Eco Minute 13:30

BULLETIN 13 October 1:30 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Eco Minute:

# The Presidential Climate Commission says climate justice is achievable in the near future. Rich countries are responsible for 37-percent of current global emissions, despite being home to only 15-percent of the global population. To compare, Africa is home to 17-percent of the world’s population yet emits less than four-percent of the global total. The commission’s executive director, Dorah Modise, told the SABC the world’s poorest countries are paying the price of a climate crisis they are least responsible for:

Meanwhile, the International Institute for Environment and Development says countries are being forced to borrow more money to cover costs for a climate crisis they have barely contributed towards. New research shows that the world’s poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are spending more to repay debts than they receive in funding to fight climate change. Climate-related disasters have increased by 83-percent in two decades. The institute’s Sejal Patel says poor countries’ debt burdens make it very difficult to deal with increasingly damaging and unpredictable extremes of weather.

# And finally: Stony Point Nature Reserve at Bettys Bay in the Western Cape’s Penguin Palooza celebrates African penguin conservation, drawing families to markets, exhibits, and penguin releases. With African penguins now critically endangered, CapeNature and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds lead efforts to protect the species while boosting local tourism. CapeNature’s Petro van Rhyn says the event inspires action to safeguard penguins and South Africa’s marine ecosystems:

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