said COP30 showed that climate cooperation is alive and kicking. In his closing remarks on Sunday, Stiell said 194 countries stood firm in…
The Green Fund (GCF) highlighted a few wins as this year’s COP30 draws to a close, in Belém, Brazil. Some wins are the launch of an Impact Report, offering insights…
Rahima Njaidi, of Tanzania’s only community-led forestry organisation, will be honoured this week, at the Tusk Conservation Awards. Njaidi is the founder of MJUMITA, to give rural communities a voice…
A new global alliance to speed up climate adaptation plans was launched at COP30 this week. Parts are the COP30 Presidency, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),…
New Development bank (NDB) said there is a need to scale up global climate funding. The bank provides about 10% of finance towards climate change. It aims to increase this…
The City of Tshwane and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are exploring ways to lower electricity prices, through the use of a range of renewable energy sources.…
