Researchers have found that taking action goes a long way to alleviating climate anxiety, and can even “transform feelings into optimism and determination”. Young people who take action “feel optimistic, calmer and in control,” one of several studies found.

We’re launching a “community journey” for the rest of 2026, designed to bring you all a little closer to our work and to each other. Sign up, take part in our activities when you can, and we’ll note all your contributions. At the end, we’ll acknowledge those who complete the journey as our “climate champions”.

Last week, we launched our first Conscious Capital course on the links between personal finance, social justice, and environmental security, at UCT. Conscious Capital is exploring how to manage our money and become more financially secure in ways that also support the prosperity of others.

Our fellow NPO The Green Connection has developed a South African variant “doughnut economics” called “koeksister economics”, which is empowering a host of West Coast communities

After 10 years of lobbying – supported largely by high-school students – Fossil Free California succeeded in persuading a major college savings plan to divest its enormous $16.5 billion in assets from coal, oil, and gas companies.

The University of Cape Town’s Convocation, the body representing alumni and academics, has again backed our call for the university to divest from all fossil fuels by 2029, the deadline it set three years ago. The motion was passed at the Convocation meeting of 4 December 2025 to resounding applause.

In our first legal case, Fossil Free South Africa is joining shareholder activist organisation Just Share and asset manager Aeon Investment Management in court action against coal company Thungela Resources. The outcome could set a precedent for all South African companies’ accountability to their shareholders on issues including climate.