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Understanding the Paris Climate Agreement

Understanding the Paris Climate Agreement

For Beginners and Starters eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 27 March 2023–The Paris climate Agreement, is a landmark international agreement aimed at addressing the issue of climate change. It was signed in December 2015 by 195 countries and entered into force on November 4, 2016. The Paris Agreement is widely regarded as the most significant international agreement on…
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Sending an e-mail emits CO2 too

Sending an e-mail emits CO2 too

Being conscious sustainability using IT eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 17, 2023 — If I’m going to send an email, or I’m going to listen to my favorite music online, see a movie,  search online for new clothes or just go surfing just for the fun of it.  Then there is actually no realization that my online…
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Carbon offset & fraudulent schemes

Victimizing indigenous peoples eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 16 March 2023 — Increasingly, Indigenous territories are being targeted for carbon offset schemes. Protected Areas – which usually lead to evictions and violence against local people – are now being justified by claims about their potential to ‘store’ carbon. The resulting carbon ‘credits’ can then be sold to polluters, like…
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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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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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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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Why Carbon Capture is important for Suriname

Why Carbon Capture is important for Suriname, Brazil and Indonesia

Financial Incentives Important  eyesonsuriname/ dr. Lorraine Sobers Amsterdam, March 9th 2023 — The CEO of Hess Corporation, John Hess, speaking at the International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana, explained to the audience that “Carbon credits provide financial incentives to preserve forests and biodiversity that are at risk to growing economic activities and demand for natural resources.”…
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Challenge for Suriname

Challenge for Suriname

Out of your Box thoughts eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 1st, 2023– Dutch companies will import green hydrogen from Spain, which can produce more sustainable energy than it can consume itself. Spain and Portugal also produce more solar and wind energy than they need themselves.They convert that energy into hydrogen for export.Dutch companies will bring this hydrogen…
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