How ambitious are our leaders prepared to be at the G20 and Rio+20 Summits next month?
The world has no chance of sealing an emissions cut deal unless companies lobby their governments for an accord, the UN climate chief told the global business elite in Davos.
Friday, the 2nd of December Earth Life Africa held an anti-coal seminar at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard campus).
Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, issued the following statement at the UNFCCC COP17 press briefing on Tuesday 29 November.
Powertech IST Otokon was awarded the Energy Project of the Year at the Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency’s (SAEE) Awards Ceremony last night.
South Africa's proposed carbon tax is set to act as just another tax on South Africans while inadequately addressing issues of climate change - the very problem it was designed to address. This is because the revenue generated will not be earmarked to tackle issues of climate change, rather it will simply flow into government coffers.
"Progress has been made"- this is not something you hear often when it comes to climate negotiations. The agreements that came out of Cancun won't be enough to get the world back to 350--but they offer a glimpse at a path forward that just might.
One would think that a nursery ' by virtue of the fact that its business is trees ' is 'green' by default. But take into account factors such as the electricity, fuel, fertilizer, containers, plastic bags, paper and transport that are required to produce trees and, like any other product, a container-grown tree can tread heavily on the Earth in terms of the carbon footprint it leaves behind.
We, from the major faith communities of the world, meeting at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Melbourne, Australia, from 3rd to 9th December 2009, send warm greetings to all who are gathering at Copenhagen for your crucially important Conference.
Take an early afternoon off from work (beat the traffic!) and join a bunch of concerned citizens (including Rob Zipplies ' back from his epic climate-change-awareness-raising cycle from Cape Town, via Joburg and Pretoria to Durban for a symbolic candlelight vigil outside the US Consulate in Westlake, Cape Town. Bring a candle, a jar to protect the flame (or a candle cut-out if the south-easter is blowing!), a placard, or just yourself and join us in a peaceful demonstration to demand a meaningful commitment by the US government to CO2 reductions.
Take an early afternoon off from work (beat the traffic!) and join a bunch of concerned citizens (including Rob Zipplies ' back from his epic climate-change-awareness-raising cycle from Cape Town, via Joburg and Pretoria to Durban for a symbolic candlelight vigil outside the US Consulate in Westlake, Cape Town. Bring a candle, a jar to protect the flame (or a candle cut-out if the south-easter is blowing!), a placard, or just yourself and join us in a peaceful demonstration to demand a meaningful commitment by the US government to CO2 reductions.
Global greenhouse gas emissions were at record highs in 2010 according to the International Energy Agency. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has released a report written by KPMG on South Africa's carbon chasm, setting the tone for meaningful conversations between business and government.
