Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Court of Justice's landmark advisory opinion on climate change has come in handy for South African communities ...

(Bloomberg) -- South Africa's new environment minister said his primary focus will be on getting the country to spend the billions of dollars of climate finance that have been made available to it, ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Poachers in South Africa killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year, most of them inside national parks, highlighting an ongoing battle to protect one ...

Promise Mabilo does not need an air-quality monitor to know when the pollution in Emalahleni is especially bad. In the coal country of South Africa’s Mpumalanga Highveld, she can feel it when she ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 8 (Reuters) - South Africa is concerned by the impact Donald Trump's election as the next president of the United States may have on talks to tackle climate change, its environment ...

The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee and PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance protest against coal and for renewable energy in Johannesburg on 20 March 2024. Courtesy Patrick Bond, Author provided ...

Three South African environmental and climate justice organisations took the South African government to court in November 2021, to challenge the authorisation of new coal-fired power as part of the ...

Groups fighting the buildout of oil and gas projects defend climate, justice, and the rule of law. Community and environmental advocates recently won two legal challenges against fossil fuel polluters ...

Ranked as the 12th-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally, South Africa's emission crisis is primarily driven by its energy sector. The country hosts six of the world’s 10 largest nitrogen ...

South Africa’s Fisheries, Forestry and Environment Minister Dion George looks likely to lose his post after his party, the Democratic Alliance, proposed that he be replaced by its spokesman, Willie ...

The International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory opinion on climate change has come in handy for South African communities that are trying to stop global oil company Shell from drilling for oil ...