EGSA has appealed to SA Cabinet: standstill on climate crisis response Richard Worthington and Richard Halsey on behalf of the Energy Governance South Africa (EGSA) network - a group of Civil Society Organisations dedicated to promoting transparent, inclusive and accountable decision-making in the energy sector - have sent a letter to Cabinet Ministers. This letter [...]
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Cape Town) Ayakha Melithafa, along with her fellow YouLead Warriors, will celebrate the culmination of their year of intensive climate change literacy and skills development course - The YouLead Initiative 2019 - spearheaded by local NGO Project 90 by 2030. (Watch the YouLead movie) Ayakha Melithafa is one of 16 young [...]
With less than a month to prepare for what may be the biggest global climate strike action to date – scheduled for Friday 20 September – 350 Africa, Project 90 by 2030 and HoneyBush Communications will host a first-ever Youth Artivism Workshop, at Community House in Salt River on 24 August from 9am – 4pm. [...]
Youth March for Climate Justice ahead of Youth Day in Cape Town Under the banner of the African Climate Alliance (@ACA_YOUTH), South African school children will be protesting again on Friday 14th June, ahead of Youth Day, asking adults and leaders to take steps to protect their future from climate and ecological breakdown. In early [...]
Climate change is enormously complex, and yet quite simple. Amidst the doom and gloom there is also hope, and each of us have a part to play in shaping the future. Short of nuclear war, climate change will be the greatest challenge to face human civilisation with mass extinction of earth's species' - including us [...]
The United Nations Biodiversity Report - IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - is the most comprehensive ever completed. It is the first intergovernmental Report of its kind and builds on the landmark Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of 2005, introducing innovative ways of evaluating evidence. Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history [...]
SOUTH AFRICANS NEED AN ENVIRO-CONSCIOUS GOVERNMENT On Thursday 25 April, a coalition of environmental and social justice groups and members of the public interrogated political parties – represented by Faiez Jacobs (ANC); Farouk Cassim (COPE); Beverley Schafer (DA); Jeremy Acton (Dagga Party); Jason Sole (Green Party); Shaheed Mahomed (Socialist Workers Party); and Ncedisa Mpemnyama (BLF) – in [...]
Project 90 by 2030, together with partner organisation 350 Africa collaborated on an infographic in order to drive home the effects and consequences of climate change on the economy in our country: JOB LOSSES Climate change will lead to job losses, specifically in the following sectors: agriculture, tourism and energy. Tourism affects over 722 000 [...]
While the country’s politicians vie to secure support from citizens in the run-up to the National Elections next month, a coalition of environmental and social justice groups hosted a Public Political Party Manifesto Debate to draw voters’ attention to the growing threat of climate change impact to life on Earth. The debate – which was [...]
Thando speaks SMART Citizens in Action It has been a very exciting few months in Community Partnership Programme since the second iteration of the SMART Citizens In Action project has kicked off. Community members who had all but believed that they do not have the skills and tools needed to improve their material conditions are [...]
