Tag: Emissions
Meeting South Africa’s carbon emissions target: first we measure, then we manage
AS the world’s 12th largest greenhouse gas emitter, South Africa has indicated that total emissions will begin to decline in 2025 with our Cabinet adopting a lowered greenhouse gas emission target recently....
Critical stocktaking: Carbon taxes and the attainment of emissions reductions targets in South Africa
Carbon taxes and the attainment of emissions reductions targets in South Africa –A critical stocktaking of recent analyses and policies.
The Working Group report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),...
Research shows that streetlights contribute less to nighttime light emissions in cities than expected
WHEN satellites take pictures of Earth at night, how much of the light that they see comes from streetlights? A team of scientists from Germany, the USA, and Ireland have answered...
Expanded partnership to tackle vehicle emissions
AT the start of 2020, filtration specialists, MANN+HUMMEL, and global recycling and environmental services company, the ALBA Group, joined forces to launch a pilot project with the aim of significantly improving...
Cape Town reduces its carbon emissions
Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille announced on Sunday that Cape Town has reduced its energy-related carbon emissions by 4.1 percent between 2012 and 2015, as part of the city's latest State...
Cape Town to buy only zero emissions buses by 2025
Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emissions buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions...
City to convert landfill gasses into energy
The City recently successfully registered its programme of activities for a series of landfill gas to energy conversion projects with the United Nations. This will assist in offsetting the City’s carbon...
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Mr Jacques Moolman, President of the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
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