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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 …

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 …

World Science Forum to tackle social justice

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… includes 28 thematic sessions, which cover topics like climate change, science for human dignity, the Sustainable …

Beneficial UK State Visit solidified relations

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… by the Earl of Wessex, participated in a roundtable on climate change and biodiversity. Thereafter, the President visited …

President Ramaphosa calls for SA, UK, partnership to tackle global challenges

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… said South Africa seeks a new partnership on investment, climate change and green industry, science, innovation and technology … leading multinational corporations,” the President said. Climate change President Ramaphosa noted that while climate …

President Ramaphosa hails Madiba and Queen Elizabeth's friendship

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… issues such as conservation and the fight against climate change.   “These are critically important areas for my … practical solutions to the twin existential threats of climate change and biodiversity loss.” –  SAnews.gov.za   …

President calls on world leaders to close poverty gap

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… tackle inequality more important than in our response to climate change. Those countries that carry the least responsibility … to low- and middle-income countries to fund their climate actions. “This is not charity,” he said. “It is …

SA welcomes decision to establish fund to address climate change

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… a fund on loss and damage to address the impacts of climate change. “The key milestone agreed to at COP27 was on … financial arrangements to address loss and damage due to climate change. COP27 agreed to set up a fund on loss and … SA welcomes decision to establish fund to address climate change …

Call for collaboration to achieve COP27 outcomes

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… outcomes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s Sharm el-Sheikh Conference of Parties (COP27), which frames the climate crisis. “It reflects the urgency of the climate …

President Ramaphosa embarks on UK Royal State Visit

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… by the Earl of Wessex, will participate in a roundtable on climate change and biodiversity. Thereafter, the President will visit …