Lost in Translation: Lessons from the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report Analysis On 20 March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will present its Synthesis Report to its 6th Assessment Report. Our briefing highlights essential points of the underlying reports that will be crucial to creating a just and sustainable future in climate change.
How can collaboration ensure public spaces are designed and managed for all in African cities? A series of reflections on urban public spaces with support from the Heinrich Böll Foundation. By Western Cape Economic Development Partnership
Namibian NGOs call out flawed legal decision awarding costs against Kavango communities who appealed fracking licenses on communal lands Press release Kavango communities filed an urgent interdict to appeal the extension of fracking licenses in an ecologically sensitive area – but were left with a hefty bill. By Women’s Leadership Centre, Namibia
Coal-mining communities left in the dust for a greener future SA’s government is moving at speed to phase-out coal as the country’s leading energy source. But what does this mean for the communities who have for so long relied on this carbon for their livelihoods? By Thabo Molelekwa
The green hydrogen frontier – neocolonialism, greenwashing or just transition? Article Green hydrogen is being touted as a solution to climate change that could also create jobs and economic prosperity in South Africa. Yet, it also poses risks for the realisation of a just transition. By Tobias Kalt and Makoma Lekalakala
COP27: A Turning Point for Climate and Human Rights If current climate pledges are delivered in full, it would mean a global heating of rise of about 2.5C. What needs to happen at COP27 to correct this catastrophic path? Read our collection of analysis and research.
Reflections on oceans heritage Interview As South Africa celebrates heritage month in September the coastal community of Sicambeni on the East Coast of South Africa, together with social justice partners celebrated a victory for indigenous people. On 1st September 2022 the Makhanda High Court ruled that Shell’s exploration right to conduct seismic surveys on the Wild Coast of South Africa was granted unlawfully and therefore set it aside. Community and environmental activist Ntsindiso Nongcavu reflects on what the ruling means for those who lives are spiritually and economically connected to the oceans. By Ntsindiso Nongcavu
Climate pragmatism or Faustian bargain? What the new US climate law does—and where it fails Analysis The Inflation Reduction Act is seen as an expression of climate pragmatism by some and Faustian bargain with the fossil fuel industry by others. Read here commentary by our Washington Office on what exactly it is. By Liane Schalatek
Living Within Our Means Interview Series The entire world's Overshoot Day is set to occur on July 28, 2022. If people across the world lived like those in the US and Europe, we would need many planets. But we only have one.
"Human rights should be the starting and the ending point" Interview Emilia Reyes is an international advocate for women's rights and an expert on gender-responsive public policies and budgets and sustainable development, including comprehensive disaster risk management and climate change. She highlights the necessity of degrowth and the problems of our global neoliberal system. By Emilia Reyes
