Eco Minute 13:30

BULLETIN 18 September 1:30 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Eco Minute:

# A quarter of global companies have reduced their carbon footprint while achieving financial gains. This is according to the Carbon Emissions report by Boston Consulting Group and CO2 AI. About 25-percent of the one-thousand-864 companies surveyed are realising financial net benefits of seven-percent or more of their yearly revenues, from reducing emissions in line with their ambitions. Boston Consulting’s Diana Dimitrova says companies generate the financial benefits from decarbonising from lower costs and taxation:

# The Green Connection says extending the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station’s lifespan is a reckless gamble with public safety. The power station’s unit one suffered an unexpected shutdown last Wednesday. Following Eskom’s recent maintenance of the unit, the National Nuclear Regulator granted it a 20-year operating licence extension in July. Green Connection’s, Liz McDaid, says the extension of Koeberg’s life decision is fatally flawed:

# And finally: Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates says malnutrition is the world’s worst child health crisis, and climate change will only make things more severe. According to a report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, between now and 2050, 40-million more children will have stunted growth. Twenty-eight million more will suffer from wasting, the most extreme and irreversible form of malnutrition, as a result of climate change. Gates says around 90-percent of the negative effect of climate change works through the food system.

Stay tuned for more news………….