by Ruth Fox | Sep 11, 2020 | Emissions Reduction
It is widely acknowledged that global agricultural production is a key factor behind the ongoing effects of climate change. Agriculture produces 21% of the world’s global emissions. The clearing of land in order to farm, and the farming itself, make up the majority of...
by Clémentine Pons | Sep 9, 2020 | Carbon Emissions, Emissions Reduction, Environment
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2020 report on “The state of the World’s forests”, the planet has lost 178 million hectares of forest between 1990 and 2020; an area about the size of Libya. Forest loss is primarily the...
by Clémentine Pons | Sep 3, 2020 | Emissions Reduction
Renewable energy: what is it in details? Fossil Fuels versus Renewables About 80% of energy used by humans is derived from fossil fuels and 2/3 of the Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions originate from the sector. This dependency to this type of energy sources is starting...
by Clémentine Pons | Aug 27, 2020 | Emissions Reduction
Climate Change on Health: unforseen repercussions “If you look back to the society, the big changes on water pollution or sanitation, they all came because of the health argument […] the health sector will play an incredible role on changing the society” has explained...
by Clémentine Pons | Aug 20, 2020 | Carbon Emissions, Emissions Reduction, Environment
The environmental issues and the growing world population are the two main challenges that modern agriculture is now facing and will still have to confront in the future. The high productivity due to the worldwide food demand has imposed alarming environmental costs....
by Climax-Community | Apr 14, 2020 | Carbon Emissions, Companies, Emissions Reduction
It is not surprising to know that before the COVID-19 era, the aviation industry, which carried 4.5 billion passengers in 2019, was accountable for 2% of global carbon emissions (this is around 915 million tonnes of CO2), and generated $704.4 billion GDP per year. By...