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South Africa mulls Dutch, Danish entry to $8.5bn climate pact
18th October 2023 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s Cabinet will consider a proposal on whether to include the Netherlands and Denmark in its landmark $8.5 billion climate-finance pact with some of the world’s richest nations.... 


FNB Private Segment CEO Sizwe Nxedlana
FNB launches consumer carbon calculator, offset service on app
18th October 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services firm FNB has launched nav» Earth on its application (app), which uses spending habits to estimate users' carbon emissions and allows them to offset unavoidable emissions. The... 


Climate Finance Accelerator calls for climate project capacity building proposals
17th October 2023 By: Schalk Burger

UK government-funded technical assistance programme Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa has launched a call for proposals to identify projects combatting climate change that would... 


Craig Miller, Priscillah Mabelane and Peter van Binsbergen
Sasol, Anglo American Platinum and BMW ink deal to test hydrogen cars in SA
16th October 2023 By: Irma Venter

Anglo American Platinum, BMW Group South Africa (BMW SA) and Sasol have partnered to prove that a hydrogen mobility ecosystem can operate successfully within South Africa. The three companies on... 


More green industrial policy support needed in commodity-dependent countries
10th October 2023 By: Darren Parker

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has called on the global community to provide support for green industrial policies in commodity-dependent developing countries to... 


Recycling economy initiatives create value
6th October 2023 By: Bridget Lepere

Although South Africa is leading the African continent in terms of waste management and recycling, the unauthorised disposal of waste and littering is still rampant, says Zero Waste operations... 


The webinar was facilitated by Chris Whyte and the panelists include Yolandi Kruger; Bonte Edwards, Keith Anderson; and Suzan Oelofse.
Speakers deliberate waste management challenges amid moves to a circular economy
5th October 2023 By: Simone Liedtke

The concept of the circular economy has gained significant traction as a sustainable alternative to traditional linear economic models in recent years and is characterised by the principles of... 


PCC executive director Dr Crispian Olver
Pace of energy transition will define South Africa’s economic prospects – Olver
5th October 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) executive director Dr Crispian Olver says South Africa’s energy transition and the pace at which it progresses will determine the country’s long-term economic... 


Sustainability reporting to be even more ubiquitous going forward
4th October 2023 By: Darren Parker

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) board member Dr Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien has emphasised the undeniable ongoing... 


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Carbon pricing is key to delivering global emissions cuts, IMF says
3rd October 2023 By: Bloomberg

Higher temperatures and more intense storms haven’t changed the fundamental challenge of climate policy: Countries around the world must find politically feasible ways to zero out emissions without... 


RMB facilitates real estate company Lango’s first sustainability-linked loan
29th September 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Real estate firm Lango has appointed Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to act as sole sustainability adviser and coordinator for its first $325-million sustainability-linked financing package, which is... 


Eskom evolving from traditional to virtual wheeling with Vodacom
29th September 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

State-owned power utility Eskom strategy development senior manager Mutenda Tshipala has noted that Eskom is evolving from the traditional electricity wheeling mechanism to virtual wheeling in... 


Green Hydrogen container
Export component of South Africa’s green hydrogen strategy will seek to lock in price subsidies
29th September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The initial export component of South Africa’s yet-to-be-approved Green Hydrogen Commercialisation Strategy is not premised on the trade of scarce renewable electrons – converted into molecules or... 


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SA’s wind-energy potential is vast and not geographically constrained
29th September 2023 By: Donna Slater

Despite no wind energy projects being selected as preferred bidders in the sixth bid window (BW6) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), the South... 


SAPIA executive director Avhapfani Tshifularo
Opinion: Supporting cleaner fuels and the fight against climate change
28th September 2023

In this article, South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA) executive director Avhapfani Tshifularo writes about the association's support for the Clean Fuels 2 initiative and the... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa calls on wealthy nations to fulfil promises of helping Africa adapt to climate change
26th September 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Amid the Western Cape’s battle against severe storms and flooding, along with a tropical storm in Libya causing deadly flooding earlier this month, President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken the... 


Investors with $24tr push companies to curb nature impact
Investors with $24tr push companies to curb nature impact
26th September 2023 By: Bloomberg

Investors overseeing $23.6-trillion of funds have kick-started a campaign to pressure 100 companies to ramp up the fight against biodiversity loss. The targeted companies include BHP Group,... 


Prince William unveils South Africa’s Abalobi as finalist for Earthshot Prize
Prince William unveils South Africa’s Abalobi as finalist for Earthshot Prize
22nd September 2023 By: Schalk Burger

South African community fish catch recording technology company Abalobi has been announced as one of the 15 finalists in the Earthshot Prize for its groundbreaking solution to repair and regenerate... 


An inverter with the Midea logo on
New inverter, battery solutions distributed
21st September 2023 By: Halima Frost

Energy technology provider Midea Energy Solutions, a product division of global appliance and air conditioning manufacturer Midea, has partnered with local distributors Livance Distributors and... 


Prosper Sabongo a PHD student measures the circumference of a Funtunia Africana in the forest reserve near the village of Masako. Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Carbon prices should be 20-times higher, the two Congos say
21st September 2023 By: Bloomberg

Carbon credits produced in Africa and used by companies to offset pollution by paying for forest conservation on the continent should be at least 20 times more expensive than current prices, two... 


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SABS publishes technical specification for mitigating climate change
19th September 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has published a South African technical specification (SATS) which enables local government and communities to implement a framework to prepare for and... 


Image of Drakenstein municipality electro-technical engineering division planning and customer services manager Leon Laing.
Drakenstein municipality rolls out new, green switchgear
19th September 2023 By: Irma Venter

The Drakenstein municipality, in the Western Cape, has adopted Schneider Electric’s green RM AirSeT switchgear, which it says will reduce the municipality’s carbon footprint by using pure air... 


SDG achievement will require more data to guide investments – Unctad
19th September 2023 By: Darren Parker

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has published data revealing that decision makers urgently need detailed cost estimates to guide their investment and spending... 


A farm in Mozambique
ADF approves $20m grant to drive investment in climate-smart agriculture in Mozambique
19th September 2023 By: Darren Parker

The African Development Fund (ADF), the African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) concessional lending arm, has approved a grant of $19.98-million to finance the implementation of Mozambique’s Economic... 


participants of the FLC at Finnish embassy
Finnish Embassy launches funding for circular economy, good governance projects
15th September 2023 By: Darren Parker

The Embassy of Finland has launched its support for several South Africa-based projects – two circular economy projects and two projects focused on promoting good governance under its Fund for... 


Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay
Energy Council CEO sees 2023 as a turning point in the energy crisis, but warns of slow decarbonisation progress
14th September 2023 By: Darren Parker

Industry body the Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay has said there is sufficient reason to believe that loadshedding could end as early as the end of 2024, but warns that South Africa... 


EU to launch first phase of world-first carbon dioxide border tax
13th September 2023 By: Reuters

The European Union (EU) starts the initial phase of its plan for the world's first carbon border tax next month, requiring importers to report the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of products sold... 


A portrait photo of Valso Trading CEO Svilen Voychev
Solar energy storage system launched
8th September 2023

The pressing need for effective energy storage systems has become undeniable owing to the severe energy crisis marked by an unreliable power supply and frequent, at times, daily loadshedding. In... 


South Africa wants $8.5bn climate plan wrapped up by COP28
7th September 2023 By: Bloomberg

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy said she expects the long-delayed implementation plan for an $8.5-billion climate pact with some of the world’s richest nations to be... 


Climate change, regionalisation to impact on global steelmaking
7th September 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Global body World Steel Association director-general Dr Edwin Basson contends that signficant trends such as climate change and the need to decarbonise industrial activity, as well as... 


Sasol to work with Vertree to access carbon credits, environmental investments
6th September 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Chemicals and energy group Sasol has signed a three-year agreement to work with international carbon solutions provider Vertree Partners on access to carbon credits and climate investments. In a... 


RMB Ventures, Africa Climate Ventures partner to drive climate sustainability, returns
5th September 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Private equity subsidiary RMB Ventures has partnered with climate investment company Africa Climate Ventures (ACV) to help its existing and future portfolio companies to achieve a greater level of... 


Africa needs more than $100bn a year for climate adaptation, study shows
5th September 2023 By: Bloomberg

Africa may need an almost tenfold increase in climate adaptation funding to $100-billion a year if it’s to buttress its infrastructure, improve weather early warning systems and shield its... 


South Africa’s Environment Minister Barbara Creecy
Creecy calls for non-debt instruments to help Africa build climate resiliency
4th September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has again called for new financial instruments, particularly non-debt instruments, to be pioneered in Africa to assist the continent in overcoming... 


Cobalt is one of the critical minerals needed for the energy transition
Resource-rich countries facing a double transition
1st September 2023 By: Darren Parker

Resource-rich countries face a double transition – the transition in their energy supplies and the transition in their mining sectors, German Institute for International and Security Affairs senior... 


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Farmers urged to prepare for El Niño to trigger record-high temperatures
1st September 2023 By: Darren Parker

South Africans have experienced an unusually warm and wet winter, but climate experts are warning that this summer will be one of the hottest and driest on record, which could have a significant... 


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