Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world is facing “a direct existential threat” and must rapidly shift from dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 to prevent “runaway climate change.” The U.N. chief called the crisis urgent and decried the … Continued
Article by Stephen Emmott – the Guardian June 2013 Earth is home to millions of species. Just one dominates it. Us. Our cleverness, our inventiveness and our activities have modified almost every part of our planet. In fact, we are … Continued
Africa – This weekend people are joining over 735 actions in 90 countries under the banner of Rise for Climate to demonstrate the urgency of the climate crisis. Communities around the world will shine a spotlight on the increasing impacts … Continued
Even though much of the focus in this article is about the impacts on American coastal communities, it is worth a read! A profoundly altered planet is what our fossil-fuel-driven civilization is creating, a planet where Sandy-scale flooding will become more … Continued
African countries have the opportunity today to avoid getting locked into dirty, centralised fossil fuels and leapfrog to energy systems that are low-emitting, people-centered and decentralised. This is possible with renewable energies. “Africa is endowed with vast untapped renewable energy … Continued
In the 2017 Renewables Global Status Report it’s evident that it’s another Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: More renewable energy capacity for less money source Additions in installed renewable power capacity set new records in 2016, with 161 gigawatts … Continued
SAFCEI’s Statement on the announcement that the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement: As many of you are aware President Trump has opted to pull out of the hard won Paris Agreement on international climate change. … Continued
CLIMARTE harnesses the creative power of the arts to inform, engage and inspire action on climate change. CLIMARTE is bringing together a broad alliance of arts organisations, practitioners, administrators, patrons and academics from across the spectrum of the arts sector, … Continued
Author: Bradley Dennis from Samara Using the Spekboom as a Carbon Sink Spekboom is a small tree shrub that grows naturally in the Karoo. Widespread across the country today, it is found in most gardens and urban areas. Spekboom is … Continued