Many countries, like Norway and the UK, have outlined a strategy to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050. To get us closer to that goal, a new study has revealed the top 10 eco resolutions we should make in 2023 to have the greatest impact on our CO2 emissions, according to green energy experts at Uswitch.com, the […]
Category: Environment & Sustainability
Climate Crisis in Africa Exposes Real Cause of Hunger
Zawadi Msafiri is seen in a withered maize crop field in Kilifi County, Kenya. The drought situation started in 2021. Photo by Dong Jianghui/Xinhua via Getty Images William G. Moseley, Macalester College In the waning hours of the year’s biggest climate change conference – COP27 – we learned of a deal to create a loss […]
Climate Crisis Disrupts the Education of 40 Million Children Every Year
London, UK – The United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) issued a ground-breaking Position Paper today that draws clear linkages between the climate crisis and global education crisis.
Using Art and Song to Help Solve South African Plastic Waste Crisis
A pioneering scheme using street art, theatre and song aims to reduce open dumping and burning of waste as well as increase plastic recycling in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
IFC Announces $25 Million Loan to Support Peru’s Climate Goals
Lima, Peru//-Businesses in Peru will have better access to funding for climate finance, enabling them to improve their environmental footprint, with IFC’s loan of up to $25 million to Banco Interamericano de Finanzas (BanBif), aiming to promote a greener financial sector and greater market sustainability in the country. In addition, the financing package includes $15 […]
928 Million Tonnes of CO2 Released as Consequence of Qatar’s World Cup Investment
According to our calculations, it’s definitely not – 928 million tons of CO2 have been released into the atmosphere as a consequence of Qatar’s massive $220 billion investment.
Bridging Data Gaps Can Help Tackle the Climate Crisis
A famous physicist once said: “When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it”. Nearly 140 years later, this maxim remains true and is particularly poignant for policymakers tasked with addressing climate mitigation and adaptation.
New investigation Reveals Traditional Roast Dinner Contains 230,000 Microplastics
New research by the University of Portsmouth in partnership with Good Morning Britain, has revealed that enjoying just one traditional roast dinner can lead to ingesting 230,000 microplastics (microplastics are any plastics that are smaller than 5mm in size).
Exquisite New Fossils From South Africa Offer a Glimpse Into a Thriving Ecosystem 266 Million Years Ago
A fossilised insect wing with some of its colouration preserved is just one tiny treasure emerging from the site. Rose Prevec Rosemary Prevec, Rhodes University South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country’s rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of bacterial life, […]
BB Energy Launches 200,000 Improved Cookstoves’ initiative in Rwanda
London, UK//- BB Energy (the Group) has announced the launch of its Improved Cookstove (ICS) Project in Rwanda. In partnership with its local subsidiary Société Pétrolière (SP), and local manufacturer Quality Engineering Company (QEC), BB Energy is supplying energy efficient improved cookstoves to rural communities across Rwanda.