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Project launched to define role of finance in South Africa and India’s ‘just transitions’ 
By: Terence Creamer Updated 3 hours ago A new multi-partner initiative has been launched with the aim of defining the role that finance can and should play in supporting both South Africa... →
New report highlights growing financing gap for climate adaptation
By: Terence Creamer 14th January 2021 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is warning that current levels of climate adaptation finance are woefully inadequate to support the... →
Information Regulator engaging with Facebook on WhatsApp privacy policy
By: Thabi Madiba 14th January 2021 South Africa’s Information Regulator said on Thursday that it was committed to ensuring the protection of personal information of South African... →
Trump has been impeached. What happens now?
By: News24Wire 14th January 2021 Donald Trump made history on Wednesday as he became the only United States president to be impeached twice. The US House of Representatives... →
Danish PM to lead IEA commission on making energy transition people-centered
By: Terence Creamer 11th January 2021 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has announced the creation of a high-level global commission, headed by Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, to... →
China says WHO expert panel on Covid will arrive on Jan 14
By: News24Wire 11th January 2021 A World Health Organization team of international experts which is investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic will arrive in China on... →
Ramaphosa says PPE consignment sent to Cuba was from local donors – not the government
By: News24Wire 8th January 2021 President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government has not made any personal protective equipment donations to the government of Cuba. The president was... →
UK extends England entry ban to travellers from 11 African countries for Covid variant
By: Reuters 8th January 2021 The United Kingdom will extend a ban on travellers entering England to southern African countries in a measure to prevent the spread of a new... →
