With global warming apparently here to stay, a team of paleoclimatologists are studying an ancient source to determine future rainfall and drought patterns: fossilized plants that lived on Earth ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 15 (Reuters) - South Africa's climate policy body on Monday suggested the government could delay retiring its ageing coal-fired power plants to address electricity shortages and said ...

PRETORIA, November 1, 2022— South Africa can build a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economy while simultaneously responding to climate change, says the World Bank’s Country Climate and ...

President Biden proclaimed Wednesday that the United States and other G-7 countries will donate billions to get South Africa off coal and on renewables, to the chagrin of many on Twitter. "Today’s ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation South Africa faces significant climate change challenges given its high dependency on coal energy and physical ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 9 (Reuters) - South Africa will miss its binding 2030 carbon emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement, three senior government officials confirmed, as the country plans to ...

A court in the Western Cape province has revoked TotalEnergies’ oil exploration licence over climate concerns, sparking a legal showdown involving Norton Rose Fulbright, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, and ...

An “overlooked” corner of a Grade I listed landscape has been turned into a garden that will test plants’ resilience to climate change, the National Trust said. The new “garden for the future” in ...

Tracy-Lynn Field receives funding from the Claude Leon Foundation. She is also a board member of the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa. As climate change drives temperature increases ...

A World Bank-linked climate fund has backed South African plans to cut its reliance on coal, unlocking up to $2.6 billion in financing and giving the nation’s energy transition an unexpected boost.