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Government is expediting release of title deeds

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… more efficiently to disasters in those areas. “With climate change, natural disasters are becoming more frequent and most … we develop human settlements so that we can incorporate climate change resilience in the infrastructure we provide,” …

Process to devise Basic Income Support underway

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… to protect its citizens against economic, health, social, climate change and similar shocks. Notwithstanding the sharp economic …

N West MEC urges officials to turn around municipalities

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… management to deal with disasters and the effects of climate change. – SAnews.gov.za …

Ubuntu Awards honour trailblazers

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… “As a global community, we must be [enjoined to address] climate change, migration, disease, human trafficking terrorism and …

Balancing climate transition with energy security

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… that will balance energy security in the context of the climate transition to ease the physical and economic risks posed by climate change. “If we fail to tackle the energy crisis, we … Balancing climate transition with energy security …

Experts converge to find solutions for climate change challenges

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… and governments around the world. The 5th National Global Change Conference, currently underway at the University of … development initiatives being implemented under the Global Change Grand Challenge. Delivering a speech on behalf of the … the country, which has large rural areas. The effects of climate change on these rural communities will include higher …

KZN departments called to speed up disciplinary cases

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… floods, the EXCO has also resolved to convene the KZN Climate Change Council to ensure provincial preparedness and build provincial resilience to climate change effects. Dube-Ncube said during the January to …

Heatwave in SA poses a serious health threat to residents, SAMRC warns

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… try and keep cool. “Resilience to heatwaves as a result of climate change requires more than personal action,” Wright explained. “In light of climate threats and climate-related disaster risks facing …

SA urges global community to invest in the country

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… that policy makers and businesspeople grappled with. The climate crisis and its related socioeconomic and ecological … set to more than double to around $16 billion by 2050.  On climate change, a key event was the launch of the Coalition of Trade …

Russia-Ukraine conflict should end through diplomacy, negotiation - Pandor

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… preventing health epidemics, tackling the challenges of climate change and taking measures to protect the environment. “All …

Creecy expected to visit SA Antarctic research station

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… impact on ocean and marine ecosystems threatened by global climate change and earth systems observations,” the department said. … the understanding of amongst other things, the impacts of climate change and weather information associated with …

SA to benefit from new agreement on basic, computational sciences

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… and quantitative biology, earth systems modelling and climate change modelling. According to Dabholkar, ICTP is a unique … theory, cosmology, and black holes to quantum computing, climate science, and quantitative life sciences.” To learn …

President calls on forum to use science to improve people's lives, fight inequality

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… the challenges facing the world including disease, climate change and food insecurity. The President was delivering his … Meanwhile, he called on the scientists to look at Just Climate Transition, minimising the social and economic …

SA needs R1.5 trillion for Just Energy Transition

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… of about R1.5 trillion to transition to a low carbon and climate resilient society for the five-year period 2023–2027, says Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) Commissioner Joanne Yawitch. … long-term process of economic, social, and environmental change. It will involve multi-year, multi-sectoral, and …

Cabinet approves Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Decadal Plan 2022

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… and - addressing three societal grand challenges, namely climate change and environmental sustainability, the future of …

Cabinet welcomes Quarterly Labour Force Survey results

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… focus on vaccine manufacturing, genome sequencing and climate change.  Other outcomes from the visit included securing …

SA eyes green hydrogen opportunities

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… of our substantial endowments to meet the challenges of climate change and to achieve a just transition that benefits all our … Summit is taking place soon after the conclusion of the UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 27, in Sharm …

SA, Netherlands sign Phase 2 agreement for Blue Deal Programme

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… which is focused on the improvement of water governance, climate resilience and social inclusion. “I am informed that … with water colleagues and other domains to catalyse the change that is rapidly needed,” he said. Head of Blue Deal …

Technology can assist with lowering carbon emissions

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… benefitted from the previous energy transition that caused climate change.” The Deputy Minister emphasised, however, that South … committed to the Paris Agreement – an international climate change treaty. “In this regard we have submitted our …

SA to host Group on Earth Observations Ministerial Summit

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… and participate in most of GEO's flagship programmes.   “Climate change is a cross-cutting challenge and, in this … GEO, according to the department, addresses issues such as climate change, biodiversity, agriculture and health. Its …