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Glaciers in a third of all World Heritage sites, including Africa’s last remaining glaciers, are “condemned to disappear by 2050”. (AFP)
SPACE JUNK

UN: Melting glaciers, heat, space debris among tipping points of risk

Extinctions, depleted groundwater and an uninsurable future are the others, and together they create instability with potentially catastrophic effects

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Determined: Climate change demonstrators from the environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion protest in central London, promising two weeks of disruption. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
STOPCAMBO

Global leaders must implement their climate commitments

As the just transition gathers momentum and renewable energy becomes more affordable, countries around the world taking climate action. South Africa must follow suit

  • Sibusiso Mazomba
  • Pètra de Beer
6 min read