World

Food systems hold slender but firm place on finance-focused COP29 agenda

By Adèle Sulcas

Our Burning Planet

Fierce fires can help save the veld from bush encroachment and extinction, says top UCT ecologist

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

Our Burning Planet

The planet’s going to the dogs, so is your pet climate-friendly? Here’s paws for thought

By Peter Alexander

Business Maverick

‘Repurposing’ coal infrastructure can boost South Africa’s energy transition, International Energy Agency says

By Ethan van Diemen

Maverick Citizen

A guide to climate overshoot — is the 1.5°C warming goal dead?

By Eric Roston, Bloomberg

South Africa

South African food systems and climate change – is low-carbon food security pie in the sky?

By Adèle Sulcas

World

A world ablaze — wildfires, drought and heatwaves dial up global heating

By Bloomberg and Reuters

World

That sinking feeling: Activist collective deflates tyres of fuel-guzzling SUVs to protest against pollution

By Bloomberg and Reuters

South Africa

High CO₂ can upset the balance of trees and grass in savannahs — here’s what can be done about it

By Sarah Raubenheimer and Brad Ripley

World

The ocean is essential to tackling climate change – so why has it been neglected in global climate talks?

By Dr Sali Bache

Our Burning Planet

Insect apocalypse: Dung beetles shrink or die at elevated CO2 levels, Wits scientists find

By Shaun Smillie