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Source: Reuters.
Finance
How an election-packed 2024 is shaping up for world markets

Libby George, Dhara Ranasinghe, Karin Strohecker, Naomi Rovnick,and Marc Jones and Yoruk Bahceli 10 Apr 2024

Source: 123RF.
Finance
Central banks should be fighting the climate crisis – here’s why

Martin Sokol and Jennie C. Stephens 12 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. @WWF/Staff Bosch
ESG & Sustainability
Young people empowered to have a say in climate policy

11 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.
Finance
Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

Duncan Miriri and Simon Jessop 5 Sep 2023

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says
Energy & Mining
SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 15 May 2023

ESG investor demands in the mining sector continue to rise
Energy & Mining
ESG investor demands in the mining sector continue to rise

Susie Davies, Jo Hewitt, Isabel Carty 8 Feb 2023

EU, 4 member countries to provide over €1bn for climate adaptation in Africa - official
ESG & Sustainability
EU, 4 member countries to provide over €1bn for climate adaptation in Africa - official

Kate Abnett and Yasmin Hussein 17 Nov 2022

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Finance
Standard Bank commits R300bn to sustainability target

Katja Hamilton 21 Oct 2022

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters
ESG & Sustainability
'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Aled Jones 29 Sep 2022

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like
Construction & Engineering
Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Lesley Wentworth and Deon Cloete 31 Aug 2022

Africa getting just 12% of financing needed to adapt to climate change - report
ESG & Sustainability
Africa getting just 12% of financing needed to adapt to climate change - report

Rachel Savage 12 Aug 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels
Agriculture
Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

H. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022

5 ways Africa can prepare for COP27
ESG & Sustainability
5 ways Africa can prepare for COP27

Jean-Paul Adam 15 Feb 2022

Glasgow Climate Pact: 5 things you need to know
ESG & Sustainability
Glasgow Climate Pact: 5 things you need to know

Simon Lewis 15 Nov 2021

Environment emergency overtakes technological advancement as the most significant challenge to global business
Education
Environment emergency overtakes technological advancement as the most significant challenge to global business

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 4 Nov 2021

WWF-SA launches ambitious climate project
ESG & Sustainability
WWF-SA launches ambitious climate project

3 Sep 2021

Source: ©Alexey Kokoulin
Energy & Mining
Developing countries need to chart their own course to net zero emissions

26 Jul 2021

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules
Agriculture
To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Laura van der Pol, Dale Manning, Francesca Cotrufo and Megan Machmuller 2 Jul 2021

Peter Gash, owner and manager of the Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort, snorkels with Oliver Lanyon and Lewis Marshall, Senior Rangers in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queenlsand Parks and Wildlife Service, during an inspection of the reef's condition in an area called the 'Coral Gardens' located at Lady Elliot Island located north-east from the town of Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia, June 10, 2015. Source: Reuters/David Gray/File photo
ESG & Sustainability
Great Barrier Reef row piles pressure on Australia for climate action

Michael Taylor 24 Jun 2021

As some farmers hit climate limits, bolder steps needed to survive
Agriculture
As some farmers hit climate limits, bolder steps needed to survive

Megan Rowling 24 Jun 2021

IIASA researchers produce new framework to enhance national climate action
ESG & Sustainability
IIASA researchers produce new framework to enhance national climate action

28 May 2021

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe
ESG & Sustainability
Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 30 Apr 2021

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers
Agriculture
Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

29 Apr 2021

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Energy & Mining
How extractive industries manage to carry on harming the planet

Judith Verweijen & Alexander Dunlap 23 Feb 2021

An aerial view of floating ice taken by a drone launched from Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship in the Arctic Ocean on 15 September 2020. Reuters/Natalie Thomas
ESG & Sustainability
It's official, the US is back in the Paris climate club

Valerie Volcovici 19 Feb 2021

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions
Construction & Engineering
Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021

5 climate trends for 2021
ESG & Sustainability
5 climate trends for 2021

Daniel Klier 9 Feb 2021

South African climate finance report tracks R62.2bn in annual climate finance
ESG & Sustainability
South African climate finance report tracks R62.2bn in annual climate finance

Issued by GreenCape 29 Jan 2021

Meaningful action urgently needed to clean up the energy system
ESG & Sustainability
Meaningful action urgently needed to clean up the energy system

John Green 11 Nov 2020

Rate of global decarbonisation slows to lowest level since 2011
ESG & Sustainability
Rate of global decarbonisation slows to lowest level since 2011

22 Oct 2019

The scandal of calling plantations 'forest restoration' is putting climate targets at risk
Agriculture
The scandal of calling plantations 'forest restoration' is putting climate targets at risk

Simon Lewis and Charlotte Wheeler 8 Apr 2019

Climate action helps companies build reputations and attract investors
ESG & Sustainability
Climate action helps companies build reputations and attract investors

Rumina Dhalla 21 Feb 2019

Improving African research capacity a key ingredient for sustainable development
ESG & Sustainability
Improving African research capacity a key ingredient for sustainable development

21 Feb 2019

We can't save everything from climate change - here's how to make choices
ESG & Sustainability
We can't save everything from climate change - here's how to make choices

Benjamin Preston and Johanna Nalau 24 Jan 2019

AP Photo/David Goldman
Energy & Mining
Do climate policies 'kill jobs'? An economist on why they don't cause massive unemployment

Garth Heutel 28 Dec 2018

We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
ESG & Sustainability
We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

Kate Dooley 18 Dec 2018

Not enough being invested to meet energy goals
Energy & Mining
Not enough being invested to meet energy goals

21 Nov 2018

Rice fields in Madagascar. There is a project in the country to increase climate resilience in the rice sector. Shutterstock
Agriculture
The private sector, agriculture and climate change. Connecting the dots

Richard J.T. Klein 15 Oct 2018

Beacons to steer Africa's development along the right pathways
Marketing & Media
Beacons to steer Africa's development along the right pathways

20 Sep 2018

The IPCC’s first cities conference revealed the challenges in bridging the gaps between scientific knowledge and policy practice, and between cities in developed and developing nations.
ESG & Sustainability
IPCC cities conference tackles gaps between science and climate action on the ground

Jago Dodson 15 Mar 2018

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ESG & Sustainability
Integrating gender into climate change policies

8 Mar 2018

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ESG & Sustainability
Why scientists have modelled climate change right up to the year 2300

Dmitry Yumashev 28 Feb 2018

Eco@Africa's successful broadcast partnership model
Marketing & Media
Eco@Africa's successful broadcast partnership model

27 Feb 2018

Ocean plastic: clean it up, but avoid the mistakes of global climate policy
ESG & Sustainability
Ocean plastic: clean it up, but avoid the mistakes of global climate policy

Malcolm David Hudson 15 Dec 2017

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ESG & Sustainability
After Bonn, five things to watch for in the coming year of global climate policy

Marc Hudson and Matthew Paterson 4 Dec 2017

Green finance? Why global banks are pledging billions to fight climate change
ESG & Sustainability
Green finance? Why global banks are pledging billions to fight climate change

Simon Wilde 14 Nov 2017

#OnTheBigScreen: Blade Runner, My Little Pony and Inconvenient Truth
Lifestyle
#OnTheBigScreen: Blade Runner, My Little Pony and Inconvenient Truth

Daniel Dercksen 5 Oct 2017

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ESG & Sustainability
ECA calls for urgent action in tackling climate change

18 Sep 2017

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ESG & Sustainability
This is why we cannot rely on cities alone to tackle climate change

Brendan F.D. Barrett and Andrew DeWit 4 Sep 2017

Business, emerging economies take on leadership role in addressing climate change
ESG & Sustainability
Business, emerging economies take on leadership role in addressing climate change

26 Jul 2017

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