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“The heat was just agonising. It led to a habit where I took very cold showers which goes against what medical people tell us,” said Barati.Now holding a bouncing baby girl in her arms, she is grateful.“Her toothless smile fills the air with...

MAUN: The deal that emerged on Wednesday from the two week-long climate talks in Dubai has been hailed as a big win on “phasing down” unabated fossils, but it is not exactly what African negotiators were pushing for.The call for a fossil fuel...

While locally, the period 2014-2016 will be remembered as the worst of the unforgiving El Niño phenomenon, even, drying up Gaborone Dam, scientists have dubbed 2023 “the warmest year in recorded history”. Furthermore, a SADC report released...

The group, chaired by Zambia said there was no robust, decisive outcome on adaptation, which is the heart of the global stocktake. The global stocktake is an assessment of “where the world stands on climate action and support, identifying the gaps,...

Liphi was crowned the winner in a ceremony held at the Egyptian Pavilion at Expo2020, the COP28 venue in Dubai on Sunday.The award distinguishes Liphi’s invention, which is a compact backpack, made from durable, waterproof canvas, and includes an...

The study, whose initial phase has already mapped out climate change hotspots at the sub-national level, presents a gloomy picture in the climate-sensitive agriculture sector where less than 16% of women are employed with less than 40% land ownership...

Addressing a United Nations Environment-themed session entitled 'Unleashing Climate Resilient Infrastructure Investments', yesterday afternoon at COP28, Serame stressed that Botswana’s classification as an upper middle-income country was...

Developing nations have for years demanded that industrialised and polluting countries pay to help the less emitting, poor countries finance their climate change mitigation and development paths. The Loss and Damages Fund was established at COP27 in...

The figure of 36,000 is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) expected turnout, while the COP28 presidency anticipates about 70,000.In mid-May, the COP28 President-Designate, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, received demands for...

Having metamorphosed into “the elephant in the room”, climate experts say the subject should be huge at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties 28 (COP28), which will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the end of...

Fourteen years ago, rich countries made a significant pledge to channel $100 billion a year to developing nations by 2020 to help them adapt to climate change and mitigate the situation. None of this finance has come.Fast forward from Copenhagen,...

From September 4 to 6 over 30 climate journalists from across the region pondered on the African climate story, identified gaps in the narrative and how best to frame the story to enable climate action and agenda setting.During the diagnostic...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report 2023 on Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, drawing from 34,000 studies, involving 270 authors and 68 countries, highlights some of what is being experienced today. Even at just...

Their game with Santos stared in attacking mode but chances were few. Santos' goalkeeper, Thabo Ntsiapane made a good save from Nelson 'Viola' Gabolwelwe in the 16th minute but Mpho Mabogo failed to capitalise on the rebound. With BDF XI's...