South Africa in the news: Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker Market Expected to Witness a Sustainable Growth over 2028 |Abbott, Medtronic and EBR Systems, Inc: South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Israel, Rest of Middle East & Africa) Industry Trends and Forecast to 2028. Key Market Competitors Covered: The major players covered in the leadless cardiac …: …
South Africa in the news: Sustainable Investing: Taking the Lead on Education and Implementation: One of the biggest trends across the financial services industry has been the growth of sustainable investing, in both the number of products and the asset growth over the past couple of years.: “South Africa” – BingNews Sally Rooney holds off …
How fish can still be part of a more sustainable food future: A fish-based diet is good for the environment and people's health. nadianb/Shutterstock If you want to reduce your personal impact on the environment, cutting back on eating animal products is one of the simplest things you can do. But becoming vegan and eating …
Nigeria’s debt is sustainable, but dangers loom on the horizon: Nigeria's economy is struggling to recover from fluctuating oil price, inflation and impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images The World Bank recently ranked Nigeria fifth on the list of 10 countries to which it has the highest debt exposure. …
Charging ahead: how to make sure the electric vehicle transition is sustainable and just: Without proper planning, an influx of electric vehicles could cause problems for the economy and our energy supply. Joenomias/Pixabay Electric vehicles (EVs) are hitting the roads in ever greater numbers. Global EV sales were up by 168% in the first half …
How special soil observatories in China are helping to create more sustainable agriculture: A typical limestone karst landscape in China. Tony V3112/Shutterstock All over the world, agriculture is threatened by degraded soils. Stripped of carbon from intensive farming, soils erode more easily, host fewer microbes and hold less water and nutrients. Fertilisers and pesticides applied …
Digital health is a vital tool: here’s how we can make it more sustainable: The pandemic has shown us the extraordinary potential of digital health to fight global health inequalities by providing expanded access to healthcare: as well as by better informing our responses to health crises. Tools such as wearable monitoring devices, video consultations, …
UK names first food with protected status in post-Brexit scheme – here’s how it will promote sustainable farming: Sheep have been grazing the salt marsh landscape of the Gower Peninsula in Wales since medieval times. Today around 3,500 lambs and ewes feed there, where a diet of naturally growing samphire and sorrel gives their meat …
Funerals will hit 100 million a year by 2060 – here’s how to make them more sustainable: Cemeteries across the world, particularly in cities, are dealing with serious issues of overcrowding. Wikimedia Commons Across the world, resting places for the dearly departed are running out of space: and it’s spelling bad news for the environment. …
Open source sustainable cities, AI on Arduino, supply chain security, and more: Open source made it into a lot of news headlines last month. Read on to learn about some of the major advances. Stanford unveils open source sustainable cities software 80% of Americans live in cities, and 70% of the world’s population is expected …
South Africa in the news: Public finance institutions can play key role in just transition to sustainable industries – CER: Environmental advocacy organisation the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) conducted a case study of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) as part of efforts to assess the role public …: “South Africa” – BingNews Ashley Giles …
A more sustainable future should be a more open future: In the first part of this extended review of The Age of Sustainable Development” by Jeffrey Sachs, I outlined the author’s argument about the environmental impacts of economic development. In the second article, I discussed the author’s argument about impacts on humans. read more: Opensource.com …
The internet consumes extraordinary amounts of energy. Here’s how we can make it more sustainable: Could solar power provide an alternative energy source for the web? Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Around 4.6 billion people use the internet every day. In fact, 350,000 tweets have been sent in the past minute. We tend to think of …
Exotic leathers: why fashion products are more sustainable than some research suggests: The fashion industry tries to do the right thing when it comes to sustainability – after all, its profits increasingly depend on it. But it needs help, and this is where science comes in. Yet even issues that attract strong scientific consensus can …
South Africa in the news: Building Sustainable Future: Hisense and Employees: Living under the new-normal, ESG has become one of the world’s most trending topics. A positive impact on society and providing sustainable development opportunities for employees have gradually …: “South Africa” – BingNews Iran’s Push to Lift Sanctions Boosts MTN’s Plan to Withdraw Cash: …
Building open organizations to make a better life more sustainable for everyone: In the first article in this series reviewing The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey Sachs, I discussed the impact of economic development on the environment, and I explained how open organization principles can help us begin building sustainable, global economic development plans …
Seaspiracy: how to make fishing more sustainable by tackling bycatch – new research: Bycatch is a serious problem within commercial fishing Efraimstochter/Pixabay, CC BY-SA Capturing audiences worldwide with its no-holds-barred indictment of the fishing industry, Netflix’s Seaspiracy is the latest documentary to draw attention to the plight of our oceans. With marine species at risk …
How we showed bamboo cricket bats could usher in a new, more sustainable epoch for cricket: wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock For nearly 200 years, willow has been the principal material used in the production of cricket bats. English white willow is particularly sought after, famed for its aesthetically pleasing colour and grain structure as well as for its …