The CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change invites candidates to submit innovative and ongoing projects from across the world in the field of the communication of climate change.
A swift and bold response is needed to address the devastating impact of the climate, health and economic crises. African finance ministers have called for an injection of external assistance of $100 billion each year for the next three years to close the financing gap of more than $345 billion identified by the IMF. Finally, for climate, health, and the economy, one thing is clear: the entire international community must cooperate to reset and rebuild a stronger multilateral framework to respond to global crises and provide equitable, just and transparent processes and systems for the management and implementation of rapid, monitorable solutions.
This report examines a range of zero-carbon bunker fuel options that are considered to be major contributors to shipping’s decarbonized future: biofuels, hydrogen and ammonia, and synthetic carbon-based fuels. The comparison shows that green ammonia and green hydrogen strike the most advantageous balance of favorable features due to their lifecycle GHG emissions, broader environmental factors, scalability, economics, and technical and safety implications.
The academy’s Technical Advisory Group, launched today, is comprised of experts from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and West Asia who are engaged in promoting and inspiring behaviour change to address global sustainability challenges.
This World Bank report estimates the economic impact of tourism in protected areas on local economies and makes the case that the promotion of sustainable tourism in protected areas should be actively included in COVID-19 economic recovery plans.
South Africa’s government and industry have indicated their intention to position the local value chain as a key player in the mobility of the future. Looking ahead, the possibility of developing the domestic LIB value chain should not be overestimated: South Africa displays key pockets of excellence but not all activities in the value chain are likely viable domestically. At the same time, the importance of developing the LIB value chain should not be underestimated.