Decarbonisation is not a grudge move just to meet climate targets – it is an important tool for achieving Africa's digital economy and overall development goals, with major cost and energy security... 

The City of Johannesburg says it has completed a project to clean up its act, which included restoring the Jukskei river catchment, urban cleanup, planting trees and installing a continuous... 

Strengthening South-South cooperation and building capacity, technology cooperation and enhanced financial support is important for adaptation and resilience-building in developing countries,... 

Climate change is poised to expose more people to malaria in cooler parts of Africa by the end of the century, with cases potentially rising as much as 20% in coastal southern Africa, according to... 

An impending "super" El Niño is likely to inflict a combined $10-billion to $20-billion hit on affected African countries and trigger mass migration from hard-hit areas, the African Development... 

Digital Product Passports (DPPs) should be viewed as a strategic opportunity to improve Africa's competitiveness, strengthen intra-African trade and expand access to international markets, rather... 

Sustainable industrial transformation in Southern Africa depends on strong institutions, productive capabilities, innovation, learning and coordinated policy-making. The United Nations Economic... 

South Africa has various industry-related policies and master plans that take into account the changes wrought by the global energy transition, but the opportunities and risks arising from these... 

The African Development Bank approved a $400-million loan for South Africa and the facility will be guaranteed by the UK as part of its contribution to a climate finance pact between the... 

Digital retail and platform company Amazon has committed to buying 1.95-million tons of carbon removal credits generated over more than a decade by the nature-based carbon removal programme in... 

UK impact investor and development finance institution (DFI), British International Investment (BII), invested £1.07-billion in Africa last year.  The figure represents 59% of BII’s total... 

International organisation the International Energy Agency (IEA) hosted the second in a series of High-Level Energy Transition Dialogues on June 23, ahead of the COP31 summit to be held in Antalya,... 

As concerns grow about the risks of a disorderly climate transition, business leaders worldwide view sustainability as a driver of competitiveness and resilience, says business organisation the... 

Electricity trader Discovery Green has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with forest-product company York Timber Holdings. The deal will result in 90% of the energy consumed at the... 

AI is becoming increasingly important in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) solutions for the business-to-business sector, particularly for improving energy efficiency, operational... 

 Businesses transitioning to environmentally friendly refrigerants and heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC-R) systems are facing growing operational, financial and... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that his department will publish a “sequenced” implementation roadmap for the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) so... 

The UN in South Africa and the Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund, together with the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC), have launched a Climate Action and Just Energy Access and... 

Insurance provider Santam has partnered with the South African Weather Service (SAWS) to sponsor the installation of nine automatic weather stations (AWS) across the country, with the aim of... 

Global organisation the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) will support Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa to develop or advance national climate action roadmaps for their building... 

In this opinion article written jointly by Harald Winkler and Andrew Marquard, the case is made for Equitable Fossil Fuel Transitions, whereby equity and justice are structurally integrated into... 

Infrastructure solutions provider Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced a commitment from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to its $750-million Infrastructure Climate... 

The World Bank has teamed up with Amazon on a bond whose proceeds will go toward rehabilitating ecosystems in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. The $120-million 14-year bond, which was sold to... 

Financial services firm Standard Bank has closed an $800-million sustainability-linked syndicated loan with 30 banks from across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. The... 

Germany has agreed to give South Africa a new €200-million ($234-million) concessional climate loan, and the two countries will deepen cooperation in other areas like critical minerals, South... 

Multilateral environmental fund, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has received initial pledges from donor countries totalling $3.9-billion during its ninth replenishment cycle. The world’s... 

A new research report published by telecommunications group Vodacom highlights Africa’s high vulnerability to climate change, with decarbonisation efforts hampered by critical energy challenges.... 

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has applied to become an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in an advisory proceeding which is currently before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The... 

Financial services firm Investec Bank has secured a $200-million loan from development finance institution the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support the expansion across South Africa... 

Across the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), extreme heat is rapidly increasing and becoming the most urgent climate and health risk across the region. This is the... 

As African countries respond to global pressure to transition to renewable energy while also addressing urgent development and energy needs, the focus should not be on moving away from coal, but... 

The pledges agreed at the COP 30 climate conference in Belem, Brazil, last year, brought real opportunities for Africa, emphasised UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) programme manager... 

Global climate finance – public and private, international and domestic – had now reached a little over $1.9-trillion a year, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) USA Global MD Dr Barbara Buchner has... 

A just transition is more than an environmental stewardship imperative, but is also an economic and social imperative and South Africa must ensure the shift to a low-emissions and climate-resilient... 

In this opinion article, Harald Winkler and Tracey Davies argue that suspending the carbon tax, which is reportedly under consideration by government, would be a reckless, self-defeating retreat... 

Financial services company Alexforbes has launched the yearly Alexforbes Paragon Impact Awards, which is a new initiative recognising leading sustainability and impact performance among JSE top 100... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dipak Patel as deputy chairperson of the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) for a tenure running from 2026 to 2030 in line with Section 10 (8) of the... 

Industry organisation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), in collaboration with industry organisation Danish Industry, is inviting South African...