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12 June 2022

Legislation

Notices

GN 2136 in GG 46506 of 6 June 2022 – Department of Science and Innovation: A New Pathway 2030: Catalysing South Africa’s NSI for Urgent Scaled Social and Economic Impact: A Review of South Africa’s Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Institutional Landscape (HESTIIL) published

Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 – Gen Notice 384 in GG 44761 of 25 June 2021 – Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA): List of bargaining councils that have been accredited by the CCMA for conciliation and/or arbitration and/or inquiry by arbitrator for the period 1 June 2022 to 30 June 2026 published

Gen Notice 1063 in GG 46471 of 3 June 2022 – List of private agencies that have been accredited by the CCMA for conciliation and/or arbitration and/or inquiry by arbitrator for the period 1 May 2022 to 30 June 2025 published

Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act 27 of 1998 – BN 284 in GG 46471 of 3 June 2022 – Municipal Demarcation Board: Notice containing maps of boundaries of all municipalities published

Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 – GN 2129 in GG 46471 of 3 June 2022 – Borrowing Powers of Water Boards listed under Schedule 3 Part B of the Act published

National Nuclear Regulator Act 47 of 1999 – GN 2128 in GG 46471 of 3 June 2022 – Fees for nuclear authorisations payable to the National Nuclear Regulator of South Africa for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 published

National Railway Safety Regulator Act 16 of 2002 – Gen Notice 1066 in GG 46471 of 3 June 2022 – Regulations on Notifiable Railway Occurrences, 2022 published

Gen Notice 1067 in GG 46471 of 3 June 2022 – Railway Safety and Security Regulations, 2022 published

Provinces

Eastern Cape

Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 – Gen N 60 in PG 4755 of 7 June 2022 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality: Informal Trading By-law, 2022 published and previous by-laws repealed

Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000; Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 and Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 – PN 305 in PG 4757 of 9 June 2022 – Senqu Local Municipality: Notice of approved Annual Operational and Capital Budget and Integrated Development Plan for 2022/23 published with effect from 1 July 2022

KwaZulu-Natal

Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 – PN 243 in PG 2409 of 8 June 2022 – Umlalazi Local Municipality: Designation of Whip of Council, Chairperson of Municipal Public Accounts Committee and eight Executive Committee Members as full-time councillors published

Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 – PN 244 in PG 2410 of 8 June 2022 – Jozini Local Municipality: Designation of three Executive Committee Members, Whip of Council and Chairperson of Municipal Public Accounts Committee as full-time councillors published for comment

Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 – MN 148 in PG 2411 of 9 June 2022 – Nongoma Local Municipality: Resolution levying property rates for the financial year 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 published with effect from 1 July 2022

Mpumalanga

Division of Revenue Bill, 2022 – PN 161 in PG 3381 of 27 May 2022 – Mpumalanga Provincial Treasury: Notice of budget of each hospital for the 2022/23 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) published

Division of Revenue Bill, 2022 – PN 164 in PG 3381 of 27 May 2022 – Mpumalanga Provincial Treasury: Notice of transfers made to each school for the 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) published

Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 56 of 2000 – LAN 170 in PG 3381 of 27 May 2022 – Emakhazeni Local Municipality: Standing Rules of Order published and previous Standing Rules of Order repealed

Limpopo

Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 – PN 242 in PG 3274 of 3 June 2022 – Sekhukhune District Municipality: Appointment of Tribunal members and readiness of Joint District Municipal Planning Tribunal published

Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 – LAN 372 in PG 3274 of 3 June 2022 – Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality: Notice to establish a Municipal Planning Appeal Tribunal published

Western Cape

Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 – LAN 22333 in PG 8607 of 10 June 2022 – Stellenbosch Local Municipality: Admission of Guilt Fines published

Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 – LAN 22334 in PG 8608 of 10 June 2022 – Resolution levying property rates for the financial year 1 July to 30 June 2022 published with effect from 1 July 2022

LAN 22335 in PG 8608 of 10 June 2022 – Cederberg Local Municipality: Customer Care, Credit Control, Debt Collection, Indigent and Tampering Policy published with effect from 1 July 2022

LAN 22336 in PG 8608 of 10 June 2022 – Cederberg Local Municipality: Property Rates Policy 2022/2023 published

LAN 22337 in PG 8608 of 10 June 2022 – Cederberg Local Municipality: Tariff Policy published

LAN 22338 in PG 8608 of 10 June 2022 – Cederberg Local Municipality: Credit Control, Debt Collection and Indigent Support By-law published and Customer Care, Credit Control and Debt Collection By-law published in PG 7077 of 24 December 2012 repealed

LAN 22339 in PG 8608 of 10 June 2022 – Cederberg Municipality: Property Rates By-law published and previous by-laws repealed

LAN 22340 in PG 8608 of 10 June 2022 – Cederberg Local Municipality: Tariff By-law published

Northern Cape

Northern Cape Traditional Leadership and Governance and Houses of Traditional Leaders Act 2 of 2007 – Prem Notice 2 in PG 2509 of 3 June 2022 – Appointment of a commission to inquire into traditional leadership dispute of Batlhaping Boo Phuduhutswana Baga Jantjie published and Prem Notice 1 in PG 2470 of 20 December 2021 replaced

Spatial Planning & Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 – MN 87 in PG 2511 of 6 June 2022 – Frances Baard District Municipality: Establishment of a District Municipal Planning Tribunal published

Gauteng

Local Government Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 – LAN 899 in PG 208 of 3 June 2022 – City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality: Dolomite Risk Management By-law published

North West

North West House of Traditional Leaders Act 3 of 2009 – Proc 43 in PG 8364 of 8 June 2022 – Rules regulating the election of members of the Provincial House of Traditional Leaders published

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CASES

National

The MEC: Northern Cape Provincial Government: Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Another v The Renosterberg Local Municipality and Another (803/2021) [2022] ZANCHC 34 (31 May 2022)
[1] This is an urgent application launched by the Member of the Executive Council for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Northern Cape province, (“the MEC”) seeking an interim relief to stay the execution of the judgment obtained by Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (”Eskom”) against the Renosterberg Local Municipality (“the municipality”) pending the finalisation of the main application launched by the MEC to compel the municipality to declare a formal dispute with Eskom as envisaged in sections 41 and 42 of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 13 of 2005, (“the IGRFA”).
[2] On 20 May 2022, the South African Municipal Workers Union (“SAMWU”) launched an urgent application to intervene as an interested party and to be joined as the second applicant in the present application and in the pending main application issued out of this Division of the High Court under case number 603/2022.
[3] Eskom opposed the intervention application. At the hearing of this application and following arguments, this Court granted SAMWU leave to intervene as sought, hence its citation as the second applicant herein.
[4] The main protagonist of the underlying dispute involved in this application , the municipality, opted not to participate in the present application. The relief sought by the MEC and SAMWU is opposed by Eskom.

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Publications

National

Water Research Commission. Report no. SP 153/21. Towards the Blue-Green City: Building Urban Water Resilience. Available here.

International

Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Sustainable Development Report 2022: From Crisis to Sustainable Development, the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and beyond. June 2022. Available here.

Sobenes E, Mead S and Samson B (eds). The Environment Through the Lens of International Courts and Tribunals (TMC Asser Press The Hague 2022). Available here. (Not open-access)

Meriläinen A and Lehtinen AA “Re-articulating Forest politics through “rights to forest” and “rights of forest”” 2022 Geoforum 89-100. Available here.

European Network on Debt and Development. Skilling up on UNFCCC COP processes A guide for development finance and debt organisations. May 2022. Available here.

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News, Blogs, Discussions, Websites, Videos, ETC

South Africa

Biodiversity, Protected Areas, Culture

Daily Maverick: Begg A “The Rhino Report is a vital tool in combating poaching — if Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife pays attention” 9 June 2022

CapeNature: “Celebrating the launch of the Berg Estuary as a Ramsar site” 8 June 2022

CapeNature: “Thought-provoking insights at annual CapeNature Conservation Review” 8 June 2022

Department of Forestry, Fisheries & The Environment: “Stakeholders pledge to work together to address the issue of baboon management in the city of Cape Town” 8 June 2022 (more in SAnews)

GroundUp: Human L “Volunteers gets their hands dirty to rescue endangered plants” 7 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Sgqolana T “Experts seek answers for bronze whaler shark strandings on Eastern Cape beach” 7 June 2022

GroundUp: Hendricks A ““We have so many artists in Khayelitsha” — owner of township art centre hopes to expand” 7 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Blackman M “While millionaires and politicians fiddle, South African art and culture burns” 5 June 2022

Climate Change and Energy

Mail&Guardian: “How to solve the Eskom headache in your home” (subscription required) 12 June 2022

News24: Omarjee L “How South Africans can be motivated to sell back power to the grid” 11 June 2022

Engineering News: Burger S “Key questions remain on journey to a just transition in the liquid fuels industry – Crompton” 10 June 2022

Engineering News: Burger S “Sustainable aviation fuels can be a potential green industry in South Africa” 10 June 2022

Mining Weekly: Bulbulia T “Workers must play central role in shaping just energy transition, unions insist” 10 June 2022

Engineering News: Slater D “Nedbank CIB facilitates R10bn loan to realise Harmony’s renewable energy goal” 10 June 2022

Engineering News: Arnoldi M “SAWEA appreciates President’s energy reform efforts” 10 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Planting S “Eastern Cape’s Thyspunt nuke power plant site a no go for now, says regulator” 9 June 2022

SAnews: “Government to invest in climate-proof infrastructure” 9 Jun 2022

SAnews: “Government focused on resolving energy deficit” 9 June 2022

SAnews: “Alternative energy generation explored to curb load shedding” 9 June 2022

Engineering News: Arnoldi M “Agriculture sector needs to prepare for incoming carbon tax, ESG guidelines” 9 June 2022

Engineering News: Slater D “Eskom completes 80% of boiler defect rectification work for Medupi and Kusile” 9 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Van Diemen E “The past, present and future of coal-fired power in South Africa” 8 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Evans J “Early warning systems on floods are not enough; climate crisis literacy saves lives – experts” 7 June 2022

Polity: Creamer T “2021 confirmed as most intensive load-shedding year yet as Eskom’s EAF continues to fall” 7 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Van Diemen E “SA lags as more electric cars take to the roads in other parts of the world” 6 June 2022

Polity: Creamer T “Nersa registers 16 more distributed projects to add 211 MW” 6 June 2022

CER: Editor “Climate Change Bill: CER calls for public hearings” 6 June 2022

Environmental enforcement

City Press: Yende SS “Climate change bill needs teeth” 12 June 2022

Polity: “SIU wants more time to probe suspicious Umgeni Water contracts worth R328m” 8 June 2022

Local Government

EWN: Wagiet R “Illegal dumping costs the city of Cape Town over R300m a year” 12 June 2022

EWN: Wagiet R “100km of Cape Town’s sewerage system cleaned in preparation for winter rains” 12 June 2022

GroundUp: Van Zyl A “Setback for Makhado Municipality in access to information case …” 11 June 2022

HeraldLive: “Planned water shutdown extended by two days” 10 June 2022

SANews: “Over R16m to rebuild destroyed houses in Eastern Cape” 10 June 2022

Engineering News: Arnoldi M “Joburg mayor spurs JRA to address inequitable pothole repair” 10 June 2022

HeraldLive: Mann D “Get the lowdown on Nelson Mandela Bay water crisis” 9 June 2022

South African Government: “Water and Sanitation on marginal decline of KZN dams” 9 June 2022

GroundUp: Damba-Hendrik N “Cape Town housing project brought to a halt in protest over jobs” 9 June 2022

EWN: Mokhoali V “Foul Smell Not a Sign of Poor Air Quality: COJ” 9 June 2022

GroundUp: Sizani M “Bad driving, gang violence and a hostage situation: why there’s no water in Smartie Town” 9 June 2022

Department of Forestry, Fisheries & The Environment: “Minister Creecy donates R5 million worth specialised waste management vehicles to Cederberg and Matzikama Local Municipalities in Western Cape” 9 June 2022

GroundUp: Majola N “Some Durban flood victims have been moved four times” 8 June 2022

Mail&Guardian: Bega S “Gauteng premier sees ‘civilisational threat’ of climate change on the horizon” 7 June 2022

GroundUp: Sizani M “Gqeberha township without power since Wednesday” 6 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Ellis E “Business Chamber offers to help fix NMB water leaks spilling 80 million litres a day” 6 June 2022

Mining

Engineering News: Creamer M “Future metals beneficiation bonus on way for already hugely endowed Northern Cape” 10 June 2022

News24: Steyn L “Mining industry raises alarm over port and rail constraints” 10 June 2022

Mining Weekly: Creamer M “Small remaining equity needed for restart of rich old copper mine in Northern Cape” 9 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Stoddard E “The party’s over as mining and manufacturing production crash in April” 9 June 2022

SANews: “Cabinet approves public consultations on illegal metals trade” 9 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Carnie T “6,000 health and environmental ‘time bombs’ still to be defused – Govt decades behind schedule” 8 June 2022

Water, Waste, Oceans and Chemicals

Department of Forestry, Fisheries & The Environment: “Task team appointed to investigate source of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide smell experience by the public in North West and Gauteng” 10 June 2022

SANews: “Blue Deal agreement to combat Crocodile River pollution” 10 June 2022

Mail&Guardian: Bega S “Thirsty days ahead: Day Zero imminent for Nelson Mandela Bay” 10 June 2022

CER: Editor “Community protest as dirty steel giant AMSA fails to clean up” 9 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Ngcuka O “Something rotten this way comes — sulphur stench in Gauteng and North West investigated” 9 June 2022 (more in Mail&Guardian)

Mail&Guardian: Bega S “SA’s poorly-documented mountains are vital water towers for millions of people” 8 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Carnie T “Deadly weights – lead fishing tackle is causing St Lucia’s crocs to lose teeth and suffer anaemia” 8 June 2022

The Conversation: Von der Heyden S “Seagrass meadows: getting to know these unsung heroes of southern Africa’s oceans” 7 June 2022

SANews: “Mchunu intervenes to resolve water challenges in Nelson Mandela Bay” 6 June 2022

Miscellaneous

Mail&Guardian: Machanick P “We can learn good lessons from Australia’s ‘Green wave’ election” 12 June 2022

Biznews: van Tilburg L “Promoting rabbit meat as an equal to chicken” 10 June 2022

SANews: “Public Protector suspended” 10 June 2022

SANews: “SA to participate in agricultural negotiations in Geneva” 10 June 2022

AllAfrica: “Government Prioritising Food, Water and Shelter for Flood Victims” 9 June 2022

SANews: “SA commemorates World Food Safety Day” 7 June 2022

Africa

Biodiversity, Soil, Protected Areas and Culture

The Conversation: Chidozie F “Nigeria has failed to marry its rich cultural diversity and democracy. Can it be done?” 12 June 2022

Institute for Security Studies: “Saving our oceans with Africa’s Great Blue Wall” 8 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Stoddard E “Rwanda’s rhinos are safer than its dissidents” 8 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Samatar AI “History repeats itself in Somalia as famine grips the land amid a failure of political leadership” 8 June 2022

The Conversation: Simon C “Worms in the seas of southern Africa: we’re on a journey to setting the record straight” 7 June 2022

The Conversation: Dechman D and van Toor M “Fruit bats: the winged ‘conservationists’ reforesting parts of Africa” 6 June 2022

AllAfrica: IPS “Africa: The Great Fish Robbery” 6 June 2022

Climate Change and Energy

News24: “Climate: Africa’s energy future on a knife’s edge” 12 June 2022

Engineering News: Arnoldi M “African oil, gas producers can help to create an inclusive energy transition, says McKinsey” 10 June 2022

AllAfrica: IPS “Farmers Adopt Farming As a Business to Beat Climate Change” (Zimbabwe) 10 June 2022

DownToEarth: Pandey K “Nigeria fares poorly in the Environment Performance Index 2022” 9 June 2022

Lexology: TripleOKlaw Advocates “Spotlight: climate change law, regulation and policy in Kenya” 2 February 2022

Environmental enforcement

Lexology: ENSafrica “Africa regulatory ENSight” 2022/05 1 June 2022 (Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé e Príncipe, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

Local government

Mail&Guardian: Mughogho D “Africa’s urbanisation is an opportunity to create great cities” 8 June 2022

Water, oceans, waste and chemicals

Daily Maverick: Willima D “Africa’s Great Blue Wall an opportunity for nations to take ownership of ocean conservation” 8 June 2022

The Conversation: von der Heyden S “Seagrass meadows: getting to know these unsung heroes of southern Africa’s oceans” 7 June 2022

The Conversation: Martin N “Alien species are moving across oceans faster: climate change will accelerate this” 7 June 2022

Miscellaneous

AllAfrica: AfricaFocus “Ukraine, Africa, and Our Planet” 9 June 2022

Lexology: ENSafrica “Africa Business In Brief | Issue 451” 5 June 2022 (Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

International

Biodiversity, Protected Areas, and Culture

The Guardian: Boyle L “Florida ordered to pay $1.2m for killing 160,000 citrus trees” 10 June 2022

The Guardian: Quaglia S “‘Fantastic giant tortoise’ species thought extinct for 100 years found alive” 9 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Pinnock D “Good news for tuskers as Britain bans trade in ivory” 7 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Walters T “Revealed – Why China blocked an Antarctic penguin rescue plan” 7 June 2022

Inside Climate News: St.Martin V “As Animals Migrate Because of Climate Change, Thousands of New Viruses Will Hop From Wildlife to Humans—and Mitigation Won’t Stop Them” 7 June 2022

UN News: “INTERVIEW: ‘Deliver the care our ocean needs – together’, urge co-hosts of UN conference” (World Oceans Day) 7 June 2022

Environment Journal: Hughes G “44% of land requires conservation to protect biodiversity, says study” 6 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Abravitova L “Ukraine in a race to shield and protect its cultural heritage” 5 June 2022

Climate Change and Energy

The Guardian: Freedman E “‘Put money down and help us’: Barbados first female PM Mia Mottley demands rich nations pay for climate crisis” 12 June 2022

The Guardian: Tidman Z “‘No coming back from erosion’: UK coastal towns will need to relocate due to climate crisis” 12 June 2022

The Guardian: Lakhani N “The race against time to breed a wheat to survive the climate crisis” 12 June 2022

The Guardian: Harvey F “Thirty years of climate summits: where have they got us?” 11 June 2022

The Guardian: Helmore E “Climate crisis is ‘battering our economy’ and driving inflation, new book says” 11 June 2022

Reuters: “U.S. urges Brazil to meet ‘very ambitious’ climate goals” 11 June 2022

Reuters: Valladolid M and Del Pozo M “Spain swelters in hottest pre-summer heatwave for 20 years” 11 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Bloomberg “Massive Antarctica glaciers have melted the most in at least 5,500 years” 10 June 2022

The Guardian: Sullivan R “Wind power: New Zealand plans to tax farmers for cow and sheep’s burps” 10 June 2022

The Guardian: Dalton J “Climate change may make popular seafood extinct, study finds” 10 June (subscription required)

Reuters: Chowdhury D “Energy security adds to green transition drive, executives say” 10 June 2022

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Harrisberg K “From Dhaka to Freetown, climate migration puts cities on alert” 9 June 2022

Carbon Pulse: Editor “EU legislators aim to avoid delays in climate reforms after Parliament’s vote rejection” 9 June 2022

World Resources Institute: Zhou L and Higgins H “Investors: Sustainable Finance Demands More than Just Cutting Carbon” 8 June 2022

Reuters: Williams N “Canada launches greenhouse gas offset credits to help tackle emissions” 8 June 2022

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Rowling M “Vulnerable nations demand funding for climate losses, fearing UN ‘talk shop’” 8 June 2022

EcoWatch: Rosane O “World Has 42% Chance of Breaching 1.5 Degrees if Emissions Stopped Today, New Study Finds” 7 June 2022

Clean Energy Wire: Appunn K “Emission reduction panacea or recipe for trade war? The EU’s carbon border tax debate” 7 June 2022

CarbonBrief: Gabbatiss J “Windfarms raise incomes and house prices in rural US, study finds” 7 June 2022

Daily Maverick: Bloomberg “China’s renewable energy fleet is growing too fast for its grid” 6 June 2022

World Resources Institute: Perera A and Jack A “New Ideas to Align Consumers’ Carbon Footprints with Global Carbon Budgets” 6 June 2022

Environmental Enforcement

EcoWatch: Rosane O “Legal Agreement Could Cut Toxic Emissions in Cancer Alley” 10 June 2022

EcoWatch: Jaynes CH “EU Parliament Votes to Ban New Sales of Fossil Fuel-Powered Vehicles Starting in 2035” 9 June 2022

Politico: Posaner J “European Parliament votes to ban combustion engine cars from 2035” 8 June 2022

Reuters: Wacket M “Germany introduces bill to accelerate wind power expansion” 8 June 2022

Lexology: Wolters Kluwer “The Intersection of International Arbitration and Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Sarajevo” 8 June 2022

Jurist: Ethington S “Environmental advocacy group files two lawsuits against California retailers for selling non-recyclable plastic bags” 6 June 2022

Lexology: McMillan LLP “Jurisdictional Battle Over The Environment Continues – Canada’s Impact Assessment Legislation Found Unconstitutional” 25 May 2022

Local government

Inside Climate News: Azhar A “From the Middle East to East Baltimore, a Johns Hopkins Professor Works to Make the City More Climate-Resilient” 8 June 2022

Mining

The Guardian: Hinchliffe J “Wallabies, coal and a town called Dingo: the battle over a Queensland mine proposal” (Australia) 12 June 2022

Reuters: Limachi S “In Bolivia’s Amazon, wildcat gold mining boom stokes tension over environment” 10 June 2022

Water, Oceans, Waste and Chemicals

The Guardian: Carrington D “Cocktail of chemical pollutants linked to falling sperm quality in research” 10 June 2022

Reuters: Sharma G “In Nepal’s capital, piles of garbage put off tourists and residents” 9 June 2022

Reuters: Echeverria L “Cleanup crews trap plastic on Guatemalan river to protect ocean” 9 June 2022

Reuters: Al-Mughrabi N “For the first time in years, Gazans enjoy clean seawater” 9 June 2022

The Guardian: Lu D “Foaming at the mouth: the superworms making a meal of polystyrene waste” 9 June 2022

Reuters: Volcovici V “U.S. to phase out single-use plastic on public lands, national parks by 2032” 8 June 2022

The Conversation: Lavery C “Four novelists, one ocean: how Indian Ocean literature can remap the world” 7 June 2022

The Conversation: Martin N “Alien species are moving across oceans faster: climate change will accelerate this” 7 June 2022

Reuters: Goodwin L, Blondin S and Attwood S “How Can We Make Food Waste Socially Unacceptable?” 7 June 2022

Reuters: Volcovici V “Lawsuits target illegal plastic bag sales in California” 6 June 2022

Mail&Guardian: Bega S “How ‘flying ships’ can slash fossil fuel consumption” 6 June 2022

Miscellaneous

Clean Energy Wire: Wehrmann B “Sustainable investment surge in Germany spurred by expectations of tighter EU regulation” 10 June 2022

Science: Editor “Rename monkeypox strains to remove geographic stigma, researchers say” 10 June 2022

Science: Editor “Dams are supposed to prevent floods. Some may make them worse” 10 June 2022

Science: Editor “In some places, humans and wildlife are ‘business partners.’ The relationships may not last” 9 June 2022

Nature: O’Callaghan  J “Burst of underwater explosions powered Tonga volcano eruption” 8 June 2022

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Conferences, Workshops, Study Opportunities

National

International

Centre for Environmental Law – Law and Nature Dialogue: Legality, Life, and the Normativity of Nature
Date: 16 June 2022 at 13h00 (AEST)
Registration

World Resources Institute – How to Find the Latest Trends in GHG Emissions with Climate Watch
Date: 22 June 2022 at 09h00 -10h00 (EDT)
Registration

LANDac International Conference – Governing land for the future What (r)evolutions do we need?
Date: 29 June – 01 July 2022
Registration

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment – 2022 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Report
Date: 30 June 2022
Registration

Utrecht University – PhD on the Economic Limits to Global Groundwater Use
Closing date: 15 June 2022
More information

Utrecht University- PhD position Achieving transformative action: Discursive spaces for aligning transition narratives of public-private actors
Closing date: 15 June 2022
More information

International Water Management Institute – Postdoctoral Fellow, Water and Climate Policy
The Postdoctoral Fellow, Water and Climate Policy will provide technical expertise for activities associated with water and climate policy analysis and applied, transdisciplinary scientific research in this domain. The postdoc will collaborate with multiple IWMI teams, public sector stakeholders and development partners to develop comprehensive water and climate policy analyses using appropriate research methods and make climate-related recommendations for actions, which have implications for policy and legislation, awareness campaigns, and prospective fundraising approaches, specifically for the Accelerating Impacts of the CGIAR’s climate research in Africa (AICCRA) project implemented in Zambia, and Ukama Ustawi (UU), the Regional Integrated Initiative for East and Southern Africa (ESA) implemented in 12 focus countries.
More information

Professors’ Corner webinar: Who Owns the Water:  Accommodation in Times of Growing Scarcity
Date: June 14, 2022 12:30 to 1:30 ET
The Colorado River and Lake Mead are drying up.  As our water supply continues to shrink in a climate of drought and overuse, resolving the competing claims to this scarce resource between private landowners and between states, may require reshaping the common law rules of prior appropriation and riparian rights and the adoption of new regulatory regimes.  The panelists will offer insight into a rational way forward in this rapidly changing world. The webinar is free and you can register at this link:  https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/web/423434849/

AALS Animal Law Section Scholarship Circle with Angela Fernandez: Animals as Property, Quasi-Property or Quasi-Person
Date: 24 June 2022 at 10AM PT/1PM ET. Online Via Zoom
Professor Fernandez will present her piece for about 20 minutes, followed by audience comments, questions, and discussion. You will receive Professor Fernandez’s work-in-progress at the email address you provide when you register.
Please register here.

International Conference on Air Quality in Africa (ICAQ’Africa 2022)
To be held online on October 11-14, 2022 by the African Society for Air Quality (SAQ).
The conference aims to review the state of air quality studies in Africa and summarize the outcomes of the meeting into a white paper highlighting the current state of air quality activities and requirements within Africa. The conference will see the participation of researchers, specialists and experts from all over the world and that of several international organizations. Papers and presentations will be delivered in both English & French. The conference Scope: The conference particularly welcomes papers related to air pollution. Papers dealing with one or more of the following topics will be considered for the conference:

• Sources and characterization of air pollutants
• Sensors and air quality measurement
• Building and mine ventilation
• Data, modelling and forecasting
• Air pollution and health effects
• Socio-Economic impact of air pollution
• Policy, legislation and regulation
• Environmental protection technologies
• Research, collaboration and innovation
• Education and public awareness
• Environmental impact assessment and justice
• Adaptation and mitigation strategies

Authors are invited to submit their papers (4 pages) relevant to the above topics through the following link: http://as4aq.org/events/icaq-2022. The deadline for paper submission is June 30, 2022. Please kindly use the template provided.  All presented papers will be published in the Conference Book and authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to partnering journals.
If you have any questions, please contact the organizing committee via e-mail: .
More information here.

International Water Management Institute – Postdoctoral Fellow, Water and Climate Policy
The Postdoctoral Fellow, Water and Climate Policy will provide technical expertise for activities associated with water and climate policy analysis and applied, transdisciplinary scientific research in this domain. The postdoc will collaborate with multiple IWMI teams, public sector stakeholders and development partners to develop comprehensive water and climate policy analyses using appropriate research methods and make climate-related recommendations for actions, which have implications for policy and legislation, awareness campaigns, and prospective fundraising approaches, specifically for the Accelerating Impacts of the CGIAR’s climate research in Africa (AICCRA) project implemented in Zambia, and Ukama Ustawi (UU), the Regional Integrated Initiative for East and Southern Africa (ESA) implemented in 12 focus countries. More information.

Pace Environmental Law Review Symposium, Environmental Constitutionalism – Call for abstracts
Date: Friday, October 28, 2022 (Zoom).
Pace Environmental Law Review (PELR) is pleased to announce an upcoming virtual symposium titled “Environmental Constitutionalism” hosted by the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University on Friday, October 28, 2022. The symposium will bring together scholars, advocates, regulators, and policymakers to discuss constitutional environmental rights. Some possible topics and themes for interested scholars to consider writing on include:

• The potential for constitutional environmental rights to advance environmental justice
• Environmental constitutionalism and climate change
• The operation of state environmental rights in a federalist system
• The role of the judiciary and environmental constitutionalism
• Implementation of state environmental rights
• International and comparative law perspectives

To be considered, please email your CV and abstracts to with the subject line reading: PELR 2023 Symposium Issue.
Abstract Submission Deadline (300-500 words): August 5, 2022. To Register for the Symposium as an Attendee, click here.

Announcing the Annual Professor John R. Nolon Student Writing Competition
Entries are encouraged from any law student from now until the final deadline as August 15 2022. This year’s topic is Environmental Constitutionalism. Maximum length, 35 doublespaced pages, 12pt times new roman font (including footnotes, which may be singlespaced, 10pt times new roman font).
To submit, email with the subject line reading: PELR 2023 Writing Competition. Prize Awarded: 1st place: $500 and publication in PELR. 2nd and 3rd place – consideration of publication in PELR. Criteria for judging entries will be organization, practicality, originality, quality of research, clarity of style.

IAIA Online Training Courses
IAIA’s online training courses consist of several live, virtual sessions over a two- to threeweek period. To register for these upcoming courses, click here.

• Resettlement and livelihood restoration (starts 13 June)
• Biodiversity-friendly infrastructure (starts 5 July)
• Effective engagement in impact assessment (starts 23 August)

IAIA Annual Conference 2023: Resilience through impact assessment and leadership
Dates: 8-11 May 2023
Place: Kuching Malaysia – More detail here

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Vacancies, Bursaries, Funding, Opportunities, etc.

National

Mandela Bay Development Agency (Mbda) – Urban Area Manager
Closing date: 15 June 2022
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Mhlathuze Water – Geographic Information Systems Specialist
Closing date: 17 June 2022
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Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) – Project Manager Unit Head
TIPS has established a Project Management Unit to support government and industry in realising the objectives of the Sector Master Plans. TIPS is looking for a Project Management Unit Head.
Closing date: 17 June 2022
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SRK Consulting – Environmental Scientist
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Wildlands Conservation Trust (multiple positions)
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ArcelorMittal – Senior Clerk: Environmental Monitoring/ Environmental Management
Closing date: 20 June 2022
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DFFE – Chief Director: Corporate Legal Support and Litigation
Closing date: 20 June 2022
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DFFE – Legal Administration Officer (Legal Support: NEMA)
Closing date: 20 June 2022
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eThekwini Municipality – Environmentalist: Biodiversity Impact Assessment and Municipal Compliance Branch
Closing date: 24 June 2022
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Oppenheimer Impact Scholarship 2022/24 (Africa)
The University of Exeter and Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation are recruiting an Oppenheimer Impact Scholar to take part in a project on improving information quality for sustainable rangeland management in partnership with Conservation South Africa (CSA).
Closing date: 26 June 2022
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ICLEI Africa – Professional Officer: African Urbanisms
Closing date: 26 June 2022
ICLEI Africa’s growing portfolios of work in African urban contexts require technical support in tracking important African urbanisation and human development trends and indicators. Further, promoting sustainable development in African cities requires people-centred approaches, an appreciation of cultural specificity, and a willingness to explore and embrace futures which may deviate from external or normative development approaches. ICLEI Africa seeks to appoint an enthusiastic, interested candidate who will research and provide insight into varied African urban strategies and trends, while drawing in cultural and creative ways of knowing and being into various ICLEI Africa initiatives.
The successful candidate must have a strong technical background in urban development, economics, systems thinking, socio-technical systems, or African history & culture, while also being able to effectively and creatively communicate technical subjects to diverse audiences. The candidate should have a passion for African art and creative expression. This candidate is expected to (1) support ICLEI Africa teams with information on the latest concepts, trends, challenges and opportunities emerging in African Cities (2) collaboratively curate the thematic areas of the RISE Africa platform, (3) follow up and build relationships with a growing community of African changemakers committed to creative, equitable and sustainable development. Experience and interest in the following areas is required:

• African Urbanism; Sustainable Cities
• Process thinking, events management & logistics,
• Storytelling, Visioning, Futuring, Creative Expression
• Facilitation, Training and Learning Approaches
• Business Development

Strong candidates should be delivery and results-orientated; as well as have a strong city/local government orientation and focus. More information.

Centre for Environmental Rights – Attorney: Pollution and Climate Change Programme
Closing date: 27 June 2022
The Centre for Environmental Rights is looking for a lawyer to join our Pollution and Climate Change Programme. Based in Cape Town or Johannesburg, this position is for an admitted attorney or advocate with 3 – 5 years’ litigation and legal advocacy experience post qualification, and who has a passion for environmental justice and working for the right to a healthy and protected environment to be realised. The successful candidate will have a particular interest in human rights and advocating for climate and environmental justice; effective environmental laws and improved implementation of laws; appearing and litigating on behalf of affected communities, affected individuals, and civil society organisations; and facilitating networking among relevant stakeholders and supporting activists. CER is committed to diversity, inclusion and transformation and strives to reflect South Africa’s racial, cultural, sex and gender diversity within its staff complement. Candidates from historically disadvantaged or marginalised groups are strongly encouraged to apply for this post and will be preferred. More information.

Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) Law Clinic – Candidate Attorneys
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) Law Clinic wishes to fill up to two vacancies for candidate attorneys (CAs). These vacancies will arise on or after 1 January 2023. SERI wishes to contribute to the development of a new generation of human rights lawyers at the national and international level. Accordingly, the positions carry with them significant opportunities for travel and continuing professional training and development. The successful candidate will also join the Bertha Justice Fellowship Programme. You can learn more about that programme on http://berthafoundation.org/lawyers  If you are interested in either of these posts, please send a CV, together with a covering letter to Princess Nkuna at . The closing date for applications is Wednesday 30 June 2022.  More information

DFFE – Chief Director: Environmental Programmes | Pretoria (PTA) and Cape Town
Closing date: 11 July 2022
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DFFE – Chief Director: Governance and Executive Support
Closing date: 11 July 2022
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Bursary applications for water sector now open. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on young South Africans, who want to pursue careers that are in line with water and sanitation core business, to apply for the department’s bursary programme for 2023 academic year. More information here.

Puma Energy – various jobs

FirstRand – Agricultural Manager – Polokwane, Limpopo

Rosstone Consulting – Senior Manager: External Affairs

Moody’s – Associate Analyst – Sub Sovereign

BA Inc – Junior Associate Commercial Attorney

University of the Witwatersrand: CALS Full Time and Part Time In-House Counsel
Closing date:17 June 2022  – more information

University of the Free State: Faculty Marketing Officer (post level 9)
Closing date: 15 June 2022 – more information

Centre for Environmental Rights – Attorney: Pollution and Climate Change Programme
Closing date: 27 June 2022
The Centre for Environmental Rights is looking for a lawyer to join our Pollution and Climate Change Programme. Based in Cape Town or Johannesburg, this position is for an admitted attorney or advocate with 3 – 5 years’ litigation and legal advocacy experience post qualification, and who has a passion for environmental justice and working for the right to a healthy and protected environment to be realised. The successful candidate will have a particular interest in human rights and advocating for climate and environmental justice; effective environmental laws and improved implementation of laws; appearing and litigating on behalf of affected communities, affected individuals, and civil society organisations; and facilitating networking among relevant stakeholders and supporting activists.
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SANParks – Project Manager
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Lecturer: Disaster and Safety Management
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Lecturer: Mine Safety
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JG Afrika – Wastewater Engineer
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JG Afrika – Head of Sustainability & Environmental Sciences
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University of the Witwatersrand – Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Water Engineering
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DFFE – Chief Director: Corporate Legal Support and Litigation
Closing date: 20 June 2022
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DFFE – Legal Administration Officer (Legal Support: NEMA)
Closing date: 20 June 2022
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International

Climate Policy Initiative – Analyst
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Global Water Partnership Southern Africa – Project Coordinator
Closing date: 25 June 2022
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Environmental Justice Fund – Climate Campaigner/Researcher’
Closing date: 30 June 2022
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Centre for Climate Change Innovation – Programme Manager
Closing date 29 June 2022
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C40 Network – Head of Climate Data and Analytics
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Centre for International Law – Research Associate, Oceans Law and Policy Team
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Centre for International Law and Governance (CILG) – Student Assistant
CILG is looking for a new student assistant starting 15 August 2022 (15 hours a week) to support the Centre’s activities. The position is open to students at the Faculty of Law, ideally with at least one year left to study.To apply, please send your CV and a short letter of motivation by 1 August 2022 to Amnon Lev ()

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education – Senior Lecturer in Water Conflict, Cooperation and Diplomacy
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Climate Policy Initiative – Analyst
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Global Water Partnership Southern Africa – Project Coordinator
Closing date: 25 June 2022
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Environmental Justice Fund – Climate Campaigner/Researcher
Closing date: 30 June 2022
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C40 Network – Head of Climate Data and Analytics
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Centre for International Law and Governance (CILG) – Student Assistant
CILG is looking for a new student assistant starting 15 August 2022 (15 hours a week) to support the Centre’s activities. The position is open to students at the Faculty of Law, ideally with at least one year left to study. To apply, please send your CV and a short letter of motivation by 1 August 2022 to Amnon Lev ()

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education – Senior Lecturer in Water Conflict, Cooperation and Diplomacy
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