EU RENEWABLE ENERGY
Landmark moment as EU Renewables overtake Fossil Fuels. ...'tracking Europe’s electricity transition was published on 25th January 2021. It revealed that renewables overtook fossil fuels to become the EU’s main source of electricity for the first time in 2020.' (Ember and Agora Energiewende, London) >
LIVING PLANET REPORT (WWF) 2020
Bending The Curve of Biodiversity Loss (WWF-Australia, Sydney) >
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION REPORT 2020
Adaptation Gap Report 2020 - released January 2021 (United Nations Environment Program Adaptation Gap Report) >
Australia's Nationally Determined Contribution
Australia's target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 'Australia’s First Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, in accordance with UNFCCC decision 1/CP.21, December 2020'. (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Bonn, Germany) >
Environmental Performance Index
'The 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world. Using 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the EPI ranks 180 countries on environmental health and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy targets.' (Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy) >
Increasing trends in regional heatwaves
'Heatwaves have increased in intensity, frequency and duration, with these trends projected to worsen under enhanced global warming.' (Nature Communications journal) >
Annual climate statement (Australia) 2020
'Australia's fourth-warmest year on record, with the annual national mean temperature 1.15 °C above average.' (Bureau of Meteorology, Canberra) >
Recovering Gold from Electronic Waste
Challenges and opportunities in the recovery of gold from electronic waste. (Royal Society of Chemistry article)
E-Waste Recovery Systems
Their claim: Process Machine Company present E-Waste recycling and refining solutions as a turn-key. Our company can provide until [up to] 10 ton per day E-waste recycling and refining system. >
Boliden's Rönnskär smelter
Their claim: Boliden's Rönnskär smelter in northern Sweden is one of the world's largest recycler of metal from electronic material. The facility also minimizes its emissions and generates electricity and district heating from electronic material.
