THE DAY IN PICTURES Heavy rain and mud put a damper on Burning Man festival, and more from around the world 6 min 0 By Maverick Life Editors
ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT OP-ED Expansion of BRICS has serious negative implications for Africa’s climate goals 4 min 2 By Neil Overy and Ulrich Steenkamp
GROUNDUP West Coast diamond mining — environmentalists hail 11th-hour out-of-court settlement protecting biodiversity 4 min 0 By John Yeld
CLIMATE CRISIS Nasa warns of multiple devastating impacts beyond 2°C of global warming, which may be breached in the 2040s 5 min 6 By Ethan van Diemen
CLIMATE CRISIS The emperors have no ice — mass drowning of Antarctic penguin chicks rattles scientists 4 min 5 By Unknown Author
EXTREME WEATHER SA’s west coast registers record-breaking maximum temperatures in August 5 min 3 By Kristin Engel
ISS TODAY OP-ED BRICS+ countries with contrasting, opposing values and political systems may see cooperation falter 4 min 3 By Priyal Singh for ISS TODAY
MINING Sibanye-Stillwater flags ‘grey elephants’ as earnings sag, Nevada lithium project delayed by rare plant 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
TUESDAY EDITORIAL Spring-cleaning for society? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind 7 min 4 By Mark Heywood
ALTERNATIVE SUMMIT ‘It’s all top-down’ — activists hammer BRICS on human rights and environment 4 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
MINISTER OF MISINFORMATION Eskom responds to Gwede Mantashe’s deceptive ‘masterclass’ in energy transition 3 min 39 By Ethan van Diemen
LIVE SMARTER Island nation of Tuvalu adopting AI and VR to adapt to growing rising seas threat 6 min 1 By Tevya Turok Shapiro
INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVE Powering progress — what South Africa’s masterplan to develop a renewable energy industry aims to achieve 4 min 2 By Ethan van Diemen
ORGANIC MOVEMENT Small-scale farmers putting food back where it belongs — at the heart of communities 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
WARRIOR WOMEN Women Warriors are spearheading the climate justice movement in South Africa 5 min 0 By Kristin Engel
FROM HARVEST TO HEATSTROKE How rising temperatures threaten farmworkers in Northern Cape, South Africa’s sunniest province 6 min 3 By Ethan van Diemen
MONGABAY Genetically engineered ‘supertrees’ stoke climate hope — experts caution of likely dangers 7 min 0 By Juliette Portala
SPOTLIGHT ANALYSIS Climate change could worsen the spread of malaria in SA 7 min 0 By Adele Baleta for Spotlight
HEAVY WEATHER Here comes El Niño – and experts warn South Africa to ‘be prepared for the worst’ 4 min 8 By Ethan van Diemen
INTERNATIONAL TRADE OP-ED As Agoa talks loom, remember that all trade agreements impinge on the sovereignty of less powerful countries 10 min 5 By Jeff Rudin
EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY Humanity now lives on natural resources borrowed from the future 5 min 1 By Kristin Engel
