Green-blue-grey infrastructure can help beat city heat 🌳🌊🏗️
Article published in the UNDRR Prevention Web. UNDRR is a United Nations Agency, for the coordination of disaster risk reduction. A study published in The Innovation in March 2024 reviews…
Dikeledi to coincide with Spring tide and Full Moon
3 people have died in SA a in Madagascar and another 150,000 without power, after cyclone Dikeledi ravaged Nampula in Mozambique. About 200 people were displaced in Sava and Diana.…
“What’s gone is gone”
This article was written by the Deutsche Bank. According to a new study, two million animal and plant species are endangered – twice as many as previously assumed.Klement Tockner, Director…
Tsunami alert in Japan after mega quake
An earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.9 struck southern Japan near the city of Miyazaki on Kyushu island at 9:19 p.m on Monday evening, according to the US Geological…
2024 the warmest year
2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year since 1850. Average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. European Commission by the…
Researchers warn landowners against misguided burning regime for carbon credits
Researchers from 26 universities and institutes working in Africa are warning conservationists, farmers and landowners against consultants and companies recommending a single veld-burning strategy to sequester carbon in order to…
More wind energy procured in 7th bid window
About 8 companies were appointed to provide 1760 Megawatts (MW) of electricity in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) seventh bid cycle. Another 8 are to supply…
IPBES report tackles 5 Interlinked Global Crises in Biodiversity, Water, Food, Health and Climate Change
A new report launched this week by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assessed linkages among biodiversity, water, food and health. The report, also known as the…
Five African countries unite to reduce release of hazardous chemicals from plastics
The Governments of Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe have launched a US$90-million project to reduce the release of hazardous chemicals from plastics in a sector-based approach covering the…
IUCN at World Court that States have a legal obligation to fight climate change
Written by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): Legal experts of the International Union for Conservation of Nature argued at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that States…