SA needs to ensure enough new generation capacity is built by 2030 to replace some of Eskom’s oldest coal stations as they are decommissioned – without risking a return to chronic load shedding. Achieving this will require investment to continue ... Read More

Despite SA's strong potential for solar energy due to its abundant sunshine and the rising cost of electricity, which has more than doubled over the past decade, solar contributes less than 10% to the country’s energy mix, with about ... Read More

A new study at UCT has produced the first high-resolution map of air pollution across the Cape Town metropolitan area. A Mail & Guardian Online report notes that its findings reveal a troubling reality: more than 40% of Cape Town’s ... Read More

France is close to extend­ing a €100m loan to SA met­ros to over­haul ser­vice deliv­ery in water, waste man­age­ment and the energy trans­ition, French Ambas­sador to SA David Mar­tinon says. The announce­ment lands as the National Treas­ury’s metro trad­ing ser­vices ... Read More

SA’s independent transmission programme marks a major step forward for the country’s transmission network, but land rights continue to pose an often underestimated challenge for developers and funders. In an analysis on the Out-Law.com site, Nayna Cara, legal director ... Read More

Hundreds of Maasai people have protested in one of Tanzania's most important tourism destinations over their eviction in the name of conservation. A report on the Survival International site notes that the protests on World Heritage Day aim to ... Read More

According to global datasets guiding restoration projects, vast areas of protected savanna qualify as ‘degraded’ because they lack dense forest canopy. By that logic, places like the Kruger National Park can be misclassified as degraded land suitable for tree restoration ... Read More

Kenya is seeking to mobilise between $750m and $1.1bn in nature-based financing over the next decade through its newly launched Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), as it works to close a widening biodiversity funding gap. A CapitalFM report notes that ... Read More

BP’s board has suffered a triple climate rebellion in its first shareholder meeting since appointing new leadership to steer the embattled oil company. A report in The Guardian notes that more than 50% of shareholders voting at the company’s AGM ... Read More

The US-Israel war on Iran is exposing deep structural vulnerabilities in the global economy, sending shockwaves through energy markets, driving up fertiliser costs and threatening food security in ways that could linger well beyond the immediate crisis, analysts at the ... Read More

Wildlife and humans are thriving within sites recognised by Unesco, research has found, allowing for the recovery of threatened species and habitats around the world. A report in The Guardian notes that while wildlife populations have crashed globally by nearly ... Read More

* SA farming group Karoo Pistachios is ramping up output to capitalise on surging prices and compete with the world’s biggest producers. The nuts – used in ice cream and chocolate – climbed to the highest level in almost a decade ... Read More

* Water chal­lenges plaguing Makhanda res­id­ents will be dis­cussed when a team of Premi­ers and may­ors meets this week to deal with the crisis. Speak­ing on the side­lines of a Free­dom Day event in Alex­an­dria yes­ter­day, Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the ... Read More

* The embattled sugarcane industry in KZN may soon receive a significant lifeline with the announcement of a proposed R17bn bioethanol plant earmarked for the province. Global agricultural company, UPL, has revealed plans to construct the facility, which could provide much-needed ... Read More

Bolt it for the BalticFinland is taking measures to protect its Baltic Sea coast from the ‘high’ risk of an oil spill from Russia’s shadow fleet, installing a permanent oil boom fastening system, a Finnish foundation said last week. The ... Read More

Plane trees relocatedTwenty-seven fully grown plane trees have been successfully relocated from the Gowrie Farm golf estate to Brahman Hills, in the KZN Midlands, where they now form part of what is set to become one of SA's most ... Read More