Carbon capture and storage is one of the tools in the toolkit that needs to be included in the decarbonisation mix if the world is to reduce emissions effectively over a reasonable time horizon.
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A global atlas of freshwater life will use environmental DNA, or eDNA, to tackle the extinction crisis through the eBioAtlas programme, which will gather data at scale to support conservation, unlock investment and inform world biodiversity policy.
Owing to the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in South Africa last year, sustainability consultancy Solid Green altered its processes to assist the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) in meeting its net zero carbon goal by 2030, developing an EcoDistrict methodology for the city.
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/carbon-free-green-city-challenges-2021-06-11
Biodiversity conservation organisation CapeNature is installing a 75 kW solar photovoltaic system at its offices in Algeria, in the Cederberg region of South Africa’s Western Cape.
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/capenature-takes-cederberg-office-off-grid-2021-06-08
South African National Parks (SANParks) has signed a bipartite agreement with French development agency Agence Française de Dévéloppement (AFD) for funding to preserve biodiversity in South Africa. The AFD is providing €1.85-million biodiversity efforts in South Africa and Reunion Island
Eco Impact can assist with ergonomics risk assessment in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Ergonomic Regulation, 2019.
For the past 50 years, human activities have dramatically reduced biodiversity across the globe. We have, through our actions, extinguished our habitats and reduced populations of plants and wild animals by up to 60% so that today, our natural resources and the species on our planet are under threat – from us. In fact, the negative impact we have made is astounding.
Speaking on the topic of understanding the circular economy in the South African context during a webinar hosted by Creamer Media on May 12, she explained that, in South Africa, the concept of circularity has been spoken of and written about by environmentalists since at least the 1960s.
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/economic-benefits-to-drive-adoption-of-circularity-says-consultancy-2021-05-12
The department said late on Wednesday: “The stench is likely a combination of elevated levels of sulphur dioxide and Hydrogen sulphide.”
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act would be amended within the next three months to increase “the licensing threshold for embedded generation”.https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/state-of-the-nation-2021-2021-02-11
