Global experts meeting during a panel session at the 27th global climate summit (COP27) in Egypt have endorsed a new climate finance roadmap to mobilize $1 trillion in annual external finance required by emerging markets and developing countries—excluding China. According to the report, the world needs a breakthrough and a new roadmap on climate finance…
TotalEnergies is planning to explore for oil offshore South Africa’s West Coast, where environmental groups have increasingly opposed such activity. The French explorer proposes to drill one well, which could result in an additional nine wells depending on the success of the first, SLR Consulting, which is doing the environmental assessment, said on its website….
The Minerals Council of South Africa has reiterated that the mining industry will be proactive in addressing the serious challenges posed by climate change. The MCSA, led by environment head Stephinah Mudau, stated in their virtual meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment to discuss the Climate Change Bill that “the South…
Mzansi Energy Consortium (Mzansi Energy) has been appointed by Palabora Mining Company to develop a 132MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant and battery energy storage system (BESS) capable of storing 310MWh of electricity. The power plant, dubbed “Marula Green Power,” is expected to be built in two stages: construction and operation and maintenance. The project is…
The United Nations has announced that the Earth will reach a significant population milestone today, November 15, 2022. According to the UN Population Division, there will be 8 billion humans on the planet on November 15, a staggering increase from a 2.5 billion population just 72 years ago. This is expected to rise to 8.5…
Delays in implementing South Africa’s cadastral system could worsen the country’s Fraser Institute ranking performance
President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to provide some clarity as the debate rages on about new legislation on about Preferential Procurement Regulations 2017, which for the last five years has guided companies and state-owned institutions on supplier and companies’ compliance during procurement of goods and services. In a media statement released last week, the National…
Nearly half of young people, 49% in South Africa, stated that concerns about climate change impacts have made them reconsider starting a family, according to a new UNICEF South Africa U-Report poll, released as youth take the floor to call for climate action at COP27. “The climate crisis is a child rights crisis and it’s…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told representatives of countries at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday that they face a stark choice: pull together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe. The speech set an urgent tone as governments begin two weeks of talks on how to avoid…
Mr. Solly Maphaila, the newly elected General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), claims that developed nations were responsible for the majority of global emissions, allowing them to accelerate their own industrialisation, and that developed nations should not dictate how the transition to renewable energy should be implemented while South Africa still required…
