Keyword: Copenhagen Climate Conference

Backsliding and Slipping Away: Are We Blowing Our Climate Change Obligations?

Picture: idansimpson Glenn Ashton - The South African government is quietly disclosing information about a seismic shift in our national climate change policy. The 15th September communiqué from the new Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs reinforces this, in stating that our medium term response to our energy crisis is a continued reliance on coal, with a long-term shift away from fossil fuels. Long term? Have we got the time? Unchecked climate change holds an unthinkable threat not just to people but also to...