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President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa’s wrestling match with Trump

South Africa has laid a solid foundation as G20 chair, undeterred by the US’s disruptions

The “hard-fought” negotiations to develop a landmark United Nations treaty to end plastic pollution closed on Friday without agreement and have been extended again

Is it really the case that ‘polluters pay’ in South Africa

The truth is that our carbon tax is way too low to act as a real deterrent

ANC chairperson and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Photo: Supplied

Mantashe living in “alternative universe” as he ignores international warnings on climate change

Mantashe’s fossil fuel heavy energy plans are wildly out of line with needed climate action and a better energy future for South Africa

Poor score: Emissions rise from the Kriel power station. It’s South Africa’s support of coal-fired electricity that gives the country a bad climate change name. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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Sona 2021: Ramaphosa accords the climate crisis only a cursory nod

Country can’t lose sight of the threat climate change poses, President Ramaphosa says.

Why real climate leadership requires public finance institutions to commit to stop funding fossil fuels.
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Beyond ‘net zero’

Why real climate leadership requires public finance institutions to commit to stop funding fossil fuels

Will the populist playbook be enough for Trump to hold on to power?

His rhetoric about immigration, the dilution of culture and threats to American’s jobs feeds into Republicans’ fears and he’ll use this in his election campaign

Cyclone Idai’s devastation of Beira.

The decade that decides our fate

If we don’t do enough, in a decade’s time there’ll be droughts, floods, wildfires and crop failure on an apocalyptic scale

Olympus Manthata, Head: DBSA Climate Finance at DBSA (Centre) participated in an OECD panel discussion on the role of national development finance institutions in scaling up sustainable financial instruments at COP 25 in Spain

DBSA participates at COP2

The bank provides vital financial backing for green initiatives

As South Africa steps into a new chapter with the Climate Change Act, it is crucial to question the depth of its commitment and the substance of its promises. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Planned fossil fuel output swamps Paris climate goals

The 2015 Paris Agreement calls for blocking global warming at well below 2C, and 1.5C if possible

Risky business. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Climate crisis demands a global tax

Voluntary emissions cuts do not work: a uniform levy will end corruption and spread the burden of reform more fairly