COP 17

COP17 dithers as earth withers

Time was running out yesterday afternoon as nations at the climate talks in Durban pushed for an agreement to stop climate change.

COP deal ‘too late for some’

2011-12-17 11:29

A week after Durban’s last-ditch deal at COP17, parties are still scratching their heads over whether the deal is in fact good enough.

Canada first nation to pull out of Kyoto protocol

2011-12-13 11:09

Canada became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty.

COP17 saved Kyoto Protocol – minister

2011-12-12 15:01

The Kyoto Protocol was saved by the last-minute agreement reached by parties at the COP17 conference in Durban, water and environmental affairs minister Edna Molewa said in Pretoria.

Completely off the grid

2011-12-11 10:00

In a corner of rural Limpopo, a businessman has found a way to live off his very own solar system, without the bling and hype. Lucas Ledwaba went to meet him

With its bar stools made from tractor seats and railway tracks for stairs, the Davies’ house is not only supergreen, but full of recycled materials that have made it beautiful too. Melanie-Ann Feris reports

Here comes the sun

2011-12-11 10:00

The Khwela family lives in a ‘retro-fitted’ house on KwaZulu-Natal’s first green street. They tell Paddy Harper how it has changed their lives

inside city press

ANC proposes a state publisher

Government wants to take charge of printing textbooks.
‘Papa lived and died in the ANC’

‘Papa never cried,” says Karabo Phakoe (30) as she wipes away the tears.
The best and worst of our water

South Africa’s best glass of tap water is to be found on Gauteng’s East Rand.
White Noise

Of all the work on show, it’s this depiction of the president that will set the most tongues wagging.
The return of protest pop

The new generation is finding out for itself how perilous political pop can be.
Soweto Rugby promises bright future

'We are not looking at this tournament as a black thing . . . we want to see it grow’
ANC woos white Afrikaans speakers

Ruling party to meet top leaders to get to the root of alienation issue.
An audience with a gentleman

Music industry’s smoothest dancer and best-dressed man, Ne-Yo, is heading to PE.

The Fouries: unplugged

2011-12-11 10:00

Yellow stickers remind this family to switch off lights and close fridge doors. It’s the small things that make a difference, they tell Melanie-Ann Feris

The winds of change

2011-12-11 10:00

With his passion and wind turbines, a former Mpumalanga politician turned green businessman is creating jobs and making waves in Africa. He spoke to Sizwe Sama Yende

How green is your living?

2011-12-10 19:44

We ask South Africans what they are doing to lead a more Eco-friendly lifestyle.

COP17 outcome expected today

2011-12-10 12:00

Climate talks at COP17 in Durban resumed this morning after a night of drama that delivered no result.

Do or die for COP-17

2011-12-09 15:20

The head of the Africa Group told journalists the pace of negotiations to stop the world slipping into a situation where global temperatures rise more than 2° Celsius was “not the best”.

Activists claim Zuma supporters attacked them

2011-12-08 16:38

Tensions between local left activists at COP17 in Durban and the government exploded again today with activists claiming they were assaulted by “a group of pro-Zuma supporters” at a meeting with President Jacob Zuma.

‘Kyoto Protocol is history for Canada’

2011-12-07 14:48

Canada’s environment minister today declared that for his country the Kyoto Protocol “is in the past”.

Climate sceptics drop in

2011-12-06 09:31

Climate sceptics have also made it to Durban. Today at 11am, climate sceptic skydivers, from the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), will parachute onto Toti beach in Amanzimtoti

Waste pickers’ big plans

2011-12-05 13:09

Waste pickers would make more money if the “middle men” were cut out, a waste pickers’ organisation said today.

Of air cons, gas guzzlers and paper

2011-12-04 10:00

About 36 hours before kick-off of COP17, its secretary Christiana Figueres announces a project to offset the estimated 15 000 tons of carbon the 10-day UN climate change talks will generate.

Meet the gurus of the green

2011-12-04 10:00

Simmi Dullay grew up in a ecofriendly house long before it was fashionable to save the bathwater along with the baby, writes Paddy Harper.

COP17: Talks, art and protests

2011-12-04 09:19

The COP17 Climate Change Conference in Durban has seen 194 countries trying to negotiate a path forward. The conference calls on the public to be concerned about Earth and has seen protests by activists who are unhappy with developed nations’ reluctance to reduce their carbon emissions.

Cpt:	14-20°C	Pta:	7-21°C
Jhb:	4-18°C	Bloem:	3-19°C
Dbn:	16-26°C	PE:	15-25°C
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