Global warming is constantly affecting Namibia’s highly variable rainfall patterns, making every drop of water and wetlands a very important aspect of people’s lives, senior government officials have said. Speaking at the World Wetlands and Water Day, agriculture, water and land reform minister Calle Schlettwein and environment, forestry and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta emphasised the...
‘First off the line’ and ‘first over the line’ are terms that give many a drag racer the shivers. This reminds them of the high speed, tension and adrenaline when starting a race. It’s all about the fastest times between two dragsters over 400m. Deon Diergaardt, a former drag racer and drag race organiser, says...
Southern Africa is home to 22,137 of the world’s 23,432 white and black African rhinos. But they’re facing grave threats because of a warming planet. Now, the first study of how climate change affects rhinos in southern Africa has found that they will cease to exist in the region’s national parks by 2085 if the...
The report takes stock of mitigation policies across countries and presents the trilemma facing policymakers of balancing between achieving climate goals, debt sustainability, and political feasibility. New insights from the report shows that the only way to achieve these joint goals is through a carefully calibrated mix of revenue and spending-based policies. Carbon pricing is...
Regional Inter-parliamentary body, the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Friday called on member parliaments to adopt measures to reduce the carbon footprint, promote legislation, budgets, and oversight initiatives to prevent global warming. Secretary-General, Boemo Mmandu Sekgoma, highlighted this in a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Parliamentarism celebrated on...
Regional inter-parliamentary body, the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Friday called on member parliaments to adopt measures to reduce the carbon footprint, promote legislation, budgets, and oversight initiatives to prevent global warming. Secretary-General, Boemo Mmandu Sekgoma, highlighted this in a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Parliamentarism celebrated on...