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The Pretoria high court has overturned the government’s plans to add 1 500 megawatts of new coal-fired power to the national grid. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)

Eskom blames high emission levels on ‘late investments’

However, the utility says has put measures in place to deal with the problem

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Fuelling destruction: A protest at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Dominika Zarzycka/Getty Images

People power needed to boot the fox out of the henhouse

The influence of proponents of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate conference represents a dangerous conflict of interests

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
The world is heading for a nearly 3°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels under current climate pledges, the latest United Nations report has warned.

Humanity is breaking all the wrong records on climate change, says UN Environment Programme

The Emissions Gap report says nations must go further than current pledges under the Paris Agreement or face 2.5°C to 2.9°C of warming

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read