Oil Pollution: Why Women In Niger Delta Risk Dying More From Pregnancy

"Women residing in areas with high exposure to oil pollution in the Niger Delta are more prone to premature rupture of membranes and severe vaginal bleeding after childbirth as compared to women residing in areas with low exposure, making pollution prevention pivotal to achieving maternal death reduction in the region".

Yet another example of how environmental pollution has different consequences on women and men, often impacting women and children more.

California is moving full steam ahead to phasing out all sales of new fossil fuel cars in the state by 2035.

The new rule will “ensure that consumers can successfully replace their traditional combustion vehicles with new or used [zero-emission vehicles] and plug-in hybrids that meet their transportation needs"

Women are central in advancing SIDS’ clean energy development

Women are a driving force for SIDS’ clean energy development and for building islands’ resilience to climate change. However, in many SIDS, they face barriers in becoming active participants in climate action. For example, rural women are largely responsible for managing household energy, and can play a major role in the adoption of clean household solutions. And are therefore, a key component of the sector's sustainability and must be fully integrated in the decisions and solutions related to the clean energy sector.

Read the article to find out more about why more women are not taking a leading role in the energy sector – and what needs to be done to address the imbalance.

Food waste. Many of us believe this type of waste is not harmful to our environment. It is organic right? So, it will be absorbed by nature as many of us believe. Plastic waste, however, is harmful, and we should not pollute our environment with single-use plastic items. Much media attention is given to this plastic waste subject around the globe. But sending just 1kg of food waste to landfill, produces the same carbon emissions as landfilling a staggering 25,000 500ml plastic bottles.
When composing a waste management strategy, please take into account food waste.

Nuclear fusion is possible but is it practical to produce energy?

Nuclear fusion appears to be a near-limitless source of clean energy, but so far, no experiment has generated more energy than has been put in.
Nobody can make energy out of nothing, as the law of conservation of energy has made it quite clear that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another.
Stars can perform nuclear fusion because of their immense gravity. Laboratories can do it due to their tremendous consumption of electricity. If fusion energy is transferred from the gravity of stars or from the high-powered lasers at laboratories, it’s impossible for fusion machines to generate more energy than they use.
In contrast to fusion machines, fission devices can produce more energy than they consume because heavy elements do have extra energy. In thermonuclear astrophysics, elements heavier than iron are being formed by absorbing nuclear energy inside a very large exploding star called supernova. In other words, fission energy comes from the explosion of ancient stars.
When it comes to fusion, I have found neither theories explaining where fusion energy comes from, nor cases indicating that light elements have extra energy. The success of hydrogen bombs doesn’t mean that fusion reactors have a future, because most energy of the bombs actually comes from fission.

Greetings to you from Jumuiya Women Fund (JWF), based in Eldoret, Kenya

JWF is a women’s rights fund committed to women’s empowerment. Our mission is to mobilize financial, human and material resources to support initiatives for transformation led by women and girls in East Africa

With support of Equality Fund Canada-https://equalityfund.ca, JWF is providing small grants to eligible women rights and development organizations in selected counties across Kenya, who are working to advance human rights and socio-economic empowerment of women and girls, enabling them realize their full potentials in society in line with the sustainable development goals.

JWF addresses the six critical issues that underpin gender equality: i) Gender-Based Violence; ii) Economic Justice and Rights; iii) Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR); iv) Feminist Action for Climate Justice; v) Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality; and vi) Feminist Movements and Leadership.

In line with with iv) Feminist Action for Climate Justice above, I wish to express our desire to partner with your organization to address and accelerate our Feminist action for climate justice program in Eastern Africa by enhancing and leverage the capacity of millions of women and girls in the region by building their resilience to climate and disaster risks, mitigate climate change, and address loss and damage, including through provision of quality education, community-based cooperative models and land rights and tenure security

How to prevent water and energy waste in the shower?
Basically, controlling our shower time which must not be longer than 5 or 6 minutes.
Therefore, we reduce water and gas consumption.
Shower consumption is particularly high given that water comes into the house at a very low temperature and we have to warm it up to 45º celsius, which means a lot of gas consumption.
On the other hand, if we compare it with heating, it is a CLOSED water CIRCUIT that is not colder than 16º and we rise its temp. up to 55º and we just have to keep it at this temperature
Therefore, proportionally, heating systems consume far more than showers and we must cut the time we spend in the barthtub.

Do we have enough water for so many tourists?

In the European Union, buildings account for 40% of energy consumption. Green finance researchers have developed an innovative tool to catalyze the Green Transition via the real estate sector.

In a recent #GGKPInsights blog, experts from Banca d'Italia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, and Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico (RSE SpA) explain an innovative prudential mechanism they've developed that would allow financial regulators to address environmental risk through mortgages.

By creating financial incentives for energy efficient real estate, this mechanism "pushes banks and borrowers to develop deep energy renovation projects."

The mechanism is also based on existing energy use certification schemes, making it relatively easy to implement.