Countries that wiped out their own species are now dictating how others should manage theirs.
The Community Award is for projects that have rolled out innovative energy projects in rural or urban communities.
Negotiations for a new protocol to reduce carbon emissions have been slow but temperatures continue to rise.
Conference on how to curb carbon emissions generates tonnes of the stuff.
Ministers fought to save UN climate talks from collapse, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over fighting global warming.
The fossil of the day awards have been an established part of COP since 1999. COP17 drew to a close, the conference’s overall ‘colossal fossil’ was announced.
We visit communities with local water project Umphilo WaManzi. Helping people adapt to climate change and educating them on how to protect their water supply.
As high level negotiations kick into gear, M&G environmental journalist gives a clear analysis of the major developments and issues facing cop17.
President Jacob Zuma has said that government is to invest billions in mass transport systems as a way of ‘greening’ the South African economy.
Climate talks in Durban are on track to help poor and vulnerable nations deal with increasingly fierce heatwaves, storms and drought.
Thousands of activists have hit the streets of Durban to make sure their voices are heard during COP17. "Climate change negotiators need to do more", they said.
Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace. He outlines what the organisation wants to see happen here at the negotiations in Durban.
President Jacob Zuma has urged delegates at the UN climate summit in Durban to work for an outcome that was "fair and credible".
The cost of meeting the world’s target for global warming could rise by half if current pledges under the UN to cut carbon emissions are not improved.
Jacob Zuma says the outcome of the upcoming UN climate change conference, the 17th Conference of Parties, should be balanced, fair and credible.
Prince Charles recently visited South Africa on a whistle-stop tour to discuss trade and investment, unemployment, and visit local royalty.
International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says the United Nations Climate Change conference will not be an easy meeting.
Making the transition to a low-carbon city should be seen as offering economic opportunities, not imposing burdens, says a major new scientific study.
Talks in Durban will be unlikely to strike a deal on a new pact, but will be important in determining the shape of efforts to tackle climate change.
The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in SA as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks.
