Good luck to South African companies, who will be hit harder than their peers in any other country because of our extreme reliance on coal.
Europe has approved legislation to tax imports based on the greenhouse gases emitted to make them https://t.co/UKEkXlQxs4 via @WSJ
@GaylorTIPS @PVGreenCard We are launching LoveSolar in the Western Cape Today... offering finance tied to your home loan (much cheaper and simple). Soon to be rolled out across the country. https://t.co/b0QjnV86Jz
Explainer:
what are #NetZero targets?
why do they matter?
and why do vague targets lull the world in missing its climate goals?
A (long) thread with scientific and policy background on our recent @nature commentary
(1/n)
#ClimateScience @NatureNews
https://t.co/vQc7L6ptuv
It seems to me that a lot of the economic discussion of Covid impacts and policy response is still using the wrong metaphors and models. For example, we keep hearing about "stimulus" bills when that's not mostly what they are. So, some thoughts 1/
🌍
I did not tweet much about Davos, but this one is interesting:
‘It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water.’
This historian wasn’t afraid to confront the billionaires at Davos about their greed
#SDGs
Our projections suggest that the cost of on-site solar in Sub-Saharan Africa will decline further to about $0.05/kWh by 2030. These declines are set to strengthen the local solar industry in the long run. Learn more in our latest report. https://t.co/Z7LpPEM0gQ
Energy as a Service #EaaS tackles behavioural psychology barriers to implementing energy efficiency and small scale embedded generation #SSEG. Models need to be developed for the African context. https://t.co/lLQh7zsLOT
We need some powerful behavioural psychology nudges and a lot more education to overcome perceptions regarding the costs and benefits of Electric Vehicles #electricvehicles - https://t.co/s8jbafjAZl