WORLD OF TROUBLE CO2 emissions pushed to record high, raising alarm about extreme weather events — report 6 min 1 By Lerato Mutsila
CLIMATE SUMMIT Food systems hold slender but firm place on finance-focused COP29 agenda 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
BURN NOTICE Fierce fires can help save the veld from bush encroachment and extinction, says top UCT ecologist 9 min 2 By Yves Vanderhaeghen
THE CONVERSATION The planet’s going to the dogs, so is your pet climate-friendly? Here’s paws for thought 5 min 7 By Peter Alexander
FOSSIL FUELS ‘Repurposing’ coal infrastructure can boost South Africa’s energy transition, International Energy Agency says 4 min 1 By Ethan van Diemen
DEBATE BY DEGREES A guide to climate overshoot — is the 1.5°C warming goal dead? 5 min 0 By Eric Roston, Bloomberg
FOOD JUSTICE PART ONE South African food systems and climate change – is low-carbon food security pie in the sky? 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
CLIMATE CRISIS ROUND-UP A world ablaze — wildfires, drought and heatwaves dial up global heating 6 min 0 By Bloomberg and Reuters
CLIMATE CRISIS ROUND-UP That sinking feeling: Activist collective deflates tyres of fuel-guzzling SUVs to protest against pollution 7 min 0 By Bloomberg and Reuters
THE CONVERSATION High CO₂ can upset the balance of trees and grass in savannahs — here’s what can be done about it 3 min 0 By Sarah Raubenheimer and Brad Ripley
THE CONVERSATION The ocean is essential to tackling climate change – so why has it been neglected in global climate talks? 3 min 0 By Dr Sali Bache
OUR BURNING PLANET Insect apocalypse: Dung beetles shrink or die at elevated CO2 levels, Wits scientists find 3 min 1 By Shaun Smillie
