While no one weather event can be linked directly to climate change, these types of extreme weather events are predicted, by climate scientists, to become more severe as the world warms.

Coal has devastating impacts on human health the world over, and Standard Bank’s glaring omission tells us that while there are cleaner energy sources available, they’d prefer to pollute our lungs with coal power, although perhaps a bit more efficiently than before.

Nedbank is now the first Africa based bank to use their financial might to cut ties with the coal industry.

As climate change or climate breakdown increases, storms like Idai will become more intense. The longer it takes us to address development and reach development goals, the greater the impact of these events will be.

Following years of portraying themselves as a green bank, Nedbank has demonstrated their willingness to Make Change Happen and address…