Tag: Climate change

Local news Proposed EU pest regulations to hurt domestic citrus exports, says association (Engineering News) Newly proposed European Union (EU) regulations threaten the export of...

Read the full blog HERE The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the Working Group II’s contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) titled Climate Cha...

Local news CDC prioritizes jobs, SMME development (SAnews) The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) continues to prioritise access to economic opportunities for the development of...

Country-related news SA automotive industry developments boost optimism for manufacturing sector (Bizcommunity) The amended Automotive Production Development Programme (APDP) reg...

Country-related news SA gears up for 4th Investment Conference (SAnews) As South Africa prepares to host its 4th Investment Conference later this month, Minister Ebrahim Patel ha...

Country-related news TFR to release tender in April for take-or-pay access to container corridors (Engineering News) Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) will release a request for propos...

Country-related news Presidential Climate Change Commission discusses risks of net-zero carbon emissions for South Africa (The Mail & Guardian) The Presidential Climate Chang...

National Additive manufacturing in South Africa boosted by local technology developments (Engineering News) Although the Covid-19 pandemic has had a very real impact on the secto...

National Tanzania’s exports to Kenya double to Sh20 billion in six months (Business Daily) Kenya’s imports from Tanzania doubled to Sh20.5 billion in the first half of the ye...

Even before the ink on the Glasgow Climate Pact had yet dried, commentators were scrambling to decide whether the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework...

National Traxtion prepares to make use of ‘rare’ private sector rail opportunity (Engineering News) Private rail freight operator Traxtion sees the national government’s st...

Deliberations under the current session of the COP, CMP and CMA came to an end this Saturday in Glasgow, one day after their scheduled conclusion. The wide-ranging set of decisions...

Europe and the USA got rich on the back of coal fired industries, and China is still doing so. Unsurprisingly, coal rich developing nations also see it as an asset, and need incent...

In December 2015, 196 participating countries at that year’s conference of parties (COP 21) signed the Paris Accord whose aim was to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees above ...

On 3 November, the UK released a report stating that 190 participants across the world had committed themselves to: end all investment in new coal power generation domesticall...

Should farmers be worried about the COP “Methane Pledge” to reduce methane emissions by 30% before 2030?[1] There was real concern amongst them in the UK and Ireland, especiall...

Domestic trade news Economists satisfied with MTBPS but still concerned over SA’s growth, debt (Eyewitness News) While economists have welcomed the revenue windfall which has b...

Domestic trade news Imports and exports feel effects of global disruption (Business Day) Supply chain disruptions are having an impact globally with bottlenecks affecting manufac...

National Sugar cane growers call for sugar tax to be scrapped (Engineering News) Industry association the South African Canegrowers has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwan...

Domestic trade news “South Africa is a leader in eco-friendly tourism” (African Business) Tourism has suffered a number of setbacks in the previous couple of years, with...