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Month: March 2023

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H.-E.-Dr-Mohamed-Irfaan-Ali-President-of-the-Co-operative-Republic-of-Guyana

Guyana gets over $1B grant from EU for forest sustainability to drive community development

Guyana has received an over $1.1 billion (€ 5 million) grant from the European Union to maintain its forest and natural resources, as well as strengthen sustainable development specifically in Amerindian communities. eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 16th 2023– President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Deputy Secretary General of European Union Action Service, Helena Konig signed the billion-dollar…
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Concrete, concrete everywhere

Concrete, concrete everywhere

Reducing CO2 Production eyesonsuriname Amsterdam March 14th 2023— Whenever you travel and wherever you go and stroll between the towering apartment blocks of international cities like London, New York, Hong Kong, São Paulo or Singapore, famous for skyscrapers and brutalist complexes, everywhere you look you will see the grey, pockmarked façade of concrete.  Even the city’s more…
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Expectations oil drilling surpassed in Guyana

Expectations oil drilling surpassed in Guyana

Suriname trails behind eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 14 maart 2023– As soon as ExxonMobil Guyana receives approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 35 multi-well programme in the Stabroek Block, drilling operations for the country could reach its peak in 2025. According to the Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) for the multi-well project, it was noted that several drill…
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Paris Climate Agreement Eiffel

Goals Paris Climate Agreement Almost Met

New Study reveals progress  eyesonsuriname/ m. mcgrath   Amsterdam, 13 march 2023 — A new way to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the sea has been presented by scientists. The authors of the proposal, published in Science Advances, say the new approach captures CO2 from the atmosphere up to three…
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Ireland takes the lead

Ireland takes the lead

Examplary action: also and especially for Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 13 March 2023– In the chaos and force majeure of reports about extreme weather that will be poured out on newsreaders around the world this summer, it may not have been very noticeable, but Ireland is also under the spell of the heat this summer.  Now…
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Paris Climate Agreement

The Conference of Parties (CoP) held in Paris at the end of 2015 resulted in a new Climate Agreement.

eyesonsuriname This came into effect in 2020. However, this Climate Agreement will only enter into force once more than 55 countries with more than 55% of global emissions have ratified the agreement. 195 countries are participating in the agreement, including the US and China. There is no longer any distinction between developing and developed countries.…
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Mapping Project of Land Use in the Amazon

eyesonsuriname According to a report issued Monday March 14th of this year by the Fire Monitor, an initiative of the Annual Mapping Project of Land Use and Land Cover in Brazil (MapBiomas) in partnership with the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), the Amazon biome concentrated 90% of its areas with fires, representing 487,000 hectares.  In…
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Quick Guide to Climate Change

Quick Guide to Climate Change

Courtesy eyesonsuriname/United Nations eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 14 march 2023 — Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle.  But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels like coal, oil…
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The Latin American Curse

The Latin American Curse

Consumption in the EU and the U.S.of A. eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 14th 2023– Uruguayan Customs authorities are beginning to deploy three new state-of-the-art scanners for border control, Economy and Finance Minister Azucena Arbeleche announced Monday during the opening of the VIII Regional Meeting of the Global Container Program for Latin America and the Caribbean.  The…
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The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank

Crisis SVB changes interest policies Central Banks eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 12 March 2023– In early March, 40 chief financial officers from various technology groups gathered in Utah at the ski resort of Deer Valley for an annual “snow summit” hosted by Silicon Valley Bank, a crucial financial institution for start-ups.  Barely a week later, on Thursday…
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