Eco Minute 13:30

BULLETIN 5 February 1:30 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Eco Minute:

# The South African Wind Energy Association says the country’s current energy crisis requires swift action through a clear, comprehensive and realistic implementation plan. This comes as the country’s revised draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 has been released for public comment. The plan presents an analysis of broad options at the disposal of the country to meet three distinct aspirations, namely security of supply, energy affordability, and carbon emissions reductions. The association says the draft IRP 2023 requires a lot of intense review, transparency and creative resolve.

# The University of South Africa says its multi-stakeholder wetland project will be completed towards the end of the first quarter of this year. The project is for rehabilitating a wetland located on the university’s Graduate School of Business Leadership campus in Midrand. Unisa says it will address challenges such as excessive flooding in the parking area, erosion, habitat destruction, invasion of alien species and damaged stream banks. It adds that this rehabilitation project is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Eleven: Sustainable Cities and Communities.

# And finally: Firefighters in the Cape Winelands District Municipality are continuing to battle a fire on the slopes of Bainskloof. The fire broke out yesterday evening. The municipality’s spokesperson, Anesca Roodt, says various resources, including aerial support, have been deployed:

Stay tuned for more news………….