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A woman standing against her house at Kirongo landing site Buvuma Islands that got flooded due to rising water levels in Lake Victoria. PHOTO | DERICK KISSA
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Ugandan lawmakers have passed the national climate change bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the climate crisis, authorities said on Wednesday.
The framework bill will provide for climate change response measures, participation in climate mechanisms, and measuring of emissions and financing for climate change actions, among others, Beatrice Atim Anywar, minister of state for environment, told Xinhua by phone.
The bill, which now awaits presidential assent, was overwhelmingly passed at the country s parliamentary in the capital here on Tuesday.
Can Canada reach its emissions targets while still producing so much oil and gas?
In this week s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the disconnect between Canada s new emissions targets and the continued support of the oil and gas sector, and how some European jurisdictions are banning short-haul flights.
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The movement to reduce short-haul flights
Czech Senate passes resolution backing Taiwan s participation in WHO
04/30/2021 12:05 PM
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London/Taipei, April 30 (CNA) A plenary session of the Czech Senate on Wednesday voted 58:0 to approve a resolution supporting Taiwan s participation in all meetings, mechanisms and activities under the World Health Organization (WHO).
In addition to urging the Czech government to express its support for Taiwan s bid to participate in the WHO, the resolution also affirmed the gains between the two sides in their anti-pandemic cooperation, agreed under a joint statement in April 2020.
Czech Senate President Miloš Vystrčil, who visited Taiwan in late August despite a warning from Beijing, shared the result of the Senate vote on his Twitter account on Thursday.
Why renewable energy won’t end energy poverty in Zimbabwe
The Kariba Dam, a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that hopes renewable energy technologies will help to address their energy problems. About 42% of Zimbabwe’s households are connected to the electricity grid.
The country has huge and diverse renewable energy potential. Its sustainable energy portfolio could include solar, hydro, biomass and, to a limited extent, wind and geothermal. Zimbabwe put forward a National Renewable Energy Policy in 2019. The policy aims to have 16.5% of the total generation capacity (excluding large hydro) from renewable sources by 2025. This increases to 26.5% by 2030. These are among the goals it has presented to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and they are promoted in its climate policy.
How a 26-year-old Harvard graduate and nonprofit cofounder spends his day ddavis@businessinsider.com (Dominic-Madori Davis)
Saad Amer, 26, is the cofounder of the nonprofit Plus1Vote.
The nonprofit seeks to help people vote in elections.
He is also a fellow at Yale and works with the United Nations.
No two days are the same for Saad Amer, the 26-year-old cofounder of Plus1Vote. Some days he s creating Instagram filters to educate people on the climate crisis; the next, he s helping send a million text messages to get young people to vote. Launched in 2018, his nonprofit seeks to improve voter turnout in national elections using social media to create campaigns and engage with young people.