Lissa’s Friday Blog – What is COP? Recently, I am sure, many of you will have been reflecting a LOT about COP. On the news and here on LinkedIn COP has been a big topic these past few months but why? What is COP? COP stands for conference of the parties. For almost 3...
Carbon dioxide emissions account for around 410 parts per million (ppm) – or 0.041% of the total atmosphere. We need to stabilise this figure to around 350 ppm to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Much of annual global emissions is sequestered naturally...
Did you know, the world emits about 50 billion tons of CO2 a year, representing total carbon emissions from all human activities, including agriculture and land use. A carbon offset refers to a reduction in GHG emissions OR an increase in carbon storage (such as...
Did you know 36 football fields worth of trees are cut down every minute! The world has lost about 10% of its tropical tree cover since 2000, and nearly 47,000 square miles were destroyed in 2019 alone! Worse still, deforestation accounts for nearly 20% of greenhouse...
Go Green for 2022! Can’t think of a New Year’s Resolution? Here is one for you… Go Green for 2022! It is important we all ACT NOW to keep global temperatures below 1.5°C and reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 before we start to witness the detrimental effects of...
