Clearer financial commitments needed in draft COP29 climate deal, SA says

Environment minister Dion George says the absence of numerical commitments in the text is concerning

COP29: SA still at a crossroad on climate change

SA, with a legacy of heavy reliance on coal, finds itself at a critical point, striving to balance its energy demands with global environmental obligations

African penguins officially ‘critically endangered’

The population is falling fast due to competition with commercial fisheries and climate-mediated shifts in prey populations, IUCN says

SA to host new Nasa antenna in the Karoo

SA National Space Agency says it will be part of US efforts to take humans back to the moon while preparing for life on Mars

Climate change threatens Kruger park and other tourist attractions

SA’s tourism industry faces environmental threats and the effect of changing travel behaviour

Bridging climate finance gap ‘is COP29 priority’

Azerbaijan’s Mukhtar Babayev emphasises support for developing nations ahead of climate conference

Penguin conservation groups have former environment minister in their crosshairs

Dion George, who is now environment minister, also opposes conservationists’ litigation and is  looking to find an out-of-court settlement

Dion George seeks to settle litigation over African penguins

The new fisheries minister says the ‘endangered, iconic penguin species will now have a fighting chance at long-term survival’

Ticks’ resistance to pesticides a time bomb for SA

Underdosing leaves more resistant survivors while overdosing/dosing too often kills most ticks but the few that survive become ‘super-resistant’

Cargo ship’s oil spill puts wildlife at risk in Cape

The Panama-flagged Ultra Galaxy drifted onto a sand bank three weeks ago close to Doring Bay, 300km north of Cape Town

Five SA cheetahs die after being sent to India

The government is under pressure to reconsider the deal to send 12 cheetahs to India a year for the decade

WATCH: Refurbishing Koeberg nuclear plant

Business Day TV speaks to Princy Mthombeni, founder of Africa4Nuclear

SA scientist Debra Roberts nominated for top climate job

The IPCC, a scientific group assembled by the UN to monitor and assess all global science related to climate change, will elect its new chair later in July

WATCH: Focus on race-based water licence allocations

Business Day TV spoke to Business Day deputy editor Tiisetso Motsoeneng

SA climate experts urge SA to prepare for dry El Niño summer

However, the strength of the El Niño does not always translate to the strength of the effect, expert Neville Sweijd says

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