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Why SA’s Health Department will send flood and heatwave warnings to pregnant women

South Africa

Why SA’s Health Department will send flood and heatwave warnings to pregnant women

By Sipokazi Fokazi

Heat stress on livestock threatens to end cattle farming in tropical regions

World

Heat stress on livestock threatens to end cattle farming in tropical regions

By Kristin Engel

Heat stress a rising health threat in southern Africa — climate experts reveal where and when it’s at its worst

Africa

Heat stress a rising health threat in southern Africa — climate experts reveal where and when it’s at its worst

By Sarah Roffe, Adriaan Van Der Walt and Jennifer Fitchett

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat and produce healthy food in African cities

Africa

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat and produce healthy food in African cities

By Olumuyiwa Adegun

Summertime, and the livin’ ain’t so easy

South Africa

Summertime, and the livin’ ain’t so easy

By Julia Evans

Vulnerable lizard species gets hot and bothered in rising temperatures

Magazine

Vulnerable lizard species gets hot and bothered in rising temperatures

By Juan Scheun, Andre Ganswindt and Trevor McIntyre

COP26 provides a rare opportunity to address effects of climate change on Africa’s livestock

Africa

COP26 provides a rare opportunity to address effects of climate change on Africa’s livestock

By Polly Ericksen and Laura Cramer for The Conversation

From ‘unbearable to unliveable’: The case for ‘radical decarbonisation’

South Africa

From ‘unbearable to unliveable’: The case for ‘radical decarbonisation’

By Tiara Walters

Threat Multiplier: The top five climate risks likely to hasten our descent into a hellscape

Our Burning Planet

Threat Multiplier: The top five climate risks likely to hasten our descent into a hellscape

By Kevin Bloom