UCT students protest in favour of fossil fuel divestment, 11 March 2022. Pic: James Granelli. Eight years after we first wrote to UCT asking for divestment, the university council decided on 12 March […]
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Following the September announcement by China’s Premier Xi Jinping that China would no longer finance new coal power abroad, we wondered about the implications of that announcement for the giant,
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Sasol recently set new targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, particularly, a 30% reduction by 2030 and “net zero” by 2050. Sasol is undoubtedly a pillar of the South Africa
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We held our first-ever ‘Climate-Proofing Retirement Funds’ events in Cape Town and Johannesburg this week, focused on asset owners, particularly retirement fund boards. We were honoured to host Fiona Reynolds,
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The Global Climate Divest-Invest Summit is coming to Cape Town in September 2019! Register now: https://financingthefuture.global/ Financing a fossil fuel-free future in which everyone has access to renewable energy –
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Climate change and the risks associated with it should be a key part of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address. How SA chooses to respond to climate change and its impact on the country will affect economic growth and social development for decades to come, yet climate change remains sidelined by the government and key sectors that are most vulnerable to its effects.
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Our accumulated headline research from September. Bloomberg: New Climate Debate: How to Adapt to the End of the World The Guardian: ‘We’re moving to higher ground‘: America’s era of climate
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Here’s Misha’s post on Facebook. @mishateasdale , founder & TreeEO of @Greenpop , believes that now, more than ever, we as citizens need to stand up and have a critical
You can see Rob’s profile on Facebook here. And read a brief account of his story here. Rob Armstrong knows that burning fossil fuels is not healthy for us or
You can view Makoma’s Facebook post here. Makoma Lekalakala is a grassroots activist, director of @Earthlife_JHB and a 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize Recipient. Join her in acting for the climate
