Month: November 2023

News

Nicholas Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte: One Laptop per Child

The founder of the MIT Media Lab, Nicholas Negroponte pushed the edge of the information revolution as an inventor, thinker and angel investor. He’s the driving force behind One Laptop per Child, building computers for children in the developing world.

Samba do Brasil

Samba do Brasil

eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, nov 30th 2023– Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF)  issued a ruling opening the door to criminalizing journalistic work, according to sources in Brasilia. As per the new rationale, the media can be held legally responsible for the publication of interviews with people who falsely attribute crimes to third parties and such a doctrine is to…
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Navigating Unprecedented Climate Crisis

In this article, Pierre Abadie reflects on human development and the unintended environmental consequences, especially with the reliance on fossil fuels, leading to the current climate crisis. Over the past 12,000 years, the conditions on our planet have been remarkably favourable for our development. We’ve enjoyed a stable climate, abundant water, clean air, rich biodiversity,…
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Indonesia Launches Construction Of Pioneering Carbon Storage Project

Indonesia Launches Construction Of Pioneering Carbon Storage Project

Indonesia marked a significant milestone on Friday as President Joko Widodo launched the construction of the country’s first carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) project in West Papua province. This pioneering project, operated by global energy major BP (LON: BP), has the potential to sequester up to 1.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a statement…
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EU Parliament Approves The Carbon Removal Certification Framework And Net Zero Industry Act

EU Parliament Approves The Carbon Removal Certification Framework And Net Zero Industry Act

The European Parliament voted on November 21st in a plenary session on long-awaited and debated climate policies. The Parliament has approved the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) and the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), demonstrating its support for scaling up carbon dioxide removal (CDR) capacity in the EU – part of the bloc’s strategy in…
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Big Oil’s Favorite Climate Change Solution

Big Oil’s Favorite Climate Change Solution

This year’s United Nations climate summit will be the biggest in history–and the first held in a major petrostate. Host United Arab Emirates wants to bring the fossil fuel industry into the climate fold, but to make that happen requires wide deployment of carbon capture and storage. Proponents argue the new technology could help preserve…
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Opinion Ben Cooke: The Times in London

Opinion Ben Cooke: The Times in London

“Environmentalists aren’t famously keen on capitalism. Given that its rise has coincided with a two-thirds decline in wildlife worldwide, it’s not hard to see why.  Many conclude that if capitalism got us into these dire ecological straits, it has little chance of getting us out. Akshat Rathi cautions against that conclusion: we’ve left it so…
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David Goldwyn

Lack of financing poses greatest risk to Guyana’s local content development efforts, warns energy expert

Guyana faces a critical obstacle hindering the participation of local businesses in the country’s local content development initiatives – the challenge of accessing crucial financing. This issue threatens to undermine the entire local content effort vital for the nation’s economic growth, as highlighted by energy expert David Goldwyn, renowned for his experience in the U.S.…
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The Explainer: The carbon credits trade broken down

The Explainer: The carbon credits trade broken down

As Kenya hosts the inaugural climate change summit, there has been much talk about carbon credits and their sale. What are they, who has them, how and where are they traded and how do they contribute to reducing the effects of climate change?