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This Zero Waste Low-Cost Grocery Bus in South Africa is Tackling Food Insecurity
An activist has taken it upon herself to bring groceries to low-income communities in Johannesburg.
By Kim Harrisberg
JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Sidney Beukes got his bus driver s licence, he never imagined himself behind the wheel of a 40-year-old school bus that has been turned into a mobile grocery store serving low-income residents of Johannesburg.
The bus is not an easy drive: there is no power steering and it chugs along. But Beukes said every time a customer climbs aboard to buy groceries they could not afford in the shops, he is reminded of why he would not want to drive anything else.
99 of the World’s 100 Most Environmentally At-Risk Cities Are Located in Asia: Report
Can you guess which city is ranked the worst?
Why Global Citizens Should Care
Between 2030 and 2050, around 250,000 people worldwide are expected to die from the implications of climate change, including malnutrition, diseases like malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress. Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations’ Global Goals, including goal 11 for sustainable cities and economies and goal 13 for climate action. Join the movement and take action on this issue and more here.
Ninety-nine of the world s 100 most environmentally at-risk cities are in Asia, according to a new report.
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Net Zero: Despite the Greenwash, It’s Vital for Tackling Climate Change
Corporations must take real steps to fight climate change over making vague commitments. May 15, 2021
By Richard Black, Honorary Research Fellow, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London; Steve Smith, Executive Director, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford; Thomas Hale, Associate Professor in Public Policy, University of Oxford
It might seem odd to find supporters of climate action debating the merits of a concept that science shows to be essential for halting climate change, and which is accordingly embedded at the heart of the defining global agreement.
Yet that is where we find ourselves with the concept of “net zero” the point at which any remaining emissions of greenhouse gases are balanced with absorption, halting further warming of the climate. The necessity of reaching net zero emissions globally is abundantly proven in science, and governments pledged in the 2015 Paris Agree
Sir David Attenborough Named ‘People’s Advocate for Climate Change’ Ahead of COP26
The broadcaster and naturalist has been tasked with “inspiring action” on climate change.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
The United Nations’ Global Goal 13 calls for countries to take action to stop climate change. Decisions taken this year at the COP26 summit, hosted by the UK in Glasgow, will be incredibly important in shaping the next decade. And in Sir David Attenborough, the UK has found itself a powerful champion and advocate. To find out more about the climate crisis and help by taking action, join us here.