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Published May 20, 2021, 7:17 PM The Arctic has warmed three times more quickly than the planet as a whole, and faster than previously thought, a report warned on Thursday. Arctic sea ice looks set to be an early victims of rising temperatures, with each fraction of a degree making a big difference: the chance of it disappearing entirely in summer is 10 times greater if Earth warms by 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels compared to 1.5C, the goal set by the 2015 Paris Accord. The alarming finding comes from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) in a report timed to co...

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© iStock A new report reveals that the Arctic is warming at a faster pace than the rest of the Earth and could experience its first summer without any sea ice by 2050 under most scenarios where the world is unable to limit climate change. The study, released by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), found that the "vast majority" of climate models predict that the Arctic would begin experiencing summers in which all sea ice in the region melts away by 2050. The Arctic region has also warmed by more than 3 degrees Celsius since 1979, according to the report, compared to abou...

South Africa wants to block imports of more products that aren’t ‘100% local’ Subscribe Small business development minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the department is in talks with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to designate more products under the 100% local content category to support SMMEs in the local manufacturing sector. The minister said this when ministers in the economics sector replied to oral questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Tuesday. Ntshavheni said South Africa runs an open economy, which means it competes internationally and produ...

Roads assessment project nears completion  08 May 2021 - 10:50 By Irfan Bukhari | The Peninsula Doha: Aimed at enhancing roads safety in the country by reducing traffic accidents, Qatar Roads Assessment Programme being conducted under the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has been completed to the extent of 90%. “Enhance Roads Safety through Qatar Roads Assessment Programme (Q_RAP) is now 90% complete, which aims to prepare appropriate engineering solutions to raise safety for all road users and contribute to reducing traffic accidents,” the Ministry said in a tweet. The ...