Owing to South Africa’s investment plan requiring much more money to be properly and fully implemented, President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday called for reforms of multilateral development banks,... 

The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate have announced that global decarbonisation organisation the First Movers Coalition (FMC) is expanding with a... 

The European Union (EU) and US put methane on the map at COP26 in Glasgow — declaring the potent greenhouse gas a threat to Paris Agreement temperature goals and insisting emissions of it must be... 

South Africa's R1.5-trillion just energy transition investment plan has been endorsed by the International Partners Group, which includes UK, US, Germany, France and the EU. The countries which... 

Most banks that have published net-zero emissions targets are failing to live up to those commitments, according to a fresh study by ShareAction. The majority of the 43 largest financiers of fossil... 

World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday, with the head of the... 

Industry organisation Agri SA has welcomed the appointment of its legal and policy executive Janse Rabie to the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) by President Cyril Ramaphosa. In addition to... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week attend the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, where South Africa will make a clear call for developed economy countries to support... 

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn... 

Setting a recovery in Eskom’s energy availability factor (EAF) to 75% as a key performance indicator (KPI) for the board and the executive is not only open to manipulation but is also the wrong... 

In this article, the Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation team’s Dr Duncan MacFadyen and Rendani Nenguda write about the technical reports developed through the African Group of... 

A year on from the COP26 conference not much has progressed on the climate change-related infrastructure front, mostly owing to the implications of the Ukraine war, a tightening global monetary... 

In South Africa, a country where 'braais' are a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and hostility from the regulator. That... 

To help with efforts to combat the "existential threat" of climate change, accountants and the accounting profession globally must integrate non-financial and financial information to report on... 

South Africa cannot be allowed to breach its climate change mitigation measures and Paris Agreement declarations despite it being an emerging country that is dependant and still heavily reliant on... 

Climate-smart multinational Terragrn plans to turn up to 200 000 ha of unused land in coal mining-centred Mpumalanga, South Africa, into a $2-billion sustainable land management agroforestry... 

Eskom has announced that the final unit at the Komati power station in Mpumalanga was shut at midday October 31, officially signalling the end of the station’s operating life as a coal-fired... 

The efficacy of South Africa’s climate change mitigation efforts largely depends on how resilience is embedded in infrastructure development and adaptation strategies overall, which the... 

South Africa expects an $8.5-billion climate-finance package that it’s negotiating with some of the world’s richest nations to attract significant additional funds to help it transition away from... 

South Africa and Indonesia will receive a combined $1-billion from the Climate Investment Funds to replace some of their coal-fired power plants with renewable energy facilities, part of global... 

The drop in Russian fossil fuel exports after its Ukraine invasion this year will transform the global energy landscape for decades and can help to hasten a green energy transition, the... 

During his keynote address at the Council for Geoscience (CGS) Summit, held at the Durban International Convention Centre from October 25 to 27, Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy reports that South Africa will push for the establishment of a people-centred ‘Just Energy Transition Financing Framework’ at the... 

Research and consultancy group Wood Makenzie (WoodMac) says the global energy transition presents an almost unattainable mine supply challenge, with significant investment and price incentives... 

Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer discusses the latest developments with regard to South Africa's Just Energy Transition Partnership Investment Plan; Cabinet's endorsement of the plan; and... 

As flood events become more frequent and severe, South Africa will need to lift its game in disaster management to become more resilient. This means not just better maintenance of infrastructure,... 

The Water Technologies Demonstration Programme (Wader) has invested about R43.5-million in 46 projects from 2015 to 2022 as the technology arm of the National Water Research, Development and... 

A conclusive message arose from the third instance of the Finance in Common (FiC) summit hosted on October 18 to 20, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, that a common vision and cooperation between... 

Impact investment company Impact Investment Group and small, medium-sized and microenterprise (SMME) manufacturing investment company Seed10X have launched a service offering for Africa to unlock... 

Standard Bank will exceed its green financing target of R50-billion this year, as South Africa's scrapping of regulations on self-generated renewable energy projects has spurred a rush for... 

The number of carbon capture and storage projects in development grew to record levels this year on the back of rising carbon prices and government incentives but would still only mitigate less... 

When considering how to make environment, social and governance (ESG) a real driving force that helps to shape the work of companies, gold miner Harmony Gold sustainable development group executive... 

Cement producer AfriSam is continuing to promote the reduction of clinker content in its composite cements as a way of reducing carbon emissions. As a long-time developer of composite or extended... 

In an opening the plenary of the 2022 Civil Society Forum, in Côte d'Ivoire, African Development Bank Group (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina said civil society organisations are essential in... 

The Centre for Energy Innovation of the University of Twente (UT) in Enschede, Netherlands, and the Research & Technology (R&T) arm of South Africa’s Sasol have agreed to collaborate on the...