Can delivery robots help us reduce our emissions?
One of the biggest advantages delivery robots have over delivery vans is their significantly lower power consumption.
Cities worldwide are starting to use autonomous vehicles...
AFD support and expertise delivers innovative solutions to protect and manage...
Johannesburg, 14 March 2022: While sea, sand, sunshine and surfing are what most people associate with Durban, the city is building a reputation as...
Sakhumnotho Group Holdings Invests in Green Hydrogen Energy in South Africa
Johannesburg – March 2022 – The electricity crisis that South Africa is currently experiencing has shone a spotlight on the urgent need for reliable,...
Relocating croplands to ideal sites could drastically reduce agriculture’s environmental impacts
Croplands have replaced natural habitats that contained a lot of biodiversity — and crops don’t even grow well there.
Agriculture accounts for massive carbon emissions...
The Amazon’s forests are losing their resilience
Extensive logging and burning may be pushing the Amazon’s rainforests towards a tipping point.
Extensive logging and burning may be pushing the Amazon’s rainforests towards...
Women are restoring the Earth: meet 16 leaders from around the...
Five African women are part of the third annual list of climate leaders the Global Landscapes Forum announces on International Women's Day.
BONN, GERMANY –...
Sea levels began to rise during the Industrial Revolution
The global rate of sea-level rise from 1940 to 2000 was faster than all previous 60-year intervals over the past 2,000 years.
Rising sea levels...
French ban on plastic packaging risks jeopardising circularity efforts
The ban neglects supermarkets’ initiatives in creating loops for a range of products to recycle plastic packaging.
It has been over a month since French...
Breeding programmes at Crocworld Conservation Centre bearing fruit
Wildlife conservation is at the heart of all the activities undertaken at Scottburgh’s Crocworld Conservation Centre. One of the key conservation strategies of Crocworld...
Rising sea levels may threaten most of Africa’s heritage sites by...
Among the most exposed cultural sites are the iconic ruins of Tipasa in Algeria and Saloum Delta in Senegal and Kunta Kinteh in Gambia.
The value of heritage has been underestimated in climate...
Electric school buses benefit both the climate and students’ health
The number of charging stations isn’t a problem in the U.S., but there aren’t enough electric school buses just yet.
Electric school buses are finally...
How climate change impacts volcanic activity
As human-made climate change becomes more influential, we can expect to see more extreme responses from our environment. Among these responses is increased volcanic...
