CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Our NewsRecent increases in gas prices and advances in electric vehicle technology have made electric vehicles more affordable than petrol-powered vehicles.
CategoriesCOP27 Environmental Articles Our NewsNearly 200 countries, including the European Union, agreed on a historic step to expand payments to countries vulnerable to climate change when they announced approval for the formation of the Loss and Damage Fund. NCEJ By: Hanin Abu Alrub Had the agreement not been agreed, the Sharm el-Sheikh summit would have been considered an undisputed […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles NewsWork is starting on the biggest environmental treaty since Paris. It aims to tackle plastic pollution.
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles NewsIt’s that time of year again: the pre-Christmas consumer frenzy also known as Black Friday. During the biggest shopping event of the year, retailers slash their prices. But what does that mean for the environment? NCEJ The season for bargain hunting has begun. Or so we are told. Every year come the end of November, […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Reports and StatisticsSeven ways in which our destruction of the natural world has led to deadly outcomes NCEJ 1. As Indian vultures decline, the number of rabies cases rise In the early 1990s, vultures across India started dying inexplicably. Long-billed, slender-billed, and oriental white-backed vultures declined to the brink of extinction, with the number of India’s most […]
CategoriesCOP27 Environmental Articles NewsThe fund would target the most vulnerable countries, delegates said, a key demand from wealthy nations that didn’t want money flowing to China and other higher-income countries. NCEJ Negotiators at United Nations climate talks struck a deal Saturday to set up a fund that would pay for climate-related damage in vulnerable countries, officials said, handing […]
The closing event of “COP27, OR NOT, Action Agenda: Progress & Priorities. NCEJ Launch of the Presidency Initiative Low Carbon Transport for Urban Sustainability (LOTUS) aimed at decarbonizing the global urban mobility landscape. Following a multi-stakeholder consultation process convened by the Egyptian COP27 Presidency, the global transport community affirmed the need to create highly tailored, […]
Nature is the planet’s greatest asset. Not just for its beauty, but the fact it’s integral to our survival. NCEJ Only by taking urgent action to halt and reverse the loss of nature this decade, can we hope to achieve the promise of the Paris Agreement. Since COP26, approximately USD 11 billion has been committed […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Our OpinionScientists say that since the end of the last ice age about 12,000 years ago and the development of human civilizations, the planet’s long-term average air temperature has never changed more than 1.5 degrees, above a stable average of 14 degrees Celsius. NCEJ Within a decade, fossil fuel emissions accumulating in the atmosphere and trapping […]
The imperative to power up the transition away from fossil fuels has never been greater. Currently, only 29% of global electricity generation comes from renewables, but given electricity generation accounts for 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions, we have to move further and faster to increase our global renewable power capacity by 2030. NCEJ The […]
