The Green Times

24/01/2025

21/01/2025

This is an opportunity for the Global South to forge new paths, emphasising regional cooperation, community-driven solutions and innovative financing

15/01/2025

South Africa has announced 16 winners for the 7th Bid Window of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP) and the 2nd Bid

15/01/2025

Pesticides which are banned in Europe are still exported to developing countries

15/01/2025

President Biden has taken a significant step toward ocean conservation by transmitting the High Seas Treaty to the Senate for ratification, marking a potential watershed moment for marine protection. The...

11/01/2025

Everything you need to know about the blazes that have forced thousands to leave their homes.

30/12/2024

Our Tortoise expert, Dirk Barnard , from Tortoise Conservation South Africa, contacted me surrounding a Leopard tortoise being kept on a construction site in Piketberg. Dirk wanted to know if we could take her in. Well.... She is a massive big girl.
Thank you Dirk.

Marcel found her at the site where he worked and looked well after her. He needed a home for her since the site is closing until next year.
Thank you Marcel for bringing her to our centre for rehabilitation.

30/12/2024

Civil society organisations have cried foul over Eskom’s application to have Koeberg’s operating licence extended for another 20 years – but the power utility insists that the nuclear plant is safe.

29/12/2024

Two tankers were hit by storm in Kerch strait on 15 December, causing one to sink and another to run aground

25/12/2024

Southern Africa is grappling with an unprecedented drought triggered by El Niño, a recurring climate phenomenon known for its capacity to exacerbate either dry or stormy weather patterns. Prolonged dry spells at critical moments of the 2023/2024 planting season resulted in widespread crop

25/12/2024

The charity agrees to pay £300,000 to the RNLI after campaigners climbed onto a floating production vessel.

22/12/2024

Jack heads to Breda to drive a prototype of the latest innovative solar-powered electric car to come out of the Netherlands: The Squad Solar. The brainchild ...

22/12/2024

Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.In this...

18/12/2024

Home South Africa Pathways To Prosperity: Achieving SDG Success In South Africa By 2030 Pathways to Prosperity: Achieving SDG Success in South Africa by 2030 South Africa September 11, 2024 Man walking across the SDG crossroads symbolises the journey from 2015 to the 2030 target for sustainable deve...

18/12/2024

The programme has gained international recognition, with other African ministers inquiring how South Africa has managed to set up such a credible initiative

17/12/2024

Danish authorities reject a Japanese bid to extradite the campaigner because of his time spent in detention.

17/12/2024

Urban greening isn’t just making the cities of the future green – it’s helping them become sustainable, too. Here’s how.

17/12/2024

Innovative financing trends like pay-as-you-go models, impact investing and carbon financing are driving clean energy access and climate action in the Global South.