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SA seals SKA Observatory deal

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… addressing global challenges like poverty, inequality and climate change.  “The signing of the convention puts science …

Green Book readies municipalities for climate change

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… Municipalities across South Africa can now assess climate risks and growth pressures using an online climate risk profiling and adaptation tool that was recently … knowledge resource for municipalities to address climate change impacts and vulnerabilities in human settlements,” …

Green economy to grow SA economy

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… is low-carbon, inclusive and resilient to the impacts of climate change, said the President. “Through our National Waste …

Spotlight on water

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… decreases due to negative impacts on yield arising from climate change, degradation of wetlands and water resources, … 173 litres per day.  South Africa has a semi-arid climate, with an average annual rainfall of 465 millimetres, …

South Africa and France strengthen bilateral relations

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… Presidency, and continue to support the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the common vision on the environment and human …

President urges black business to seize 4IR opportunities

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… alongside the effects of demographic shifts and climate change, are having a profound and increasingly uncertain …

SA committed to more renewable power

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… contributes to the global effort for a low-carbon and climate resilient world. In a statement on Thursday, … reducing power sector emissions and help us mitigate climate change,” Cabinet said on Thursday. Renewable power from …

Statement on the Cabinet meeting held on 27 February 2019 at Tuynhuys in Cape Town

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… community upliftment, economic transformation and climate change. 3.3.    While South Africa continues to make a … contribution to the global effort for a low-carbon and climate resilient developments, government remains committed …

Land Advisory Panel finalises inputs ahead of deadline

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… restitution and tenure reform. The social aspects of climate change and their implications were also considered in the …

Renewable energy programme attracts R209.4 billion to SA economy

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… community upliftment, economic transformation and climate change. The REIPPP is a competitive tender process that has … hands and become a driving force for transformation and change. - SAnews.gov.za …

SA works to conserve wetlands

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… 13, which urges parties to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, through strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all …

Protect SA's wetlands

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… are taking place under the theme, ‘Wetlands and Climate Change,’ which demonstrates the importance of wetlands as the … sinks or storage that signify unrealised potential for climate mitigation and adaptation. Climate change is seen as …

Agriculture continues to create jobs despite tough three years

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… since 2015. “Back in 2009 we passed the sector’s first climate change response plan, compiled with the industry. Since then some truly innovative responses to climate change have evolved. I have addressed this house …

President Ramaphosa to attend the 32nd AU Summit

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… the meeting of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSC) and the meeting of the Heads of State and …

Full Speech: State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa

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… in townships and rural areas has brought about discernible change, as industrial parks that have been lying idle are … public health facilities, we are working towards a massive change in the health care experience of South Africans.  … The devastating effects of global warming on our climate are already being felt, with extreme weather …

Smart grid technology to change the face of energy

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… She stressed that the latest International Partnership on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that the Sustainable Development … Smart grid technology to change the face of energy …

Climate change efforts must be scaled up

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… South Africa believes that efforts in the fight against climate change need to be scaled up within a multilateral regime that … Council (UNSC) open debate on addressing the impact of climate related disasters on international peace and … Climate change efforts must be scaled up …

Marula industrial hub in the pipeline for Limpopo

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… deforestation, which contributes to the devastations of climate change.  “We need to encourage the reforestation of … Marula trees, and that requires protection to mitigate climate change, while creating long-term [benefits] for local …

President Ramaphosa to visit Switzerland, India

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… and partnership in an age of rapid technological change, while the State visit will reinforce South Africa’s … the convergence of developments in the digital economy, climate change and cyclic economic trends. Following his address to …

President Ramaphosa in Geneva

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… the convergence of developments in the digital economy, climate change and cyclic economic trends. President Ramaphosa and … the proliferation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, climate change and the changing world economic cycle. The …