The Gathering, Earth Edition brought together experts across business, science, civil society and politics to address the greatest threat to humankind: the climate crisis. Delve into our collection of articles and replays.
The Gathering: Earth Edition brought together experts across business, science, civil society and politics to address the greatest threat to humankind: the climate crisis. Delve into our collection of articles and replays.
South African citizens should not lump all the blame on every business for harming the environment but should take responsibility themselves for ensuring companies acted sustainably.
The final panel at the Daily Maverick’s The Gathering: The Earth Edition, explored the unfolding Sixth Extinction, which is being fuelled by climate change. This extinction has been unfolding for tens of thousands of years, since homo sapiens left Africa and eliminated much of the planet’s megafauna. But the keynote address ahead of the panel brought home the depressing fact that we have known for decades what to do to arrest the emissions that are burning our planet.
It’s become so bad, says Maanda Alidzulwi, that he is now being called ‘the shit champion’. He shared his frustrating experiences policing the environment with attendees at The Gathering: Earth Edition on Friday, 26 May.
Gift of the Givers CEO Dr Imtiaz Sooliman reflects on the effects of the climate crisis and the commitment of people to helping others.
Artificial intelligence is having its moment. But it’s all about striking a balance when we use AI as a tool to help tackle our climate crisis, experts say.
For many young people facing the prospect of a rainbow nation in ashes, climate activism is a crucial space for expression and recognition. It is a platform to be heard as the leaders of tomorrow… and today.
In a keynote address at Daily Maverick’s first Earth Edition of The Gathering, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said South Africa’s interrelated energy and environmental crisis was an opportunity, not a threat. He outlined five arguments for decarbonisation. The panellists who spoke after his address shared his argument for hope.
Law is a powerful tool for achieving transformative change, change that is imperative if we are to prevent degradation of the Earth’s ecosystems beyond the point at which they are able to deliver the services on which we so depend.
Ahead of her performance at The Gathering: Earth Edition, the artist formerly known as Zolani Mahola explains how she became an advocate for the protection and preservation of the environment.
We need to work as Team Humanity to have a chance of attempting the near-impossible feat of engineering our very future, this time for the good of every single one of us — a real first for our modern, selfish times.
Absa is proud to announce its support of The Gathering: Earth Edition, Daily Maverick’s first sustainability and climate-crisis-focused conference, and the extension of its sponsorship of Our Burning Planet, Daily Maverick’s climate-change and environmental journalism unit.
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