Nuclear vs Renewable – A sane view Filmed for Cape Town Television (7.30pm Monday and repeated Friday 10.30am) and released here on Mother Channel. Jason Sole provides a thought provoking mind experiment on what could be termed the evolution of electricity generation and an urgent need for sanity when deciding ...
Read More »Douglas (david) Vs SA Banks (GOLIATH) ~ Game On….
In an exclusive interview with Advocate Douglas Shaw, (BSc(Hons) BA(Hum) BA (Open) LLB MLIA(dip) MCP NLP(Mast) and NBCSA member, who has lodged a landmark constitutional challenge against South Africa’s big four banks to the value of R60bn, in a bid to obtain redress for ‘sale in execution’ affected clients as ...
Read More »Hemp for Building Materials, Paper, Wood, Furnishings, Fabric, Health but Suppressed by Law? Part 1.
After centuries of use of the non hallucinogenic cousin of marijuana – HEMP, the last hundred years the amazing benefits of this plant have been kept off our shelves by the manipulation of the law to lump it with marijuana as “undesirable”. Tony Buddens who has to bring hemp products ...
Read More »Hemp for Building Materials, Paper, Wood, Furnishings, Fabric, Health but Suppressed by Law? Part 2.
After centuries of use of the non hallucinogenic cousin of marijuana – HEMP, the last hundred years the amazing benefits of this plant have been kept off our shelves by the manipulation of the law to lump it with marijuana as “undesirable”. Tony Buddens who has to bring hemp products ...
Read More »BioEnergy Future?.. A ‘Fossils Exit-Strategy’ for the World….Leave fossil fuels in the ground!
At the World BioEnergy Association (WBA) Press conference held at COP 22 in Marrakech, Bharadwaj Kummamuru – Project Officer for WBA ~ Biofuels and Bioenergy Projects introduced the panel of speakers who discussed the role of Bioenergy as detailed in the Paris Agreement. Dr Heinz Kopetz, former WBA president and current ...
Read More »Transport Systems ~ Actions against Negative Effects!
Mother Channel interviews Ms. Maddy Churchhouse, final year undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh, and Hired Consultant at the Sustainable Low Carbon Transport Partnership with PPMC (Paris Process on Mobility and Climate) at COP 22, Marrakech. The PPMC joins Michelin Challenge Design in order to promote quick action in the ...
Read More »Potential for Regional Power Interconnection and Networks ~ a Global Assessment.
COP22 – Potential for Regional Power Interconnection and Networks ~ a Global Assessment. Electricity transmission is a key enabler of a clean energy system. Given the versatile and efficient nature of electricity for end‑user applications, electricity demand has been growing more rapidly than overall energy consumption. Decarbonisation is expected to ...
Read More »COP 22 ICAO INTERNATIONAL AVIATION REDUCING EMISSIONS
This video is from the Cop22 in Marrakech in November 2016. Press conference ICAO International civil aviation organisation’s plan to reduce emissions to help reach the maximum1.5c target. The executive secretary along with the president of the international civil aviation organisation were in attendance to talk about lowering emissions and ...
Read More »‘InsuResilience’~a Pro-Poor focus for Climate-Stressed and Vulnerable peoples
David Hewitt of United Nations University Institute ~ Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), introduces speakers with interdisciplinary expertise on Climate Analytics, Risk Management and Insurance from the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) for the launch of their latest policy report entitled, ‘Making Climate Risk Insurance work for the most vulnerable : ...
Read More »COP 22 Global Goal on Adaptation for NDC’s
As a follow up on the agreed Global Goal on Adaptation requirement as per Paris agreement, panel speakers, Mr Harjeet Singh (Action Aid), Mr Sandeep Chamling Rai (WWF Intl.) and Mr Sven Harmeling (Care Intl.) present and speak on the launch of their Global Goal on Adaptation report and the ...
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