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Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition, says Gates 18/9/2024
Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition, says Gates Malnutrition is the world's worst child health crisis and climate change will only make things more severe, according to Microsoft-co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates. ...more
Improved process should accelerate tire recycling 18/9/2024
Improved process should accelerate tire recycling Evonik wants to help make rubber materials from scrap tires easier to re-use in the manufacture of new automobile tires. So far, the suitability of recycled rubber has been very limited because its chemical structure hampers interaction with new tire materials. A team of researchers at Evonik has now made a key step forward with a process that could make it possible to use up to four times as much recycled rubber in new tires as in the past. “That brings us much closer to the key targets of sustainability and resource efficiency in this sector,” says Christian Mani, Project Manager Circularity at Evonik. ...more
The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi, in Collaboration with the Yas SeaWorld® Research & Rescue Center, Successfully Rehabilitated and Released 10 Greater Flamingos from Al Wathba Wetland Reserve 17/9/2024
The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi, in Collaboration with the Yas SeaWorld® Research & Rescue Center, Successfully Rehabilitated and Released 10 Greater Flamingos from Al Wathba Wetland Reserve The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD), in partnership with the Yas SeaWorld Research & Rescue Center Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, has successfully rehabilitated 10 greater flamingos rescued during February’s harsh weather event effected by Al-Mizr low pressure at the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve. Heavy rains were accompanied by exceptionally large hail showers, which greatly affected the reserve. ...more
UK to appoint nature envoy for first time 17/9/2024
UK to appoint nature envoy for first time The UK government is planning to appoint a special envoy for nature for the first time, as the foreign secretary, David Lammy, seeks to put the UK at the centre of global efforts to tackle the world’s ecological crises, the Guardian has learned. ...more
India gets $386 billion funding for renewables target; Reliance, Adani pledge commitments 17/9/2024
India gets $386 billion funding for renewables target; Reliance, Adani pledge commitments Reliance and Adani, India's two biggest conglomerates, and other firms committed to help the country reach its goal of 500 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy by 2030, while financial companies vowed $386 billion in funding, the renewable energy minister said on Monday. ...more
Italy's central bank backs helping poorer countries fund energy transition 17/9/2024
Italy's central bank backs helping poorer countries fund energy transition Italy's Central Bank governor Fabio Panetta on Monday threw his weight behind a plan to help poorer countries reduce their carbon emissions, saying it would ultimately reduce the overall cost of the energy transition. ...more
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? 17/9/2024
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But as the rise of artificial intelligence creates ever bigger energy demands, it’s getting hard for the industry to hide the true costs of the data centers powering the tech revolution. ...more
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami 16/9/2024
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami A landslide and mega-tsunami in Greenland in September 2023, triggered by the climate crisis, caused the entire Earth to vibrate for nine days, a scientific investigation has found. ...more
EU Car Lobby Mulls Two-Year Delay of 2025 Emissions Targets 16/9/2024
EU Car Lobby Mulls Two-Year Delay of 2025 Emissions Targets The European Union should use emergency regulation to delay its 2025 emissions targets for automakers by two years, according to a draft proposition from the industry lobby seen by Bloomberg. ...more
Indonesia to cut subsidised fuel sales to limit pollution, official says 16/9/2024
Indonesia to cut subsidised fuel sales to limit pollution, official says Indonesia plans to upgrade the quality of subsidised and polluting fuels, while also selling them to fewer vehicles, in a bid to improve the air quality in the capital Jakarta and other big cities, a senior government official said. ...more
 
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