This video explains how tree planting affects global warming Throughout the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, Australia experienced what is referred to as its Black Summer. This was a season of intense bushfires that blighted the world. By March 2020, an estimated 19 million hectares of forested land had burned down, […]
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This video will help you to understand what direct air capture is and how it affects our atmosphere Last month, Shopify – Canada’s most valuable company – signed a deal to pull 11,023 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. It is the largest publicly announced corporate purchase of direct air capture (DAC) ever. […]
This video outlines solutions to stop deforestation that do not actually work Many people think that planting more trees is the natural solution to deforestation and climate change. In fact, this view is surprisingly widespread. 90 per cent of American adults approve of planting a trillion trees to fight climate change. In 2019, even the […]
In this video, you will find out everything you need to know about Alberta’s tar sands After US President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, he directly took aim at the Alberta tar sands industry. This wasn’t limited to the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have transported Canadian oil into the […]
This video outlines the main factors of climate change, such as sources of power, deforestation and land use Climate change is caused by greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. These are gases that prevent heat from escaping into space. The ‘greenhouse effect’ has increased the global average temperature by about 1°C since pre-industrial times. Forests […]
Find out how deforestation and climate change are linked in this short video There is a close link between climate change and deforestation. Greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide (CO2), are the most important driving force behind global warming. Forests remove about 30 per cent of man-made carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. We must […]
This video explains everything you need to know about carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) What is CCUS? There are several different answers to the question, what is CCUS? CCUS stands for carbon capture, utilisation and storage. CCUS is an umbrella term for several different technologies. Generally speaking, CCUS refers to capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) […]
The combustion of fossil fuels is the principal cause of climate change. Another significant contributor is the destruction of natural carbon sinks, namely forests. This is because global warming is the result of too much carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These gases prevent heat from escaping from Earth, thereby warming […]
As the Earth gets hotter each year, the issue of climate change rises up the political agenda. Questions around capturing carbon dioxide have also started to come up in public debates. What if we captured CO2 at the source before it is released into the atmosphere? Could we stop catastrophic climate change that way? Could […]
When Joe Biden was running for President of the United States, he made a bold claim. He said that he would get the world to spend USD $20 billion to protect the Amazon rainforests in South America. Recognising the negative effects of deforestation in the Amazon, he pledged to impose “significant economic consequences” if Brazil […]
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