Our Burning Planet

COP28 in Dubai must send signals of an urgent step-up in action on climate change

By Harald Winkler

South Africa

What happened to the Just Energy Transition grant funding?

By Katrina Lehmann-Grube, Imraan Valodia, Julia Taylor and Sonia Phalatse

World

The state of the planet visualised in data

By Ethan van Diemen

Africa

COP28 outcome better for Africa compared with previous meetings – Creecy

By Ethan van Diemen

Op-eds

Tensions over fossil fuel phase-outs increase risk of climate overshoot

By Pascal Lamy, Kim Campbell, Anote Tong, Hina Rabbani Khar, Xue Lan, Frances Beinecke and Arancha Gonzalez Laya

South Africa

DMRE admits South Africa probably won’t reach net zero emissions by 2050 

By Ethan van Diemen

Our Burning Planet

After 28 years of COPs, it’s time to go beyond just saying ‘blah, blah and blah’

By Jeff Rudin

World

Conference of the Parties has faltered — time to beef up climate action elsewhere around the world

By Roland Ngam and Ibrahima Thiam

World

Climbing temperatures pose risk to health and strain healthcare systems — expert

By Onke Ngcuka

Africa

Climate Loss and Damage Fund entrenches Africa as beneficiaries — but some believe it’s a wrong turn

By Julia Evans

South Africa

Half the world still lacks multi-hazard early warning systems, global disaster risk reduction report finds

By Kristin Engel

South Africa

Government releases ‘draft strategy’ to reduce annual 10 tonnes of food losses and waste

By Adèle Sulcas