Kenya President who is hosting a climate summit in Nairobi this week, said that Africa’s carbon sinks are a valuable economic resource.

Africa has been the most hit continent by climate change, but there is no sign for potential change of green energy.

KwaZulu-Natal readers beware: If you were thinking of going to the beach this season, the current Durban water crisis might make you think twice.

Kenyan President William Ruto expressed his unwavering commitment to spearheading climate action on the continent.

A major legal battle over the extension of 30-year mining rights has been averted

South Africans saw a Super Blue Moon earlier this week, which only happens once in a blue moon! But what was that bright ‘dot’?

Amidst tough contenders like the industrial Highveld, Bloemfontein has surprisingly emerged as South Africa’s pollution epicenter. Recent air quality data ranks it as the city with the worst air quality.

Dam levels have risen and water is being pumped out of Impofu Dam after being completely empty in January to help drought stricken Nelson Mandela Bay

A cold front will make landfall on Friday, 25 August. Rough seas and very strong damaging winds are expected in the Eastern Cape.

Emperor penguin chicks perished at multiple breeding grounds in Antarctica in 2022 as ice eroded by global warming gave way under their feet.

Watch the ‘SEE US’ trailer, following 2 underwater explorers along SA’s coastline revealing sanctuaries where sharks and rays find refuge…

Hours spent every week removing invasive water hyacinth and rubbish.

Hundreds protest in Sandton where summit is underway

World Water Week is a non-profit event held every year since 1991, which highlights global water issues.

A group of organisations have created successful small projects, but now they want to aim bigger.

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has confirmed that it has released a caracal back into the wild after a short stay at its Wildlife Care Facility.

With the good rain during winter and expected warmer weather in spring, large parts of Public Open Spaces and parks will soon see thousands of early spring flowers blooming.

One of Cape Town’s most iconic attractions, Boulders Beach, has been named as one of the ’50 Best Beaches in the World’.

In the first six months of 2023 a total of 231 rhinos were killed in South Africa at an average of just under 1.3 rhinos per day.

The dangerous wildfires burning across Europe show us how real the climate crisis has become. When we see these disasters on the news, it’s clear we need to take action on climate change now. But it can still be hard to really understand how. That’s where tabletop games can help. Tabletop games (board games, card […]

The torrential rain this past weekend has seen Cape Town’s dam levels reach 100,8%. Last year this time, dam levels were 75,4%. With dam levels increasing, there may be questions crossing residents’ minds about what this means for water use and resilience. ‘While we certainly welcome the healthy dam levels, we cannot allow this to […]

The latest attempt by a small mining company to get formal approval for a massive open cast tungsten mine in the West Coast region is again before the courts. Since 2004 a small mining company has been seeking approval for a massive opencast tungsten mine near Piketberg. Owners of protected land have blocked the mining […]

Jim Skea of the United Kingdom was elected chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Nairobi on Wednesday night. The IPCC is one of the most important bodies tackling climate change. Skea, who has nearly 40 years of experience in climate change, was elected by 90 votes to 69 in a run-off […]

The number of climate change-related court cases has more than doubled since 2017 as people turn to litigation to try to fight global warming, the UN said Thursday 27 July 2023. Courts are increasingly becoming a venue to force governments and businesses to take action as the human-caused warming of Earth becomes ever more destructive […]

Skywatchers in South Africa will be treated to a rare treat in August 2023: two full moons. The first full moon of the month, on August 1, will be called the Sturgeon Moon. The second full moon, on August 30, will be a blue moon. SKYWATCHERS WILL SEE THE FOLLOWING FULL MOONS IN AUGUST: The […]