IPCC report: Coastal cities are sentinels for climate change
Mar 01, 2022 09:59 am UTC| Insights & Views
Coastal cities and settlements are on the climate change frontline. They are our first line of defence, facing some of the highest climate risks. But they are also where transformative climate-resilient development can...
Rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising threat to mental health, says IPCC
Mar 01, 2022 09:57 am UTC| Nature
Climate change poses serious risks to mental well-being. For the first time, a new climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has assessed how climate change is having widespread and cumulative...
South Africa's carbon tax rate goes up but emitters get more time to clean up
Feb 26, 2022 10:03 am UTC| Business Economy
Following a decade of consultation and public debates, South Africa introduced a carbon tax in June 2019. Treasury faced strong opposition, especially from energy intensive businesses. But the countrys ratification of the...
Climate change is warping our fresh water cycle – and much faster than we thought
Feb 24, 2022 20:44 pm UTC| Nature
Fresh water cycles from ocean to air to clouds to rivers and back to the oceans. This constant shuttling can give us the illusion of certainty. Fresh water will always come from the tap. Wont it? Unfortunately, thats...
Feb 23, 2022 22:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As the transition to clean energy unfolds, some fear the decarbonisation of the electricity sector will mean higher prices. And high prices can lead to energy poverty: when a household cannot afford the essential...
Feb 23, 2022 22:15 pm UTC| Economy Nature
Back in November 2019, before the pandemic began, would you have guessed how important videoconferencing like Zoom would be in peoples lives just a few months later? Thats the kind of challenge economists face when they...
Feb 18, 2022 08:31 am UTC| Law
On Feb. 28, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in West Virginia v. EPA, a case that centers on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight