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SA hopes for fair deal at COP17

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… Africa will aim for a fair deal at the upcoming COP17 climate change conference in Durban. About 20 000 delegates from … countries to take greater and effective action against climate change. The other vision was to "focus on both the …

Indaba to tackle water challenges in W-Cape

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… Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica to discuss issues including climate change, drought and water regulation. Pre-water indabas were …

Sonjica warns against illegal water connections

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… while ironing out challenges raised. Sonjica said climate change, poor waste management and water wastage would … the historically marginalised. " She told the summit that climate change, with a forecast reduction in rainfall, …

SA urges Korea to quadruple developmental assistance

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… Korea host the G20 summit in the second half of 2010." Climate change featured prominently on the agenda during the … The deputy minister said Africa was the worst affected by climate change but was the smallest contributor to green …

New climate deal on the cards

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… Denmark - The United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, has entered the … and Heads of State. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has noted an eagerness among the … New climate deal on the cards …

BBBEE Council 'long overdue'

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… transformation charters if required. On the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit underway in Denmark, BUSA said it remained …

SA, Norway must continue strengthening relations

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… and threats we all face because of global warming or climate change, as some call it. "I'm of the view that we must … The leaders agreed to enter the Copenhagen conference on climate change with the realisation that the matter was a …

Zuma urges South Africans to support COP17

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… thousands of delegates set to attend the upcoming COP17 climate change conference in Durban. South Africans have also been … world leaders trying to find solutions to the causes of climate change. "The President further calls on media to …

Tech leap in Copenhagen talks

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… Denmark - Negotiators at the historic United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, are making good … Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said on Thursdayl. Nations are …

Zuma to depart for Commonwealth meeting

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… various political issues, the global economic situation, climate change and the youth. This year's Commonwealth Heads of … on a range of challenges facing the world today such as climate change, sustaining biodiversity and conserving water …

Copenhagen summit enters second week

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… Pretoria - The marathon United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, has entered its second … The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has installed a UN Climate Wall - high-tech touch-screens broadcasting the …

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JG ZUMA

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… for a long time, a lone voice in Parliament, calling for change. We also recognise the role of the leader of the … contribution to the accord adopted at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December last year. Although it does … step forward as it commits all countries to respond to climate change. We will work hard with our international …

Blair adds practical voice to talks

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… Minister Tony Blair has called for the ongoing Copenhagen climate change talks to translate the emission cut commitments into … that have industrialized and created the problem of climate change and developing nations that must now …

Thousands sent home from packed summit

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… (NGO) delegates from around the world as the venue of the climate change conference is now packed to capacity. In a statement … around Beller Center outside Copenhagen on Monday, the UN Climate Secretariat said, due to high demands and security …

Biodiversity contributes to economy - Molewa

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… competitive edge in growing the economy and addressing climate change adaptation. She said biodiversity was a basis for …

Africa has ace up her sleeve

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… Copenhagen - The climate change conference in Copenhagen has seen interesting …

Schwarzenegger wants an ambitious climate deal

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… most popular politicians, told reporters at the UN Climate Change talks on Tuesday that while governments were forced to … make bold steps to rescue the world from the catastrophic climate change impacts, ordinary people also needed to rally … Schwarzenegger wants an ambitious climate deal …

Joburg adds voice at climate talks

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… from 80 cities present at the opening session of the climate talks in calling on negotiators to seriously consider the role of cities in a future climate deal. The climate summit for mayors opened in … lasting solutions to the imminent catastrophic climate change. Urban areas are said to account for at least …

Nkoana Mashabane arrives for Commonwealth meeting

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… issues and the global economic situation as well as climate change. On the margins of the meetings, Nkoana Mashabane has … on a range of challenges facing the world today such as climate change, sustaining biodiversity and conserving water …

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JG ZUMA

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… for a long time, a lone voice in Parliament, calling for change. We also recognise the role of the leader of the … contribution to the accord adopted at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December last year. Although it does … step forward as it commits all countries to respond to climate change. We will work hard with our international …