Environmentalists picket African Energy Week, urging an end to new oil and gas exploration

Climate activists picketed outside the African Energy Week conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, calling for an ...
Phys.org

South Africa's climate battle: mining district exposes gaps in emissions control

In South Africa, the new 2024 Climate Change Act requires local governments to plan responses to global warming. These local authorities should find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions where ...

Bambara groundnut: new maps show where southern African farmers can grow this drought-tolerant crop

Across Africa, wheat, maize and rice are the most consumed cereal crops. When they fail because of drought, floods or other ...
JD Supra

Unpacking the South African Climate Change Act

The Climate Change Act, as endorsed by the President, is intended to enable the alignment of policies that influence South Africa’s climate change response to ensure that South Africa’s transition to ...
News24

Climate risk is already costing SA businesses. Resilience could be their competitive edge

Climate related disasters are costing South Africa billions of rand every year, and the bill is growing. National Treasury’s 2025 Disaster Response Financing Strategy puts the average annual financial ...
Reuters

South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law

JOHANNESBURG, July 23 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to ...
Newsweek

Africa Is Plunging Into a Climate Nightmare While the World Watches | Opinion

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Climate change is having a compounding impact on Africa, while ...
Reuters

South Africa sets climate finance and debt relief as G20 presidency focus

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's G20 presidency next year will focus on mobilising finance for nations stricken by climate-induced disasters and extending debt relief for developing ...
Bloomberg

South African Insurers to Face Climate Stress Test, SARB Says

South Africa’s central bank plans to expand its examination of climate risk to the insurance industry, as it seeks to anticipate threats that can do far-reaching economic harm. “This year we put out ...
The Conversation

Women battle when trying to take climate change cases to court – South Africa and Nigeria study shows why

Community based environmental groups sued the South African government over coal pollution in 2021. Julia Evans/GroundUp Across domestic courts in Africa, climate cases have been decided in South ...
Bloomberg

South African Minister Backs Away From Climate Finance Offer

South Africa is reluctant to tap billions of dollars in climate finance offered by some of the world’s richest nations because of the cost and strings attached, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho ...