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Flood of information: The University of the Witwatersrand’s Global Change Institute and the South African National Biodiversity Institute have developed climate change fact sheets for local governments. Photo: EMS KZN

SA municipalities get high-resolution data to tackle climate hazards

Wits and Sanbi have launched fact sheets, helping local governments plan for a climate-stressed SA

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Limiting greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience can improve the everyday lives and experiences of South Africans. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Report: Climate change to reduce incomes, undermine food and water security, raise cost of living

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  • Sheree Bega
1 min read
Researchers say transactional sex will become more common because of a rise in climate change-related droughts and floods. (A.Davey)

Taken by storm: Why climate change makes transactional sex more common

Because it involves one partner who provides the other with a reward in exchange for sex, it’s not an equal power relationship

  • Eyaaz
7 min read