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#COP28: The spread of HIV has slowed down over the past 30 years. Will the...
Over the past three decades, new HIV infections have dropped by close to 60% worldwide, including in South Africa. On Monday, the results from the country’s latest HIV household survey showed that...
View Article‘The future is frightening.’ Why climate change makes young people think...
Under 25s from around the world say they’re hesitant about having children because they’re worried about what the future will look like for a new generation amidst a changing climate. The climate...
View ArticleHeating up: Here’s how climate change works
Burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil releases greenhouse gases into the air. If too much of these gases go into the atmosphere, the Earth’s air temperature starts to rise. This is called global...
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Taken by storm: Why climate change will make transactional sex more common
Researchers say transactional sex will become more common because of a rise in climate change-related droughts and floods. For example, in Haiti, a study showed a devastating hurricane made women...
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Floods, food and families: Why climate change makes eating well harder
More than a quarter of women across the world are food insecure. In other words, they don’t have enough healthy food to eat every day. As the planet gets hotter and rainfall patterns change, it...
View ArticleThe psychology of climate anxiety
Read the first edition of Climate Connection A study of 16 to 25 year-olds across 10 countries found that half of them felt sad, anxious and angry about the state of the planet. In South Africa a lack...
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Why 32 000 SAns could die if we don’t switch to greener power earlier
South Africa needs to produce more electricity to end loadshedding and grow the economy. But at the same time we also need to move away from relying on coal-fired power to fight global warming. These...
View ArticleWhat the corporate climate lobby means for your health
Read the second edition of Climate Connection South Africa’s energy CEOs say they’re committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions while keeping the grid going and maintaining profit margins and jobs....
View ArticleWhat is climate-friendly eating?
Read the third edition of Climate Connection What you eat, and the road that food travels from the farm to your plate, in many ways determine how fast the Earth is heating up. That’s because the...
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Why the health department will send flood and heatwave warnings to pregnant...
The chance of a miscarriage or stillbirth can be up to 8% higher during extreme weather events such as floods than in normal times, research published in the journal Nature shows. Heat also puts...
View ArticleHaving diabetes is bad enough. But what happens when climate change is added...
Read the fourth edition of Climate Connection Much like the planet’s air temperature, diabetes rates are rising around the world. Extreme heat, heavy floods, air pollution and infectious diseases will...
View ArticleHow breast milk can help fight climate change
Read the fifth edition of Climate Connection Only 44% of women worldwide exclusively breastfeed their babies for the first six months of their lives, which is what the World Health Organisation...
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