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US EPA’s controversial Climate Crisis report is full of lies and mistakes

Ben Aris in Berlin August 25, 2025

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a controversial report in July claiming the effects of the Climate Crisis were overblown. A fact check by Carbon Brief found it is full of lies and errors.

Mapping global drought risk - Statista

Anna Fleck for Statista August 24, 2025

By 2050, more than 1.6bn people, including almost 20% of the African population, will be exposed to severe and extreme droughts, if a pessimistic scenario plays out, according to a report by INFORM Climate Change.

Forest carbon credits are facing a reckoning over albedo risks

bne IntelliNews August 24, 2025

Planting trees should reduce the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere right? Well, its not so easy as that. Trees also provide shade and prevent sunlight from reaching the ground that could reflect it back into space, cooling the plant.

More than 20 African countries exploring potential of nuclear energy – IAEA report

bne IntelliNews August 19, 2025

African countries are working to expand electricity access and production, with many turning to nuclear power to boost energy security, cut emissions, and improve reliability and sustainability.

The unintended consequence of Trump's tariffs is pushing BRICS together

Ben Aris in Berlin August 13, 2025

President Donald Trump’s tariff salvo aimed at some of the BRICS economies is in danger badly of backfiring on US interests by driving the more moderate members of the world’s leading emerging economies into the anti-Western Sino-Russian alliance

South Africa's African Bank recovers from 2014 collapse, eyes JSE return in 2027

bne IntelliNews August 12, 2025

CEO Kennedy Bungane said African Bank has bounced back, adopting a business model embracing traditional and modern banking channels. "It is that knowledge that propels us towards an IPO."

ASP Isotopes set for Johannesburg listing, will acquire Renergen, advance uranium enrichment plans with NECSA

bne IntelliNews August 12, 2025

Nasdaq-listed ASP Isotopes plans to list on the JSE and acquire 100% of South Africa’s only onshore helium and LNG producer while advancing uranium enrichment plans with NECSA.

INTERVIEW: Former US official on America's lost authority as Global South acts on Gaza

Marco Cacciati August 8, 2025

As Gaza's death toll passes 61,000, nations meeting in Bogotá pledge concrete measures to halt arms flows to Israel. Ex-US official Annelle Sheline, who resigned over Washington's Gaza policy, calls it a turning point for the Global South.

US effective tariff rate at 17% after July duties adjustment - Fitch

bne IntelliNews August 5, 2025

The United States’ effective tariff rate (ETR) has settled at 17% following the latest reciprocal duty announcements on July 27 and July 31, according to Fitch Ratings.

US DoE muddies the ClimateCrisis waters with report downplaying the emissions problem

Ben Aris in Berlin August 2, 2025

As part of the Trump administration’s attempts to take the Climate Crisis off the agenda, the US Department of Energy has released a report downplaying the impact of fossil fuels on global warming.

South Africa reduces policy rate to 7% from 7.25%

bna Johannesburg bureau August 1, 2025

South Africa's central bank has cut the country's key interest rate by 25 basis points to 7%.

IMF corrects growth forecast upwards – Statista

Katharina Buchholz for Statista July 31, 2025

Despite uncertain market conditions amid the Trump administration's tariff regime and major global conflicts, the International Monetary Fund has upped its global economic growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 slightly, Statista reported on July 30.

Trump to kill US Climate Crisis commitment by gutting the EPA of its powers

Ben Aris in Berlin July 29, 2025

The Trump administration will end any pretence of trying to fight the accelerating Climate Crisis with a plan to gut the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its authority and end its core programmes to reduce emissions.

IPCC releases dire sixth climate update in run-up to COP30

Ben Aris in Berlin July 25, 2025

“Any further delay in global action to slow climate change and adapt to its impacts will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all”.

USAID funding cuts have disrupted crucial Demographic and Health Surveys in 23 countries, says OWID

bne IntelliNews July 25, 2025

Demographic and Health Surveys that provided crucial data on health, mortality and development in many lower- and middle-income countries were funded by USAID, but are no more.

ICJ declares healthy environment is a human right in landmark climate ruling

Ben Aris in Berlin July 24, 2025

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a historic advisory opinion recognising a clean and sustainable environment as a human right, declaring that states which fail to curb emissions may be in violation of international law.

Earth overshoot day is already long past – Statista

Felix Richter of Statistia July 24, 2025

July 24 marks this year's Earth Overshoot Day, the day that humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds the resources Earth can regenerate within that year, Statista reports. That day has already long passed.

Brazil to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ

bne IntelliNews July 23, 2025

Brazil is set to formally join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in a move likely to ratchet up international legal pressure on Tel Aviv over the Gaza conflict.

World has less than three years to avert worst climate impacts, scientists warn

bne IntelliNews July 22, 2025

A new global climate report warns that the world is on the brink of irreversible damage. The findings come amid sluggish international action ahead of COP30.

COMMENT: Can BRICS deliver beyond the rhetoric? experts weigh in

Ricardo Martins in Utrecht July 22, 2025

BRICS has evolved from an emerging economies club into a coalition Trump sees as threatening enough to warrant tariffs. Experts reveal tensions between China's dominance and multipolar goals, with institutional gaps but growing Global South support.

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