Up to 60% of our plastic waste is being exported, incinerated or dumped in landfill & as little as 33% of plastic packaging is recycled in Ireland
This is the subject of one of our Sustainability Challenge winners who are seeking to reduce plastic waste:
https://t.co/ntQIXiUvhU
This Friday lunchtime we are holding a special webinar with representatives of the European Commission on the proposed Nature Restoration Law.
Registration is free:
https://t.co/JhJr4qg00T
Something magical is happening in Nepal: Its “trees are coming back.”
Whoa, what? I promise to explain (and hopefully entertain) in this thread 🌳
https://t.co/JeHiWpOXg9
France is not fucking around
New legislation demands all *existing* carparks with 80 or more spaces must install a solar roof (in 3-5 years)
This could generate up to 11 gigawatts, which is the equivalent of 10 nuclear reactors
https://t.co/J1yrYFQxFU
Huge thanks to the 70 plus team of volunteers from @Regeneron who litter-picked in the city this morning, especially those who tackled the Dock Road. Well done all! 👏👏
Powering the servers to hold each dusty email that you'll never read again costs .3G of carbon per email.
This is .03 KWH, equivalent energy to a high definition TV being left on for two hours.
KILL SPAM NOT TREES!
Reduce power consumption by deleting emails!
We'll be next to Starbucks tomorrow from 10-4 if you have any questions, with some goodies to sweeten the deal.
Prizes for one random lucky winner, AND our biggest deleter will get a 50€ one4all gift card!
🚨NEW #LandGapReport: Over-reliance on land based carbon removals could negatively impact ecosystems, land rights and #FoodSecurity. A new land area equivalent to 50% of the world’s croplands would be needed for current government climate plans.
https://t.co/hWd7uou9fC
#LGR2022
Shenzen is the first city in the world to all its public transportation electric. 16,000 buses, 20,000 taxis all without combustion engines. Who's next?
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate#Climate#Energy#Evs#renewables#GreenNewDeal
Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and help fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki is taking his idea global.
We have so many solutions. Let's stop the delays and implement them. #ActOnClimate#climate#forests#nature
Want a simple summary of the state of knowledge about our changing climate?
The @IPCC_CH has produced a ‘summary for all’ from one of their recent assessment reports.
https://t.co/JOdwnu1e69
South America more extreme than ever;the coldest ever seen in November in the tropics.
Paraguay set a new November national record low with 2.8C at Pozo Hondo. Asuncion 8.0C also new record.
In the Amazons,13C at Cobija Bolivia 11S, 17C at Iquitos in Peru near the equator.
It's not just that many "compostable" bioplastics don't compost as they should. Most are likely to be more environmentally damaging than the fossil fuel plastics they replace.🧵
Our weekly meeting in KBG-13 is on tonight! Come down at 6pm and see what we're going to be doing this semester, join in, make a difference - and have a nice chat and some craic 😊✨️