A digest of interesting news about climate change from around the world, compiled by us.
How to Survive in an Ever-Warming World
'The challenges posed by manmade heat cannot be tackled by technology and design alone, argue Antonella Mazzone & Radhika Khosla.' (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) >
ClearVue Solar Glazing
'Save on heating and cooling whilst creating clean energy at site from your windows.' 'Peer reviewed paper concludes ClearVue clear vision solar glass delivers consistent energy generation performance and significant energy offset in first-ever long-term study.' (ClearVue Technologies, Perth, WA) Field Performance Monitoring of Energy-Generating High-Transparency Agrivoltaic Glass Windows >
Climate Emergency Defined
'In the context of an increasing number of ‘climate emergency declarations’, and the accelerating adoption of the term ‘climate emergency’, this paper (by Paul Gilding) explores the concept.' (Break Through Online, National Centre for Climate Restoration) >
Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change brings social, environmental and economic impacts. 'Climate change affects everything. It’s already putting pressure on our planet—on people and other living things, on economies and on governments.' (The Australian Museum, Sydney) >
Biodiversity Conservation
Statutory review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW) 'The purpose of the review was to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms remain appropriate for securing those objectives.' The independent review panel was led by Dr Ken Henry AC - former Commonwealth Treasurer and subsequently National Australia Bank head. (Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Government) >
Halting Australia's Extinction Crisis
'Australian governments list threatened species and proffer commitments to recovering them. Yet most of Australia's imperiled species continue to decline or go extinct and a contributing cause is inadequate investment in conservation management.' (The Society for Conservation Biology) >
The Earthshot Prize
'The Earthshot Prize was designed to find and grow the solutions that will repair our planet this decade.' 'From inspiring leaders, passionate activists and brilliant innovators to forward-thinking cities and countries making a real difference, learn about our extraordinary group of innovators from 2021 and 2022.' (Founder and President: Prince William, UK) >
Electric Motor Cycles, Affordable for Africans
Budget priced and reliable electric motor cycles affordable for Africans. 'The Roam Air is designed both for urban and rural environments, with years of research and months of development dedicated to building the optimal electric motorcycle for the region.' (Roam Air, Kenya) >
Crowd Funding Enables Prevention of Oil Spill
United Nations diplomat David Gressly sought Crowd Funding to avoid a derelict oil tanker 'FSO Safer' from breaking up and spilling 1.14 million barrels of oil into the Red Sea. Crowd Funders donated more than $75 million to avert disaster. A firm of Marine Salvage experts was engaged to complete the work. For the story, see the salvage firm's website ... (Boskalis, Papendrecht, Netherlands) >
Cleaning the Ocean
'We aim to clean up 90% of floating ocean plastic pollution' (The Ocean Cleanup, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) >