[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_video src=”https://youtu.be/6RlxySFrkIM” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”5px|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false”] If someone asks you to picture where greenhouse gases come from, images of smoggy traffic jams or billowing smokestacks are likely to spring to mind. But your dinner? Probably not so much. Your…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_video src=”https://youtu.be/DkZ7BJQupVA” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] When Per Espen Stoknes looked at polls going back to 1989 assessing the level of public concern about climate change in 39 different countries, he found a surprising pattern in the data. “Incredibly…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwXzxIseXZY&t=25s” image_src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/09/1_40m3hyk4-1.jpg” thumbnail_overlay_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.6)” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] Meat may be meeting its match, as more and more South Africans are experimenting with vegetarian and vegan lifestyles. Veganism — which entails cutting out all meat and animal-derived products, such as dairy, eggs and honey…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/ed-harvey-9RZlFXzrANI-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”ed-harvey-9RZlFXzrANI-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] Like an increasingly large number of Africans, you’ve decided that paying nearly $5 for gasoline isn’t your idea of a good time.  So, with all the due care and attention that goes with car buying,…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/yonko-kilasi-juex154AuVA-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”yonko-kilasi-juex154AuVA-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] If 2020 teaches us anything, it’s that the next crisis we could have prevented is probably right around the corner, and it will be painful. A pandemic that scientists warned was very likely to occur arrived and has…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/09/scientific-2040795_1280.jpg” title_text=”scientific-2040795_1280″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] When scientists struggle to communicate with the public, they often respond by doubling down: more data, more charts, more lines of evidence. But sometimes you don’t need more science; you just need three minutes with…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/yonko-kilasi-juex154AuVA-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”yonko-kilasi-juex154AuVA-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] Africa faces the twin challenge of ensuring improved environmental quality and a climate resilient economy in the post Paris era. The engine expected to drive Africa’s decarbonisation is the city, with its large population accounting for 40…

Cities are always changing, but rarely as fast as this huge experiment changing how we all live, for better or worse