Electronic waste RAM-ming landfills worth $62bn
A new report shows this is three-times the value of all silver produced each year…
Source: www.energylivenews.com
A new report shows this is three-times the value of all silver produced each year…
Source: www.energylivenews.com
As Guyana begins to exploit its vast oil reserves, are its unique eco-tourism draws under threat? Sarah Reid heads to South America to find out.
Globally, sector of agriculture (crop and livestock productions) accounts for about one-third of gross domestic production (GDP). In addition, agriculture is the main source of income for farmers in most developing countries.
Poland will imposed further restrictions on the import of waste from 1 February as the government steps up its “fight against environmental crime”. The country was the second largest destination of waste from the UK after The Netherlands in the first three quarters of last year, according to the Environment Agency (below). Under the new system, all waste transport to and through covered by the Waste Shipment Regulation, EU 1013/2006 must be registered in the ‘Sent Module’. This was introduced in Poland in 2017 to register goods such as chemicals, fuels and tobacco, and is primarily used to capture tax revenues and reduce crime.
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Anne Finucane of Bank of America in conversation with Stephanie Mehta. Davos Dialogues, a series of editorial panels, videos, and news coverage, is produced in partnership with HCL Technologies….
The major emissions reductions needed to achieve this heavy lift have been recognized. However, these emissions reductions often target the source of emissions. While this is a reasonable approach, additional mitigation opportunities exist beyond the point where emissions are created.Transformational ideas add new climate action possibilities to the table and increase the likelihood of staying under 1.5° C. One set of policy options, in particular, is the circular economy, offering promise for cutting the current emissions gap significantly. Circular economy policies go beyond the source of emissions to socioeconomic practices that create the demand for emissions in the first place. The strategy involves moving beyond the current linear economic models, which extract materials, produce goods, sell them for consumption, and then discard them. Undertaking circular economy strategies can be accomplished while improving livelihoods and economies, and are often attractive from a business perspective. Circular economy models have been embraced by some subnational actors, especially cities; however, they have not been examined in much detail by the international climate community.
A global assessment of the structure and function of the crop microbiome is urgently needed for the development of effective and rationally designed microbiome technologies for sustainable agriculture. Such an effort will provide new knowledge on the key ecological and evolutionary interactions between plant species and their microbiomes that can be harnessed for increasing agriculture productivity.Crop microbiome and sustainable agriculture…