August, 2016

• 11 August

  COP 21 ROBERT MADJITA NGO ON INNOVATIVE FARMING PROJECTS UGANDA

  

  COP 21 PARIS. Robert Madjita Deputy Director of EMELEE Environmental Management NGO Uganda speaks on, innovative agriculture pilot project in Uganda using efficient techniques for crops and animals using drought resistant plants. Construction of water efficient irrigation systems.

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• 11 August

  COP 21 – Prof. Braga, Mr. Holmgren, Mr. Alifal – The Importance of Water

  

  The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: The Importance of Water in Climate Change, Prof Benedito Braga (Secr. for Sanitation and WAter Resources, Sao Paulo), Torgny Holmgren (Executive Director SIWI), Charafal Alifal (Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment) – and Question Time

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• 11 August

  COP 21- Alex Malawi, Global Water Partnership, Sweden

  

  The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Alex Malawi, Global Water Partnership, Sweden, Country Water Stores and Water Security The Global Water Partnership is an Intergovernmental Organisation, that supports countries to water security. They are a partnership organisation composed of different other partners, that come from ...

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• 11 August

  COP 21 KC GOLDEN-CLIMATE SOLUTIONS & JAKE SCHMIDT-KPMG GLOBAL COMMITTMENT TO CLIMATE ACTION

  

  COP 21 PARIS. KC Golden from Climate Solutions and Jake Schmidt from KPMG speak on Washington State commitment to Climate Action and discouraging investments into fossil fuel industries. The Clean Energy Revolution is here and implementation of renewable energy is rapidly being implemented. Moving away from a dirty carbon based ...

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• 10 August

  COP 21 Dr. James Hanson on global carbon injustice and major carbon emitters

  

  COP 21 PARIS. Dr. James Hanson speaks on the Atmospheric composition, carbon cycle & that we should be aiming for a 350PPM CO2 target. Ocean warming and Ice melt. How can climate Justice be achieved with North-South injustice. Fossil fuel power generation emissions causing air, water pollution and with global ...

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• 9 August

  Breakthrough products and the emergence of the green economy

  

  This week Jason Sole discusses some breakthrough products (see links below),the emergence of the green economy. This can be seen as a call to all entrepreneurs to start the development of products that will supply the new world economy. Mercedes develops EV Truck: https://techxplore.com/news/2016-07-electric-truck-news-stuttgart-pollution.html China reaches peak coal:https://www.carbonbrief.org/iea-china-might-have-passed-peak-coal-in-2013 Supermeat.com, Indiegogo campaign ...

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• 8 August

  The Microplastic Invasion of the Oceans

  

  Jason Sole covers the microplastics cycle, its impact on the oceans and ocean life and the surrounding science link ups that are emerging. Here are some of the links discussed: Microplastics in general: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/microplastics-microbeads-ocean-sea-serious-health-risks-united-nations-warns-a7041036.html Banning of plastic bottles: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/san-francisco-bans-sale-plastic-water-bottles-climate-change Super bacteria at Rio Olympics: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-superbacteria-exclusive-idUSKCN0YW2E8 Bacterial immunity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_resistance Mediterranean chemical problems: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/004896979504719X Plastic Islands in ...

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• 8 August

  Meat without killing animals

  

  This is the release for Supermeat.com. Its a really novel concept and they require your support. Check out the following links for more information on how to have meat without killing animals:   We are now LIVE on IndieGogo: bit.ly/SuperMeatCampaign Introducing Supermeat, the groundbreaking solution that’s about to change the ...

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• 2 August

  COP 17 Reducing Inequality Of Ipcc Mitigation Model

  

  COP 17 DURBAN. Speaker on reducing the IPCC mitigation, adaptation and other inequalities between developed and developing nations. Global non-sustainability and inequality of the business as usual model. Green climate fund status to finance global mitigation measures.

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• 2 August

  COP 16 Peter Swift -Intertanko, Ship Ind. Emissions & Mitigation Measures

  

  COP 16 CANCUN. Dr. Peter Swift, Intertanko, speaks on global Shipping Industry CO2 emissions and outlines Industry measures being undertaken to mitigate global shipping emissions.

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