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Decarbonisation through an African lens – COP CAS student blog

Decarbonisation through an African lens – COP CAS student blog

by rrf105 | Nov 11, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy

By Chris Pesso  The Oil and Gas Industry, over the past decades, has significantly contributed to the rise of CO2 emissions. The time has arrived for these companies to start funding the development of new technologies towards renewable energy. For this purpose, a...
Daraja: The weather bridge for early action in urban communities – COP CAS student blog

Daraja: The weather bridge for early action in urban communities – COP CAS student blog

by rrf105 | Nov 11, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy

By Laura Reeves and Nerea Ferrando Jorge DARAJA means bridge in Swahili which is fitting as this project aims to bridge the gap between urban communities and weather agencies, in order to make 1 billion people safer from climate disasters by 2025. DARAJA stands for...
Bringing nature onto the table at COP27 – COP CAS student blog

Bringing nature onto the table at COP27 – COP CAS student blog

by rrf105 | Nov 10, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy

By Alex Moores, Chris Wyver, Rana Ozturk and Shammi Akhter We are approaching the halfway mark of this year’s COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and the key discussion threads are still developing even as negotiations begin to get underway. While much of the first few...
No climate justice without human rights – COP CAS student blog

No climate justice without human rights – COP CAS student blog

by rrf105 | Nov 10, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy

  By Rana Ozturk, Alex Moores, Chris Wyver, Shammi Akhter “Justice will not be served up on a platter, we will have to take it.” -Yeb Saño This year at COP many people have spoken up about the issue of Climate Justice. We all live on this warming planet together...
Regulation of plastic industry to combat climate crisis – COP CAS student blog

Regulation of plastic industry to combat climate crisis – COP CAS student blog

by rrf105 | Nov 10, 2022 | COP, COP CAS, COP27, Front page news, Walker Academy

By Shammi Akhter, Alex Moores, Chris Wyver and Rana Ozturk The plastic industry is a carbon and fossil-fuel-intensive sector. People consume around 60 million plastic bottles every hour and only 9% is recycled1. More than half plastic produced ends up in waste....
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