Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“It’s simply not true that to stop global warming we have to stop using fossil fuels: what we have to do is stop dumping the carbon dioxide they generate into the atmosphere.” “All Kusile Power Station, South Africa: The deal reserves a role for “transitional fuels” – widely interpreted to mean natural gas.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

He said the fight against global warming was “the most important story of our political time” and delivering successful action to combat climate change also “means a free world order”. “Nationalism is on the rise and this is a dangerous trend,” said Habeck, adding that the energy transition will only succeed “if we stick together”.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

However only 26 companies have plans to phase out coal – which significantly hampers international efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 Vicky Sins, Decarbonisation and Energy Transformation Lead, said: “We cannot keep 1.5

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

Mt) and Europe (12 Mt), while Africa and Oceania generated 2.9 Other key findings from the Global E-waste Monitor 2020: Proper e-waste management can help mitigate global warming. per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Asia and Africa were much lower: 5.6 Mt, followed by the Americas (13.1 Mt and 0.7

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We now have less than seven years to cut emissions in half in order to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C, the limit scientists say is necessary for averting some of the most dangerous climate impacts. 2022 saw flooding, drought and severe.

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Grist

JUNE 13, 2023

Climate change is involved, but natural variations in global weather, and an unfortunate dose of serendipity, are also at play. Global warming itself hasn’t suddenly accelerated this year,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a live briefing on Monday.

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Grist

JULY 20, 2023

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. A recent Georgetown University study found them moving upward in sub-Saharan Africa at the rate of 21 feet per year.

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

The detrimental effect of global warming on worker productivity is already having a tangible impact on global labour markets and economic growth, according to a major new report from the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

CTL burns some of its CH 4 to produce CO 2 and steam (since CH 4 has 21 times the global warming potential of CO 2 ) and sends the rest to a thermal power plant with which it partners. The Caieiras landfill has a biogas-fueled thermal power plant, where methane (CH 4 ) from decomposing organic matter drives electricity generators.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2023

That’s about 95 percent of the amount needed to be removed annually to ensure global warming remains below 1.5 According to the study, keeping global warming below 1.5 In Africa, every increase of 100,000 animals in the Serengeti raises the amount of carbon sequestered by 15 percent. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

They warn that if the trend is left to continue and food production systems are not reformed to cut harmful fertiliser use, the world will fail to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, established in 2015 to stave off the worst and most devastating impacts of global warming.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

Danone’s size as a major global dairy company provides a significant opportunity for impact. Cutting methane emissions is the most immediate opportunity we have to slow the global warming rate and prevent irreversible damage to the planet. This is a step-change for the food and agriculture sector – and for the planet.

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Business Green

APRIL 17, 2024

But what is less clear is how this global warming will translate into increased weather extremes and how these extremes will then impact hugely complex human infrastructure, agricultural systems, and the economies they underpin. However, the study remains beyond sobering.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In contrast, if we don’t limit global warming to below 2°C, 5 million fewer energy jobs will be created. According to the new study, many regions will gain energy jobs in the transition, including countries throughout Asia (except for China), North Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the United States and Brazil.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2022

Sharma is in Washington DC to attend the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF where he will attend a series of meetings with finance ministers, including from India, Indonesia, and South Africa, heads of MDBs, and US Climate Envoy John Kerry. The South Africa Just Energy Transition partnership is a great example of this.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Global warming and shifts in agriculture are helping mosquitoes to thrive and spread West Nile virus to Europe from Africa.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Production Gap report reveals governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The announcement came as the retailer unveiled an expanded partnership with the Fairtrade Foundation and Fairtrade Africa aimed at supporting communities vulnerable to the growing impacts of climate change in its supply chain. Chris Oluoch, programmes director of Fairtrade Africa, welcomed its expanded partnership with the retailer. "Co-op

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Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Insects fared better in the Amazonian region, Africa, Western Australia, and Eastern and Central Europe, while achieving less protected area coverage in North America and South and Southeast Asia. The study also found notable disparities in the proportions of insect species covered by protected areas across different regions of the world.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In Indonesia this number drops to nine per cent; in South Africa six per cent; and in India as low as five per cent. With global warming making some regions uninhabitable during the hot season - particularly for vulnerable populations of elderly citizens and those with chronic diseases - cooling solutions will become essential.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In Asia and Africa, building stock is expected to double by 2050. Global material use is expected to more than double by 2060, with a third of this rise attributable to construction materials. “The Some small progress, but not enough.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Global wildlife populations fell 69% between 1970 and 2018, according to the World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund) in its Living Planet Report. Africa recorded significant wildlife and biodiversity loss at 66%; Asia-Pacific noted a 55% loss.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

This land-use change contributes to the climate crisis, but the atlas shows rangelands will also suffer from global warming. million km2) is now used to produce crops.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Rising heat and humidity caused by climate change is expected to significantly dampen labour productivity throughout the world, with costs to the global economy potentially reaching up to $1.6tr each year from lost working hours if global warming exceeds levels of around 3C, fresh scientific analysis suggests.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In island n ations that are losing their homes to sea-level rise, and in other highly vulnerable countries, there were bitter pills to swallow after global commitments to cut emissions fell far short of the goal to keep global warming to 1.5 More South Africa deals, please. degrees Celsius (2.7°F). billion from the U.K.,

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Food production, processing, packaging, and transportation all have an impact on global warming. Just think about this: According to WEP, consumers in wealthy nations squander nearly as much food annually as is produced in sub-Saharan Africa every year. We waste too much of it, and that is the issue. Ways To Decrease.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

But global warming might be the death of it. Australia and Africa each have at least 100,000 rock art sites, some stretching back 28,000 years. Indigenous rock art has survived tens of thousands of years. As extreme weather events like fires, cyclones, floods and erosion intensify, rock art fades and disappears.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2023

That’s about 95 percent of the amount needed to be removed annually to ensure global warming remains below 1.5 According to the study, keeping global warming below 1.5 In Africa, every increase of 100,000 animals in the Serengeti raises the amount of carbon sequestered by 15 percent. degrees Celsius (2.7

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Related: NYC Metronome clock now displays deadline for irreversible global warming The climate clock forms part of the backdrop in which the United Nations General Assembly began its meeting in New York on Monday. “ Africa needs countries like the U.S.—that billion promised this year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Climate change is "landing blow after blow on humanity" yet the world is still failing to mobilise the hundreds of billions of dollars of investment needed to better prepare for and guard against the myriad worsening impacts of global warming. These impacts are being experienced at just 1.1C

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 12, 2021

Related: Polar bears could go extinct in 80 years if global warming persists In their pledge, the countries have agreed to reserve at least 30% of the planet’s land and water as natural habitats. The coalition’s pledges have been applauded but also met by some criticism from various environmentalists.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It is estimated that today’s policy ambitions and targets would likely lead to global warming of around 2.7C Dr Fatima Denton, United Nations University – particular expertise in natural resource management, especially in regards to Africa.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

It underlines that, while the severity varies significantly across countries and climate scenarios, worst impacted will be developing countries along the equator that have contributed the least to the current state of global warming and which often rely on reef tourism and fish stocks to sustain local livelihoods and ensure food security.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

New analysis warns national climate targets for 2030 point to dangerous warming of 2.4C, as rush for LNG capacity risks further undermining chances of meeting goals of Paris Agreement. Projected global warming in 2100 based on national climate targets announced to date remains at a worryingly high 2.4C

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project polled about 26,000 people in 25 countries during July and August. It found that respondents held humans as the culprits of global warming by a ratio of more than three to one. South Africa was right behind, with 60% yay and 12% nay.

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Grist

MARCH 3, 2022

Climate change is already having “widespread, pervasive impacts” on people everywhere in the world, a new report from the scientific panel says, due to the warming that has occurred so far — roughly 1.09 Global warming doesn’t only affect humans by changing the weather and melting the ice caps, the report warns.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The report also reveals that air quality funding is distributed unequally, with countries hardest hit by air pollution in Africa and Latin America receiving only five and 10 per cent of aid funding, respectively. We urgently need more funding, stronger targets and better collaboration to deliver clean air, for all our sakes.".

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