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Here Are the South African Cities Facing the Biggest Threat From Climate Change

Here Are the South African Cities Facing the Biggest Threat From Climate Change

Major South African centres are at risk from the effects of climate change, says an international report. Coastal cities Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London and Paarl are at risk of flooding by 2050, says the C40 Cities Future We Don’t Want report. According to the organisation, which connects 96 global cities, rising sea […]

Brazil is handing over the Amazon rainforest to mining companies and big agriculture

Brazil is handing over the Amazon rainforest to mining companies and big agriculture

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the massive swath of vegetation that accounts for 10 percent of the world’s known species, is again under siege. Last year alone, over 3,000 square miles were deforested, and if Brazilian President Michel Temer gets his way, a host of new infrastructure projects — dams, man-made waterways, mines — will only accelerate the […]

US Defence Secretary James Mattis says climate change is already destabilising the world

US Defence Secretary James Mattis says climate change is already destabilising the world

Climate scientists may have an ally in the Trump administration in the form of General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis The US Defence Secretary, General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, has warned that climate change is already destabilising parts of the world. In written responses to questions put during his confirmation hearings, which were not published but […]

‘Shell knew’: oil giant’s 1991 film warned of climate change danger

The oil giant Shell issued a stark warning of the catastrophic risks of climate change more than a quarter of century ago in a prescient 1991 film that has been rediscovered. However, since then the company has invested heavily in highly polluting oil reserves and helped lobby against climate action, leading to accusations that Shell […]

Africa’s 1st Shared Value Summit To Showcase a Future-Proof Business Strategy: Profit With a Purpose

Africa’s 1st Shared Value Summit To Showcase a Future-Proof Business Strategy: Profit With a Purpose

Throughout Africa, businesses are adopting the Creating Shared Value (CSV) business model to ensure that society benefits while business profits. The concept, first shared with business leaders and marketers by Harvard Business School’s Prof Michael Porter in 2006, is gaining momentum and picking up traction – but not quickly and forcefully enough. For too long, […]

Investors with $2.8 trillion in assets unite against Donald Trump’s climate change denial

Investors with $2.8 trillion in assets unite against Donald Trump’s climate change denial

The world’s biggest investors are joining forces to unite against Donald Trump in the fight against climate change. The US President has repeatedly denounced climate change as a hoax peddled by China and has pledged to relax environmental regulations, spur investment in fracking and sack half of the staff at the US Environmental Protection Agency. But as G20 foreign […]

EU will remain top investor against climate change, in defiance of Donald Trump’s policies

EU will remain top investor against climate change, in defiance of Donald Trump’s policies

The European Investment Bank has pledged to maintain its target of investing around $20bn (£16bn) a year to fight climate change over the next five years.  “We, Europeans, must lead the free world against climate sceptics,” EID president Werner Hoyer said. He also said Europe must become a leader in funding the next generation of […]

The Smart Way to Help African Farmers Tackle Climate Change

The Smart Way to Help African Farmers Tackle Climate Change

Agriculture is the most important sector of African economies, from the livelihoods it supports to the future jobs it can generate. The basic recipe for boosting performance is well known: more investment, better access to financial services, improved seeds, and a lot more fertiliser (appropriately applied). What is less appreciated is the key role played […]

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