Voters largely say no to a return of Trump’s politics and the candidates he backed take multiple blows...

South Africa’s ambition is to build a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economy. Thisambition depends on the extent to which the country is able to shift from its heavy dependenceon coal to low-carbon activities (mitigation) and to address the growing risks presented byclimate change (adapt and build resilience). This low-carbon path and adaptation must bepeople-centered, creating jobs and protecting the poorest in the most unequal society in theworld (just transition)....

Going into COP27, SA needs to think what it can bring to markets and how to leverage those advantages...

UK premier argues land should be for ‘fantastic produce’ from livestock or crops and ‘shouldn’t be full of solar panels’...

Africa needs to think strategically and position itself properly for supply chain capture...

I was walking down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC this week when I winced on seeing the latest consumer price index (CPI) report showed US inflation had risen unexpectedly. Our hopes for linear improvement were dashed....

There’s a powerful opportunity before us. As mining groups scramble to build renewable energy capacity, effective policymaking and taxation can leverage this shift to finance a just energy transition....

Effects are manifest over a range of processes: droughts, heat, river transport and food production...

Steps must be taken to guard against resulting drop in productivity...

Implementing measures to enable resource sharing is key to minimising the effects of the game of dominoes started by Vladimir Putin...

At the start of the year, JPMorgan analysts took a bullish stance, noting that “the world is likely to have entered its fifth commodity supercycle since the start of the 20th century”. By definition, a supercycle lasts for a minimum of 10 years. But this rise didn’t last long — prices for key industrial metals have already begun collapsing to 18-month lows — a trend that is likely to continue as we eye a looming recession....

Climate change was driving up inflation before the Russian invasion of Ukraine took place...