Expanding Heathrow is incompatible with net zero – here’s the evidence: Plane Photography / shutterstock The UK government is set to back plans for a third runway at Heathrow, the country’s busiest airport, and to expand two other airports near London: Gatwick and Luton. The move is designed to support the government’s “mission” to grow …
Side-effects of expanding forests could limit their potential to tackle climate change – new study: The complex effects of planting more trees need to be taken into consideration. Mikai/Shutterstock Tackling climate change by planting trees has an intuitive appeal. They absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without using expensive technology. The suggestion …
Expanding London’s Ulez has sparked fractious debate – psychologists explain how it can be de-escalated: The expansion of London's Ulez has caused acrimonious controversy. Koca Vehbi/Shutterstock Drivers of the most polluting vehicles are now charged £12.50 a day (or more for heavier vehicles) to drive within London’s M25 orbital motorway, following an expansion to the …
Expanding gay sex pardons to women won’t help most prosecuted lesbians: Stephm2506/Shutterstock More than a decade after launching a scheme to disregard and pardon convictions for historic “gay sex” offences, the government has now announced the scheme will apply to women. But a look at the history of lesbians convicted for same-sex activity shows that …
Ethiopia was feted for expanding education rights for refugees, then politics got in the way: Learners in a school for about 5,000 children in Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp in Ethiopia’s Gambela region in 2019. Peter Kneffel/picture alliance via Getty Images Ethiopia is one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in the world. It hosts more than 800,000 …
London air pollution: expanding the ULEZ is good but it won’t work by itself: According to Mayor of London Saadiq Khan, expanding the ULEZ will 'ensure 5 million more Londoners can breathe cleaner air'. Alena Veasey On November 25 2022 Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, announced plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) …
South Africa in the news: New Covid variant: How UK can prepare for arrival of ‘Nu’, from travel restrictions to expanding jab rollout: The variant has also been found in South Africa, Hong Kong, Botswana and Israel. As the number of cases around the world begins to climb, i examines what options the Government has …
South Africa in the news: New Covid variant: How UK can prepare for arrival of ‘Nu’, from travel restrictions to expanding jab rollout: The variant has also been found in South Africa, Hong Kong, Botswana and Israel. As the number of cases around the world begins to climb, i examines what options the Government has …
Channel 4: rather than privatising public service media we should be expanding it online: The UK government is reported to be planning to privatise Channel 4. TK Kurikawa via Shutterstock The UK government is reported to be pushing ahead with an investigation into privatising Channel 4, reversing its 2017 decision that the broadcaster was a …
Young fathers in Ghana are expanding the meaning of manhood: More Ghanaian men are becoming comfortable with family roles. Ronilo Jasareno/Flickr As the world works towards the goal of gender equality, it’s widely recognised that reaching it requires working with boys and men. Getting men involved in gender equality programmes – as partners, fathers and …
Expanding marine protected areas by 5% could boost fish yields by 20% – but there’s a catch: Sweetlips shoal in the Raja Ampat marine protected area, Indonesia. SergeUWPhoto/Shutterstock Marine protected areas, or MPAs as they’re more commonly called, are very simple. Areas of the sea are set aside where certain activities – usually fishing – …
Defining cloud native, expanding the ecosystem, and more industry trends: As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends for product marketers, managers, and other influencers. Here are three of …
Experience the power of Fiverr for yourself. CLICK HERE to get work done for you for just $ 5.00. The ‘Everything Store for Digital Services’ is expanding to 300 categories!: Fiverr was born from the notion that people should be able to buy and sell digital services just as they would physical goods, but with …
Zero rated VAT items: how South Africa is going about expanding the list: Shutterstock South Africa is processing a new report produced by an independent panel that reviewed the current list of items exempted from Value Added Tax (VAT). The review came after VAT was increased in the 2018/19 budget, from 14% to 15%, to …
South Africa in the news: Five SA tech startups that are expanding into the rest of Africa [Updated]: Fintech startup JUMO — founded in 2014 by Andrew Watkins-Ball — is already active in six African countries — South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia, as well as in Pakistan and Singapo…: “South Africa” – …
Africa should be worried about the expanding tropics: The Tropic of Capricorn sign in Namibia. Expansion of the tropics will have huge implications for people and nature. Shutterstock In school, we learnt that the tropical zone is defined as the hot region of our planet – between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. But the …
Expanding tweets from 140 characters to 10,000? Not nearly radical enough: Alex Gorka/shutterstock.com There are as yet unconfirmed reports that Twitter plans to extend its 140 character limit to 10,000. But why would Twitter consider radically changing its most unique characteristic? Today’s media culture is one of extreme speed and ephemerality – facts and factoids, …
Expanding DBaaS workloads with OpenStack Trove and Manila: One of the most commonly needed components of any enterprise application is a solid database, and the development community behind OpenStack is working hard to make sure working with databases in the open source cloud is an easy, reliable, and performant experience. read more Opensource.com – Jason …