Plastica

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new relationship of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), “Turning off the Tap:How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy” (“Turn off the tap:how the world can end plastic pollution and create a sustainable circular economy”), outlined a roadmap to dramatically reduce plastic pollution. According to the report – which outlines the scale and nature of the changes needed to create a sustainable, human- and environmentally-friendly circular economy – plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040 if countries and companies used existing technologies to make significant policy and market changes. Plastic pollution could reduce by 80% by 2040 if governments and companies make policy and market shifts using existing technologies.OUT NOW – UNEP’s new report provides a pathway for nations to...

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Hundreds of them have been available for weeks, along with other American products.But for now there are only hypotheses regarding the origin

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. “Hydrogen's big gamble:fluff or is it the Holy Grail of net zero emissions?”, was the headline of one article of Guardian last October who wondered whether we can really rely on green hydrogen to achieve climate goals. An article by Adrian Odenweller and Falko Ueckerdt of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, authors of one study published on Nature Energy in September, he tried to answer this question by analyzing how quickly the world would need to produce green hydrogen – produced by splitting water with electricity generated from low-carbon sources – to help limit warming to 1.5°C. Hydrogen:a solution to climate change or another gift to the fossil fuel industry?   Hydrogen is set to become one of the building blocks for achieving global climate goals, but current production comes almost exclusively from high-carbon sources. It...

A new study conducted at Utrecht University has concluded that there is much less plastic waste in the oceans than previously feared, and that much of the plastic in the ocean is made up of large pieces that are easier to clean .The research, as stated by the University in a press release, is based on calculations with a computer model that includes a record number of measurements and observations.The lead author of the study stated that “counts of beach cleanups and observations of large plastic objects floating on the water were added.”Variables that are not foreign to our country, given that 72.5% of waste on beaches is plastic and the Mediterranean remains one of the most polluted seas in the world.However, there is not only good news and the problem should not be underestimated:the estimate of floating waste has increased and it has been discovered that polymers remain in the ocean much longer than previously thought. To date, the total amount of plastic in the oceans...