A change in this area is claimed to be the equivalent of 90 Gt CO2, but this is a more complex story as refrigerants are, for the most part, short lived climate pollutants (SLCP). I discussed this in a post last October, shortly after the Parties to the Montreal Protocol had agreed ...
Antares Simulator - Is an Open Source power system simulator to quantify the adequacy or the economic performance of interconnected energy systems, at short or remote time horizons. Hierarchical Engine for Large-scale Infrastructure Co-Simulation - Today the core uses are in the energy domain, where...
energy in Kenya for our client Sun King, and the World Bank's emissions-reduction linked bond, which taps the voluntary carbon markets to help reduce emissions and finance school water purifiers in Vietnam Amidst the challenges of addressing climate change, opportunities for growth and progress ...
Abstract: Reporting to the public on climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation requires journalists to be equipped to engage with a wide range of technical content in order to communicate it in an accessible and engaging way. Recognizing the need for journalists from ...
Institute director, Professor Shem Wandiga, said the mandate was to build the human capacity needed to address climate change and adaptation in Africa by offering conventional degrees and short training courses.“We also encourage action-oriented research activities, especially in climate adaptation ...
Some universities even offer courses in climate fiction.“These books aren’t going to save the world in any straight form or way,” Johns-Putra said. “But they’re certainly going to help us think about how the world gets saved”.【1】Why can we see the influence of climate change ...
The road infrastructure project in Kenya is part of the Horn of Africa Gateway Development Project (HoAGDP), which is ... Ayuli Jemide emerges chairman of NBA Section on Business Law In his acceptance speech, Jemide said he would take his responsibilities as C...
Direct engagement is often proposed as an alternative to divestment; as major shareholders, pension funds can leverage firms to change their behaviour and ultimately influence them to LFFU [16]. Under this logic, the greater the magnitude of assets managed in a particular fossil fuel firm, the ...
The situation in Kenya, as in many sub-Saharan African contexts, may also be considered vulnerable to climate change, because of an arguably low capacity to adapt based on resource scarcity, and due to heavy dependence on rain-fed agriculture (see [4]). Leal Filho et al. found that respon...
Keywords: coastal zone; climate change; climate variability; vulnerability assessment; adaptation; The Gambia 1. Introduction Global Climate Change (CC) is one of the dire challenges facing the international community today. Coastal zones are highly vulnerable to its impacts in the delivery of ...