Lorenzo Perissinotto in the Field
Lorenzo Perissinotto, Professor of Marine Biology, Zoology and Entomology at Rhodes University, South Africa, in the field discussing species, in particular invertebrates, and their environment.
COP 20 Korean Climate Change Impacts, Trends and Adaptation
Presenters from Korea Adaptation Centre for Climate Change (KACCC) speak on Korea’s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation efforts, including International Cooperation for Adaptation, at COP 20, Lima, Peru. Currently the degree of climate change on the Korean Peninsula is greater than the global average, even with Korean Government’s strong commitment, the fight against climate change […]
UK Pavilion Green zone – Side event on Climate readiness – Ocean based adaptation and mitigation
A panel discussion on the current and future potential role of the ocean in adaptation and mitigation of climate change and potential uncertainties. These include protection, expansion and location of marine carbon sinks (blue carbon), use of small scale algal farming to enhance local fishers’ adaptive capacity to ocean acidification, large scale capture and storage […]
Carbon Reduction – Al Gore
COP 20: Al Gore was optimistic about the agreements being reached. He spoke about the inadequacies of GDP at measuring the most important economic realities that we face, for example depletion of natural resources, the production of pollution and other negative externalities. In addition, positive externalities such as social inequality, healthcare, communication and networking are […]
COP 21 – Joachim Pilz – Spiritual Consciousness – Raising for Climate Change
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Joachim Pilz, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University – Spiritual Consciousness-Raising to Reverse Climate Change
Prof Jan Glazewski – UCT
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 9 – Prof Jan Glazewski – Environmental and Maritime Law – UCT SA – 31 countries and 200 participants at the symposium – very important step towards dealing with fish crime.
Solutions
It is already too late for any gradual transition – especially since action to save the world still depends on the whim of individual countries, organisations and industry. YET Minimum Immediate Actions to Curtail and Reduce Green House Gases: • Stop production of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel sources. • Stop methane produced from […]
COP 16 RADM.Titley – Global Warming, Polar Ice Melt, Rising Sea Levels, Ocean Acidification
COP 16 CANCUN – US Navy RAdm. David Titley, speaks on global warming, polar ice melts, oceans absorbing 85% of atmospheric heat generation and ocean acidification through CO2 absorption.
COP 22 Methane Emissions in Livestock ~ Managing Impacts
A Q&A Discussion Panel of experts from Uruguay, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Costa Rica and Brazil, address the issues of mitigation impacts in livestock production systems and share how they are managing their measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems in terms of livestock emissions and to identify practical innovations for the collection and coordination of activity data […]
SOILS OF AFRICA ~ SOIL CARBON AND HEALTH WITH PROF. RATTAN LAL
At COP 22 Agriculture Day – Science to Action presentation, Prof. Rattan Lal of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Centre at Ohio State University, speaks on the Sustainable Management of Soil Carbon and Soil Health in Africa and the establishment of soil thresholds in the root zone of Africa. In addressing soil carbon and soil […]
Helen Zille – Sustainable Development
Helen Zille, Premier of Western Cape speaks about Africa having leapfrogged the industrial revolution and headed straight for sustainable technology. Innovations coming out of Africa are excellent for combating the problems that have arisen from the Industrial Revolution in the rest of the world.
We need an Energy Revolution
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: Energy Revolution to Solve Climate Change
Mining – Gunter Pauli
Gunter Pauli discusses Mineral Wealth and the need to rethink minerals as an engine for development
Law Enforcement – Panel and Discussion
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 18 – Small Scale Arrests should be followed up, Regulations and Skills are essential, SA and USA have a strong law enforcement culture but other African countries do not.