The focus is on manufacturing green products for global markets and modernising the country’s power system, the president says

The intensity of heavy downpours has increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, with some areas receiving more than a year’s rain in just days

A growing body of evidence suggests that unpredictable weather linked to climate change has the potential to injure people’s minds, leading to an increase in the development of common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety

Scientists have warned that humidity, not just temperature, could determine which species survive in an era of escalating heatwaves

As climate change intensifies, experts say our health and healthcare systems are going to suffer. But mental health often takes a back seat

From collapsing maize yields to a possible cyclone hitting Richards Bay, a Wits expert warns that South Africa’s climate future is fast becoming hotter, drier and more dangerous

People in South America are most likely to say that climate change is behind extreme weather, while people in Africa and North America are less likely to agree

The marginalised bear a disproportionately high burden of mental health problems

In many locations, especially in the tropics, La Nina produces the opposite climate impacts to El Nino, which heats up the surface of the oceans

With severe weather events brought on by climate change, new analysis shows that 80% of Capetonians live in high risk area