For those who are perhaps confused by all the conflicting claims about climate change and want to find out what's really going on, New Scientist has put together a special on climate myths.
Why? Because time is running out. We need to be debating how to achieve the drastic cuts in CO2 emissions that are required to reduce our impact on the climate, not wasting time endlessly rehashing a debate that was largely settled half a century ago.
Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
18 May, 2007
17 March, 2007
Talk by Sir Nicholas Stern ...
On Thursday last, as the provincial representative on the National Climate Change Committee, I was lucky enough to attend a talk at the DBSA, Midrand, by Sir Nicholas SternA really interesting talk and very interesting discussion with the audience afterwards
You can download the actual report and associated reviews here
Passing through Johannesburg International Airport (O.R. Tambo Airport) was the evidence of last weekend's Cape Argus Cycle Race - boxes and boxes of bicycles transported free by SAA on the new cut rate airline MangoThis year just over 30 000 cyclists from around the globe participated in the world's largest timed cycle race, including familiar names and faces like Nicholas Laidler, Francois Pienaar and tandem partner, Lucas Radebe, as well as Tour de France greats, Greg LeMond, Jan Ullrich and Steven Rooks.
22 January, 2007
Western Cape Climate Change Website ...
The Western Cape Provincial Government has commisioned OneWorld Sustainable Investments to develop a Provincial Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan.OneWorld has created a Western Cape Climate Change Website where information about climate change in the Western Cape is available.
There is also an on line bulletin board with all the latest news about the project such as announcements of workshops. You can also register there as a project stakeholder.
16 January, 2007
The Carbon Footprint of a Cheeseburger ...
How much carbon does your cheeseburger habit create?
At 2.85-3.1 kg of CO2 (equiv) per burger, then, that's 428-465 kg of greenhouse gas per year for an average American's burger consumption.
Follow the link, it's an interesting read.
For a real education you must read the 34 odd 'blog reactions' or comments. See the bottom right of the post in question - green text.
At 2.85-3.1 kg of CO2 (equiv) per burger, then, that's 428-465 kg of greenhouse gas per year for an average American's burger consumption.
Follow the link, it's an interesting read.
For a real education you must read the 34 odd 'blog reactions' or comments. See the bottom right of the post in question - green text.
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