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Geoengineering Rears Its Ugly Head — Again

March 8, 2024 admin Bill McKibben, climate change, geoengineering, make sunsets, research, unep, zeke hausfather

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:00:36 +0000

Geoengineering is a way of reflecting some of the sun’s rays back into space in order to cool the Earth. It’s a long shot at best.

The post Geoengineering Rears Its Ugly Head — Again appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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First International Day Of Zero Waste Asks Us To Look Within To Address Global Pollution Crisis

April 3, 2023 admin events, HEALTH, recycling, unep, Waste, waste reduction, zero-waste

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:05:32 +0000

“The waste crisis is undermining the Earth’s ability to sustain life. Waste costs the global economy billions of dollars each year,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said.

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Extreme Wildfire Risks Predicted in New UN Report

February 23, 2022 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, HEALTH, unep, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:45:04 +0000

A new UN report titled “Spreading Like Wildfire” hopes to spur governments to mitigate the ominous threat of increasing wildfires over the next decade.

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Fika Mobility Wants To Jumpstart The Kenyan Electric Motorcycle Market With Battery Swap Model

February 18, 2020 admin africa, autonomous vehicles, batteries, battery swapping, bicycles, bodawerk, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, diani, east africa, electric bikes, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev battery swapping, ev charging, gogoro, Kenya, kilifi, lithium-ion batteries, malindi, mombasa, motorcycles + scooters, nakuru, rift valley, sustainable transport africa (sta), unep, watamu

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:10:21 +0000

According to the Motorcycle Assemblers Association of Kenya, there are currently about 600,000 commercial motorcycles in Kenya. Motorcycle taxis, known as Boda Bodas, are extremely popular, as commuters use them to whiz through Nairobi’s infamous traffic. Boba Bobas are also widely used in Kenya’s coastal resort towns, like Malindi, Watamu, Kilifi, Diani, the city of Mombasa, Rift Valley towns like Nakuru, and the inland port city Kisumu in Western Kenya

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Renewable Energy Investment Over Last Decade Tops $2.5 Trillion

September 17, 2019 admin bnef, clean power, global renewable energy investment, green economy, investment, renewable energy investment, Solar energy, unep, united nations environment programme, wind energy

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:45:14 +0000

Figures published earlier this month by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have shown that global investment in new renewable energy capacity between 2010 and 2019 is on course to exceed US$2.6 trillion — led by the solar industry which is expected to end the decade with more gigawatts of power capacity installed than any other generation technology.