A heat wave across parts of Texas forced the state’s grid operator to call for energy conservation on Tuesday and sent electricity prices soaring past $9,000/MWh. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA1) around 3 p.m., when operating reserves dipped from at least 3,000 MW to below 2,300 MW. […]
Land Use and Climate Change
World warned: change now or endanger food and climate Patrick GALEY How we use our land is threatening our overall sustainability and also exacerbating climate change. For Canada the trends in climate change will diminish our ability to produce most of the crops we now grow. Less rain in the Prairies, migration northward of the […]
What We Want to Sustain
Inclusion, empowerment and equality, must be ‘at the heart of our efforts’ to ensure sustainable development, says UN chief UN Newsnews.un.org/en © UNICEF The women of Bokiat Village, Timbuktu, present fresh onions from their vegetable garden where UNICEF, with the support of Sweden, rehabilitated a manual water pump. (13 March 2019) 16 July 2019 […]
CACOR document – Plan to Survive
PLAN TO SURVIVE: a CACOR produced document, first edition. The climate is changing, with consequences for humans and all life on Earth. Extreme weather events are happening all over the planet. The efforts of governments to restrain emissions of greenhouse gases are falling short. It is vitally important for individuals, families, and communities to begin […]
More than 20 African countries are planting a 8,000-km-long ‘Great Green Wall’
The Sahara desert has been slowly expanding southwards for decades through a region as the Sahel. Heavy grazing, deforestation, and numerous droughts have degraded the once lush Sahel, making it easy pickings for the Sahara’s expansion. In order to stave off an ecological disaster across the continent, 20 different African countries have embarked on an […]