Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries can reduce hunger Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry. It also harms Earth’s climate by generating methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Food loss and waste accounts for […]
Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate change – EQ Mag
Boston (US) : Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry. It also harms Earth’s climate by generating methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Food loss and waste accounts for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. […]
India key partner in fight against Climate Change: EU climate chief – EQ Mag
As international locations start making ready for a crucial yr for local weather motion, the European Union sees India as an necessary associate for enterprise measures to deal with local weather change and decelerate international warming, Frans Timmermans, man accountable for European Green Deal, has mentioned. There was a “actual change” within the relationship between […]
Chief secretaries discuss 5 key China challenges – EQ Mag
Five key challenges posed by China were taken up at the chief secretaries conference that discussed ‘global geopolitical challenges’ and India’s possible response to the same across economic, educational and energy sectors. ET gathers that military aggression as seen in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh, water-related issues like implications of China’s mega hydel power plants, economic […]
Climate Change: 2022 was the fifth warmest year on record after 2015, says NASA – EQ Mag
Due to Earth’s continuous warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit above the average for NASA’s baseline period, which is from 1951-1980. Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 was the fifth warmest on record, according to a report by NASA. Due to Earth’s continuous warming trend, global temperatures in […]
How carbon materials can improve solar power, green hydrogen and battery technology – EQ Mag
Carbon has a (justifiably) bad reputation for its role in climate change. You’ve heard we need to reduce our carbon emissions, our carbon footprint, our carbon miles. That’s certainly the case, but this is typically carbon that is emitted into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, methane and soot. Other carbon materials also need a bit […]
Is Indonesia serious about stopping climate change and boosting renewable energy?(commentary) – EQ Mag
Is Indonesia serious about making a renewable energy transition? A new op-ed argues that it is not, as the government and banks continue to permit and fund electricity sources reliant on fossil fuels. “Will we as citizens remain silent when the government is not serious about carrying out the energy transition agenda?” the writer wonders. […]
What 2023 Holds for the Fight Against Climate Change – EQ Mag
This is what the first 20 episodes of Bloomberg Green’s Zero podcast tell us about the future of climate action. A lot happened in 2022, with Russia’s war on Ukraine throwing a spanner into a global economic machine that was just getting back into gear. And, as has become a recurrent theme on our warming […]
Will Global Emissions Plateau in 2023? Four Trends to Watch – EQ Mag
A slow economy, clean energy spending, electric vehicles and heat pumps could offset coal combustion to level carbon emissions The world’s emissions have seesawed in recent years, plunging in 2020 amid pandemic-induced lockdowns only to rebound in 2021 and likely edge even higher in 2022. Experts say 2023 could be the start of an emissions […]
Environmentalist Seeks Adoption Of Renewable Energy – EQ Mag
An environmental expert, Mr Gafar Odubote, has tasked Nigerians on adaptation and adoption of renewable energy to address climate change effects. Odubote, the Network Coordinator, Let’s Do It World (LDIW) Africa Region, an environmental non-profit organisation, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos. Odubote said the fight […]