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October: Looking forward at St Luke’s and looking back to World War 1
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In October local councillors agreed to write to Irish Water because water in Inistioge, The Rower and parts of Thomastown was ‘safe but absolutely undrinkable’. Locals were buying bottled water despite a multi-million euro upgrade to their water supply In the city, work began on the long-awaited skate park.
Work also began on the new MRI block as St Luke’s General Hospital.
Construction work got underway on a new 72-bed ward block at the hospital as well as - finally - a unit to house the long-awaited MRI scanner for the local hospital.
UAE announces ambitious climate commitments
ABU DHABI, December 31, 2020 The UAE has set an enhanced climate target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 23.5% by the year 2030. The UAE’s efforts to reduce emissions include increasing reliance on clean energy, boosting energy efficiency, expanding capacity for carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS), conserving blue carbon ecosystems, promoting sustainable agriculture, and implementing environment-friendly waste management. This has been listed in the country’s second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), approved by the UAE Cabinet in early December and submitted to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, said: The UAE’s commitment to driving climate action at home and abroad has been steadfast. It was the first country in the region to ratify the Paris Agreement in 2015. And in the
Kilkenny s Tara Shine to deliver Royal Institution Christmas lecture on BBC Four
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Kilkenny s Dr Tara Shine will deliver a Royal Institution Christmas lecture on BBC Four at 8pm tonight.
Dr Shine was appointed as co-facilitator of the Structured Expert Dialogue under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); a critical post in reviewing the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement earlier this year.
The Kilkenny woman is a environmental scientist, policy advisor and science communicator with over 20 years experience working at the international level on climate change and sustainable development, as an adviser to governments, world leaders businesses and international organisations. She is also a director of the award-winning social enterprise Change by Degrees, which educates and inspires people at home and work to live more sustainably and is the author of How To Save Your Planet One Object At A Time.
800 scientists: burning forests for electricity or heat releases more 1 5 x more CO2 than coal, 3x more than natural gas energyskeptic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from energyskeptic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.