Tag: climate change
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Beef vs veg: The carbon footprint of your food choices
Food production and processing have their own negative effects on the environment, but some products carry a greater impact than others. Animal-based foods usually carry a higher greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint compared with plant-based foods. A study of 38,700 farms and 1,600 processors, packaging types and retailers across 119 countries found that beef and mutton…
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Cholera outbreaks highlight the need for Africa to make its own vaccines
There is a worldwide shortage of cholera vaccines, and only one WHO-approved producer in the world, EuBiologics in South Korea. In February 2024, Doctors Without Borders, a medical humanitarian organisation, reported that the global cholera vaccine stockpile had been exhausted. Already in October 2022 a decision was made to temporarily reduce the dosage of vaccine…
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South Africa poised to strike gold with green hydrogen
Green hydrogen could have a transformative effect on South Africa: it could be used to clean up domestic industries and its export could add billions to the GDP.
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Why the price of chocolate is skyrocketing
It’s not your imagination – chocolate is getting much more expensive. Falling cocoa production, driven by changing weather patterns, is a key reason.
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Why we told the story of South Africa’s deadliest storm
Telling the story of Durban’s 2022 floods was not to document disaster, but rather an investigation into what we can learn from that night
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What Durban’s floods tell us about climate resilience and coastal cities
An investigation of how climate change affects coastal cities and how floods in Durban, South Africa, are an example of how such cities can prepare for the future.
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Extreme temperatures in South Africa
The hottest temperatures have almost all been in the past 30 years
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Sitting on top of a snow-less Kilimanjaro
The mountain’s glaciers have a few more years before they are gone. Scientists say sun radiation, too little snow and rising temperatures all contribute to their disappearance.
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Blowing hot air: Africa’s big greenhouse gas emitters
The next United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Egypt in November. Although emissions of African countries are low compared to the big global emitters. South Africa is the exception.