Climate change in south africa

The US government should throw its muscle behind ramping up a mammoth, rapid rollout of all forms of renewable energy. That includes the ones we already know how to build—like solar and wind—but also experimental emerging sources like geothermal and small nuclear, and cutting-edge forms of energy storage or transmission. It’s not as if the feds have done nothing on renewables; tax credits for solar are partly why adoption is up and the price is down. But compared to the terrifying scale of the problem, the spending has been chump change. For the past 40 years, the US has spent 37 percent more on R&D for fossil fuels than for renewables. … [Read more...] about Climate Change Needs an Operation Warp Speed

UNEP called for a drastic scale-up of public and private finance for adaptation projects, claiming “climate-linked disasters” mostly impact  developing nations, and despite promises to help out financially, richer countries still aren’t hitting their funding targets. … [Read more...] about U.N. Demands Payments for Climate Schemes as Biden Readies for Return to Paris Agreement

The Southern African region is the hardest-hit area in Africa in terms of the number of cases, followed by the Northern African region, according to the Africa CDC. … [Read more...] about Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 3.23 mln: Africa CDC

“The co-benefits from that kind of investment would be massive. Because if you are trying to make housing zero carbon then you are investigating in really good insulation and carpets and possibly really good solar power on the roof,” Stephenson said. … [Read more...] about Government declares climate emergency and looks to clean own house

At the meeting, the city leader expressed his pleasure at good friendly and cooperative relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands, especially since the establishment of the diplomatic ties in 1973 and strategic partnership relations in water management and climate change adaptation in 2010. The Netherlands is currently the major trading partner and the eighth largest foreign investor of Ho Chi Minh City with 153 projects having the total investment capital of nearly US$2 billion. On the base of the desire to strengthen the mutual cooperation in the fields of climate change adaptation and sustainable agricultural development, HCMC has made efforts to materialize the potential cooperation, notably the public-private partnerships (PPP) initiative for the Sustainable Greater Ho Chi Minh City Flood Protection Scheme. As for Mr. Elsbeth Akkerman, she highly appreciated achievements of Ho Chi Minh City in the fields of urban infrastructure and public transport development.  … [Read more...] about Netherlands ready to support HCMC in projects against flooding