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The Washington Post headlined what this paper has been reporting for days: Africa is absorbing the worst of a war it did not start, cannot influence, and was not invited to prepare for.
The WMO's State of the Global Climate report confirms the last 11 years are the hottest on record and Earth's energy imbalance is at a 65-year high.
A Houthi missile attack on Israel and renewed threats against Red Sea shipping have pushed maritime insurance premiums to their highest level since the crisis began.
FF Plus documented empty pumps across the Western Cape while the Department of Mineral Resources insisted supply is 'stable,' and diesel prices jumped R6 per liter in a single day.
War risk insurance premiums for Hormuz transit now run approximately 5 percent of vessel value, turning the strait into a financial blockade even where physical passage remains possible.
Earth.Org's weekly climate digest includes a new UN report on planetary warming acceleration — published during the week fossil fuels became more necessary, not less.