The South African National Implementing Entity of the Adaptation Fund and the project management team of the Community Adaptation Small Grants Facility (SGF), in association
Addressing womens’ vulnerability to climate change
By Felix Kwabena Donkor GenderCC and Earthlife Africa Johannesburg are working jointly with communities in three provinces with the aim of improving women’s resilience to
Land Degradation Neutrality and a new Fund to advance the concept
By Noel Oettle A new catch phrase, “Land Degradation Neutrality”, is being brought into play with increasing prominence, with the intention of using the concept
Parliamentary hearings on climate change
By Candice Arendse In the lead up to the Paris climate conference, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs hosted a two day public dialogue
South African industry found to frequently fail to comply with environmental laws
This month the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) released a report that reveals that South African industry frequently fails to comply with environmental laws, or
Extreme sea level occurrences in the Pacific are projected to double
Tropical Pacific islands may see more frequent swings in extreme sea levels, in addition to the gradual sea level rise that is an established impact
Life on the sea floor could be working against climate change
A study by the British Antarctic Survey shows that climate change impacts on sea ice over the Atlantic has caused a doubling of sea floor
Durban Declaration on REDD
In early September, in the prelude to the World Forestry Congress 2015, representatives of communities, peasant movements, Indigenous Peoples and civil society organisations met to
South Africa’s proposed INDC under review
By Rehana Dada Since the Lima negotiations when countries were asked to communicate their INDC ahead of the Paris meeting, 29 countries have submitted their
A key culprit in South Africa’s looming water crisis
By Wally Menne While much of the world has been caught up in economic and political turmoil, a far more serious but less obvious issue