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Climate change tripled deaths in European cities during recent heatwaves

Climate change tripled deaths in European cities during recent heatwaves

Climate change tripled the number of heat-related deaths across European cities in the recent heatwaves, a rapid analysis by scientists has estimated. Global warming, caused primarily by humans burning fossil fuels and cutting down forests, made...

African architecture has now taken the global centre stage

African architecture has now taken the global centre stage

Dear Editor, Sports and entertainment have highlighted the major achievements of Africa in recent times. Its architecture has now taken the global centre stage. The June 7 – June 13 issue of the influential Economist newspaper stated that “At a...

Climate change tripled deaths in European cities during recent heatwaves - with 171 excess deaths in London

Climate change tripled deaths in European cities during recent heatwaves - with 171 excess deaths in London

9 July 2025, 05:32 The heatwaves were up to 4C hotter across cities compared to a world without climate change, the study from the World Weather Attribution group of researchers said. Picture: Alamy Climate change tripled the number of...

Climate change blamed as deaths during recent heatwaves tripled

Climate change blamed as deaths during recent heatwaves tripled

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Cedric Masondo | Tackling South Africa's growing insurance protection gap

Cedric Masondo | Tackling South Africa's growing insurance protection gap

09-07-25 / Cedric Masondo Cedric Masondo | Tackling South Africa's growing insurance protection gap In the town of Mthatha, a week of unprecedented rainfall has left a trail of devastation: More than 100 lives lost, thousands displaced, and roads...

Foreign Policy: How the DA's Lobbying Agenda Undermines South Africa's Sovereignty

Foreign Policy: How the DA's Lobbying Agenda Undermines South Africa's Sovereignty

Clyde N.S. Ramalaine|Published 1 minute ago 7min Clyde N.S. Ramalaine Structural inequalities, racialised identities, and a legacy of economic exclusion have always shaped South Africa’s domestic politics. Yet a more insidious trend has emerged in...

RE100, NBI launch recommendations to bolster renewable energy in South Africa

RE100, NBI launch recommendations to bolster renewable energy in South Africa

Global corporate renewable energy initiative RE100 and South African sustainable growth and development coalition the National Business Initiative (NBI) on July 8 launched their joint 'South African Policy Recommendations for Renewable Energy'...

Thousands gather for opening of IFAT Africa and analytica Lab Africa 2025 in Midrand

Thousands gather for opening of IFAT Africa and analytica Lab Africa 2025 in Midrand

International and cross-sectoral collaboration will be key to addressing South Africa’s water and infrastructure challenges, according to speakers at the official opening of the fifth edition of IFAT Africa and the third analytica Lab Africa,...

Fighting to Breathe: How the ERA Coalition is Driving Environmental Justice

Fighting to Breathe: How the ERA Coalition is Driving Environmental Justice

Across Africa, communities are facing a growing storm - climate shocks, land degradation, toxic pollution, and unchecked resource exploitation are threatening lives and livelihoods. Yet in the face of these mounting crises, hope is rising in the...

Algeria Deepens Trade Ties With Other African Countries As It Gears Up For Africa's Biggest Marketplace

Algeria Deepens Trade Ties With Other African Countries As It Gears Up For Africa's Biggest Marketplace

(MENAFN- APO Group) Algeria is working towards increasing its share of trade with other African countries by tapping into opportunities created by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). In a keynote address during the Algeria...

2040 Emissions Target: Where EU’s Climate Policy Is Headed

2040 Emissions Target: Where EU’s Climate Policy Is Headed

This article is based on content provided by agencies participating in the European Newsroom (ENR), including the Bulgarian News Agency. It looks as if the EU is slowly inching away from its green targets in favour of defence spending and revving...

British International Investment Commits £1.09bn To African Firms

British International Investment Commits £1.09bn To African Firms

British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has committed £1.09 billion to African companies in 2024 to create jobs, reduce aid dependency and combat the climate emergency. The sum was...

Insurance Biz Africa launches pan-African Insurance Webinar Series

Insurance Biz Africa launches pan-African Insurance Webinar Series

09-07-25 / Duty Editor Insurance Biz Africa launches pan-African Insurance Webinar Series Johannesburg, South Africa - Digital news publisher, Insurance Biz Africa, is proud to announce the launch of a series of pan-African webinar sessions, whose...

London heatwave killed 263 people – with climate change to blame for most, study says

London heatwave killed 263 people – with climate change to blame for most, study says

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

The alarming state of South Africa’s rangelands: 90% degradation and its impacts

The alarming state of South Africa’s rangelands: 90% degradation and its impacts

An estimated 90% of South Africa’s rangelands are degraded. In many of our communally managed rangelands, poor land and livestock management is threatening livelihoods and biodiversity and degrading strategic water catchments, thereby contributing...

How philanthropy can supercharge climate adaptation finance

How philanthropy can supercharge climate adaptation finance

As deadly and destructive climate impacts are felt around the world, the need for measures to cope with and respond to the effects of climate change—known as adaptation and resilience—is growing. Extreme events such as searing heatwaves and...

COP30 president: Transition from fossil fuels can start without climate talks

COP30 president: Transition from fossil fuels can start without climate talks

When it comes to the most important thing to curb climate change – moving away from planet-heating fossil fuels – governments have done enough negotiating, and their focus now should be on putting what they already agreed into practice, Brazil’s...

Lms Hosts The Green Climate Fund

Lms Hosts The Green Climate Fund

GCF to fund climate change projects Lesotho By: Kananelo Maphenchane MASERU The Ministry of environment and forestry, through Lesotho Meteorological Services, hosted a mission from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), with the purpose of strengthening...

Nigeria Startup Act 2022: Platform for enabling environment for technology-enabled startup?

Nigeria Startup Act 2022: Platform for enabling environment for technology-enabled startup?

•How it affects new companies Startups have become a major player in the economy of Nigeria. Indeed, it is said that the Nigerian Startup ecosystem outranked other African nations in the last few years; dominating the African Startup sector in...

Strategic Global South Push by India: PM Modi aims to bolster influence of Bharat in Africa and Latin America

Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a high-stakes diplomatic tour from July 2 to July 9, 2025, spanning five nations across Africa, the Caribbean, and South America, with a significant appearance at the BRICS Summit in Brazil. This strategic...

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