Author Archives: Hugo

Implementing capacity development for disaster risk reduction as a social learning system

Abstract: Climate change can lead to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration and [...]

A fifth of countries worldwide at risk from ecosystem collapse as biodiversity declines

Among G20 economies, South Africa and Australia top the rankings of fragile Biodiversity and Ecosystems [...]

Help Needed for Vulnerable Households in rural areas of ‘The Oaks- Mametja’ (Limpopo Province)

South Africa has been in lockdown since late March and we have started to see [...]

AWARD Launches the RESILIM [Olifants] RESOURCE PACK!

AWARD is approaching closure of the USAID:RESILIM O programme this month. As a celebration of [...]

2021 World Food Summit in Jeopardy: Civil Society Calls for A Review

Since the 1996 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s (FAO’s) World Food Summit [...]

Drought Update: Flows in the Lower Olifants River reach alarmingly low levels

Flows in the lower Olifants River are declining rapidly and have reached alarmingly low levels. [...]

Mpumalanga Wetland Forum Newsletter

Each year, 2 February is celebrated as World Wetlands Day to mark the adoption of [...]

Expect higher than normal temperatures

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains in a moderate El Niño state and the forecast [...]

Mpumalanga Air Quality Court Action

Environmental activists are dragging the government to court over its alleged poor progress in cleaning [...]

SA at the bottom of the pile in transition towards clean energy

Highly dependent on fossil fuels and ranked 114 by World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index, [...]