Environmental phenomena such as climate change and its manifestations, including extreme weather events, are featuring more prominently on the risk radar of investors, banks and commercial farmers, as agricultural activity intensifies in order to provide sufficient food for a growing population https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/rooting-for-resilience-2021-07-09
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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
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
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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
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The SA Aghulas II has arrived at the Antarctic ice shelf!
