WATCH:COP26 TURNING THE TIDE
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"Welcome, you're watching Climate Conversations on Business Watch with me Michael Avery, as we build up to COP26 to discuss whether we’re turning the tide on climate change brought to you by Investec ....
Is our emissions problem so big that it’s now the world’s problem?
According to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Eskom is the world’s biggest emitter of sulfur dioxide. The quantum we produce relative to the major economies of the world is staggering. And in the race to net zero clearly South Africa is a major cog, despite our relatively smaller size and overall emissions profile when compared with the world’s major emitters like the US and China. While sulfur dioxide isn't a direct greenhouse gas like carbon dioxide or methane, it is considered an indirect greenhouse gas, because, when coupled with elemental carbon, it forms aerosols.
I’ve read somewhere that Net zero will require 18 times the renewable energy capacity of 2020.
To talk about the race to net zero in part 2 of this 8-week series of climate conversations It’s a pleasure to welcome Andrew Gilder, Director of Climate Legal; Campbell Parry, Global Resources Analyst, Investec Wealth and Dr. Thuli Khumalo, DDG Climate Change and Air Quality Management, in the Department of Forestry and Fisheries and Environment"
Is our emissions problem so big that it’s now the world’s problem?
According to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Eskom is the world’s biggest emitter of sulfur dioxide. The quantum we produce relative to the major economies of the world is staggering. And in the race to net zero clearly South Africa is a major cog, despite our relatively smaller size and overall emissions profile when compared with the world’s major emitters like the US and China. While sulfur dioxide isn't a direct greenhouse gas like carbon dioxide or methane, it is considered an indirect greenhouse gas, because, when coupled with elemental carbon, it forms aerosols.
I’ve read somewhere that Net zero will require 18 times the renewable energy capacity of 2020.
To talk about the race to net zero in part 2 of this 8-week series of climate conversations It’s a pleasure to welcome Andrew Gilder, Director of Climate Legal; Campbell Parry, Global Resources Analyst, Investec Wealth and Dr. Thuli Khumalo, DDG Climate Change and Air Quality Management, in the Department of Forestry and Fisheries and Environment"
