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An easy guide to have a positive impact
Reaching the Paris Agreement Goals is one of the most important objectives of our time. Still, what can WE do as individuals? We would like to welcome Viola who will tell us more about our personal impact on climate change and which actions we can take. Viola was LCP in Mannheim (2013/2014) and is now the proud COO & Co-Founder of worldwatchers. worldwatchers is an innovative Climate Tech Start-Up which enables companies, organizations, and individuals to measure, optimize and manage their own emissions. What is a personal CO2 Footprint? In general, a CO2 footprint is the sum of all greenhouse gases emitted by direct (directly created by an individual) or…
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October 15: International Day of Rural Women
“According to some estimates, closing the gender gap in access to land and other productive assets could increase agricultural outputs by up to 20% in Africa(1).” What do you know about the Third World? Have you ever seen any predicaments that communities in developing countries are in face-to-face? Poverty is a human being concocted illness of this planet. Our changing climate exacerbates it with the shrinking of available resources for rural areas to thrive—less water and agricultural lands are accessible globe-wide. It is outright resoundingly unfair that these adverse developments are affecting the most undeveloped countries disproportionally. On top of that, gender inequality is tangibly holding…
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October 13: International Day of Disaster Reduction
Do you dream of a world without disasters? It is a must for humankind to be prepared at short notice to minimize damages and grave dangers that are thrust upon us by natural and fabricated emergencies. There is one day every October reminding us of our ability to prevent harm by nature, and human provoked catastrophes. The United Nations declared October 13 the day to enforce this well-needed recognition(1). Furthermore, in 2016, a framework was launched to mitigate the likelihood of disasters and ensuing losses of happening(2). The Sendai Framework named seven priorities to reduce global disasters the number of affected people direct economic loss from catastrophes…
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Goal 13: Climate Action – a Stable Climate for a Healthy Planet
Even before “Fridays for Future” started and moved thousands across the globe to stand up and demand politicians to take action against climate change, researchers proclaimed that the worldwide ecosystem is in great danger. This man-made change will severely influence our daily lives, and it poses a huge threat to human life as we know it. But what exactly are the effects of climate change? According to the researchers, humanity has to face: Rising temperatures (1) More droughts and heat waves (2) Rising sea levels due to melting ice sheets and glaciers (3) Loss of landmass and livelihoods (4) Negative impacts on food and freshwater security (4) Negative impacts on…
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