Releaf Earth, a leading climate and agriculture technology company, has announced the successful issuance of Nigeria’s first industrial-scale carbon removal credits, marking a fundamental shift in Africa’s participation in the global carbon removal sector.
Guy Franklin Midgley, Stellenbosch University and Pedro M.S. Monteiro, Stellenbosch University The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularised the devastating effects of sudden climate change on planet Earth. The plot dramatises the consequences of a shut-down in an ocean current, and features the Northern Hemisphere plunging, within a few weeks, […]
Cape Town, South Africa//-Climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation are no longer just environmental challenges; they are now central to how investors assess resilience and long-term returns.
Cape Town, South Africa// — Sanlam Investments returns as the headline sponsor of the 2026 Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES), for the third consecutive year, reinforcing its long-term commitment to unlocking global capital for Africa’s sustainable future.
The Atiwa West District Mining Taskforce has arrested 11 suspects for engaging in illegal mining activities in the Atiwa Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region.
Ben Mather, The University of Melbourne; Adriana Dutkiewicz, University of Sydney; Dietmar Müller, University of Sydney, and Sabin Zahirovic, University of Sydney Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing “icehouse” periods and warm “greenhouse” states.
// — In Mozambique, floods, cyclones, and droughts constantly threaten development; this initiative aims to strengthen the country’s climate resilience through investments led by local governments.
A group of twelve female waste pickers from Kisumu, western Kenya, will step onto the stage of the Kenya Cultural Centre in Nairobi this Saturday (6th December) to perform a new piece of participatory theatre that highlights the hidden labour, gendered inequalities and everyday dangers of their work.
People around the globe are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change through more severe storms, extreme heat, wildfires and flooding. This underscores the urgent need to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, such as by switching to electric vehicles, deploying renewable power and reducing deforestation.
South Africa// — The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org/) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with (B)energy, developer of the ccCASH initiative, to establish a continent-wide mechanism for clean cooking finance.
