The first step towards tackling the challenges of climate change is empowering women to safeguard the environment. Women bear the brunt of climate change, but they are the world’s best bet in the fight for a clean, healthy, and sustainable planet. Climate change and environmental degradation represent a … [Read More...]
Capacity building for sustaining peace in Africa
Cristina Duarte, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa, briefed ambassadors during a debate to examine capacity building for … [Read More...]
Let’s #WearItWild to help protect our wildlife
Unleash your wild side during WWF South Africa’s #Wear It Wild fun campaign and take on the special persona of your favourite animal, be it the … [Read More...]
Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years
Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, has increased by almost 10 years. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the good news after … [Read More...]
Connecting the world in the fight for ocean health
The second annual MPA Day, which is held on the 1 August every year, welcomed many countries in celebrating Marine Protected Areas (MPA) and their value to ocean, and human health. The initiative, which started in … [Read More...]
African Conservation Awards open for nominations
This World Ranger Day we are excited to announce that nominations are open for the 2022 African Conservation Awards. An annual celebration to recognise the brave men and women across Africa who play a vital role in … [Read More...]
UN declares healthy environment a human right
With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions*, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution last week, declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. The … [Read More...]
UN General Assembly must back the right to a healthy environment
With the world embroiled in a multi-faceted environmental crisis, UN experts today urged the United Nations General Assembly to recognise that living in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a fundamental … [Read More...]
Mosul’s recovery moves towards a circular economy
Five years since the end of the ISIL (so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) conflict in 2017, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Iraq and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with … [Read More...]
Public participation needed in the just transition
Earlier in this month dedicated to remembering Madiba and the principles he held dear, The Green Connection handed over the verdict statement – as deliberated by an esteemed jury, at its Oceans Tribunal in September … [Read More...]
Turning the tide on plastic waste at Ballito Pro
A KwaZulu-Natal-based community recycling initiative helped keep plastic out of the environment at the Ballito Pro 2022 surfing competition. Thousands of nurdles litter South Africa’s beaches. These tiny plastic … [Read More...]
System change needed to curb climate change
The Wild Law Institute is pleased to share the second paper in their Earth Jurisprudence series, titled Earth Jurisprudence and Climate Change. It is a short introduction to the relevance of Earth Jurisprudence to … [Read More...]
Sturgeon slipping towards extinction
All 26 remaining sturgeon and paddlefish species are threatened with extinction according to today’s IUCN Red List update, which confirmed the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the extinction in the wild of … [Read More...]
MMSEZ appeal dismissed despite flawed process
Environmental justice groups, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), were disappointed to learn of the 8 July 2022 decision by the executive council of the Limpopo Economic Development and Tourism … [Read More...]
Chris Bertish completes the TransPacific Wing Project
Chris Bertish, internationally acclaimed speaker, author, big wave surfer, Guinness SUP World Record holder and conservationist, arrived safely at the Aloha Dock at the Hawaii Yacht Club in Honolulu, Hawaii on July … [Read More...]
Fracking: a dragon SA will not be able to tame
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment has released proposed regulations for onshore oil and gas exploration and production, including the use of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"). Responding to … [Read More...]
V&A Waterfront strives for zero single-use plastics
The V&A Waterfront has reaffirmed its commitment to lessening the impact of plastics on the environment by signing up to the SA Plastics Pact, as well as hosting a new research study with restaurants in the … [Read More...]
The urgent need for structural reform is clear
Following President Ramaphosa’s Youth Day speech last week – which mostly focused on the unprecedented high unemployment rate and lack of opportunities – young small-scale fishers, along the coast, say they are … [Read More...]
