Cities have the authority and duty to consider children’s rights as part of climate change responses.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Environment + Energy – Articles, Analysis, Comment
Displaying 251 - 275 of 1150 articles
Could South Africa’s flooding in 2022 have been foreseen? It has long been a challenge for scientists and engineers around the world.
A quarter of South Africans in cities are living in informal settlements.
Women and girls living in poverty face many forms of discrimination and pressure during events like flood disasters.
Flooding is arguably even more problematic in informal settlements because of the lack of planning.
Many of Africa’s large aquatic animals, such as dolphins, manatees and turtles, are being killed for meat.
Economic and energy policymakers are responsible for increasing both demand for and supply of electricity. There must be a surplus of energy which will encourage economic growth.
Emission of greenhouse gases is on the rise, an indication that the worst lies ahead.
500 million people live in 19 African countries deemed “water insecure”.
Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed more than 200 times since 2010, regularly resulting in widespread blackouts.
The court ruling that it’s a constitutional right to have clean air highlights the fact that South Africa needs to improve air quality urgently.
Maintaining ecological balance in savannas is essential
Many of Africa’s forests are unknown to the public at large, yet so fascinating and important.
Reforestation programmes should consider the parasitic relationship between mistletoes and their hosts and their ecological benefits for bird diversity.
This was the first national DNA-based assessment of any free-ranging large mammal in Africa.
The reduction of inequality is crucial from an ethical point of view as well as the fact that will open new possibilities on how to tackle climate change.
The Nigerian government must do more to combat increasing plastic pollution in the country.
Hundreds of Africa’s heritage sites are exposed to sea-level rise and coastal erosion in the future.
Macaques are an alien species - and the endemic plants and animals of the island haven’t adapted to protect themselves against these monkeys.
Food-sharing by animals that hunt in groups is not well understood. A new study sheds light on African wild dogs.
When planning a translocation, the genetics of the lion must be taken into account.
Hardline positions could narrow the options available to farmers and conservation practitioners in a way that can be harmful to both.
In order for snow to form, two distinctive weather properties are needed: cold temperatures and moist air. The Sahara can tick these boxes.
Rhino horn consumers have a strong preference for wild rhino horn.
What’s in store for South Africa’s agricultural sector.