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Are climate refugees the biggest threat to achieving social equality?
SDG 10 aims for global socio-economic equality determined through prosperity regardless of gender, race, religion or economic status. Considering the giant difference in countries with respect to their position on the Maslow chart, Covid-19 has accelerated the...
SDG10: Reduced Inequalities | Brave New World
I want to start this article by talking about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, in order to set the tone and place a point of reference for what we mean when we talk about reducing inequalities. In the image below, we can see at the bottom of the pyramid all of the things...
Industrial-Sized Terms, Innovative Claims, Infrastructure Pending
In this article, I’m going to be looking at the new terms that are being thrown about, a few ambitions that are cleverly worded, and give my overall opinion on the infrastructure drive that is taking place in the UK. Contents: Are we mislabelling, or is the abundance...
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure | Brave New World
In 2021, 46% of people globally still don’t have access to a computer or the internet in order to access remote education or health services. This figure simply doesn’t align with the global agenda of remote learning and working, and puts the third world at yet...
Green Recovery: Growing the Economy, Employment, and The Environment
I want to start this article with some lyrics from the Beatles’ classic ‘Let it be’: “And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see There will...
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth | Brave New World
“Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” Perhaps second only to the public health implications of Covid-19, the economic and employment knock-on effects may be the most publicised. Media...
HVAC: How Do We Make Cooling ‘Cool’?
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. As far as business carbon emissions go, HVAC is one of the guiltiest parties… Or is it? What was once an industry that you could easily point your finger at as a major source of pollution is in face changing its ways, and...
Declaring a Climate Emergency
Climate Emergency Roundtable - My Deeper Thoughts in 2021 This post was originally published in late 2019 and has been updated in January 2021, providing added information and reflection in regards to Covid-19. At the back end of 2019, I was a participant at an IEMA...
SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy | Brave New World
Back in my native South Africa, we practice something called Load Shedding. What this means is that the energy the country produces is shared around the country at different times of the day or night to balance the capabilities of the grid, with the demands of the...
Sanitation Can Flatten The Curve, So Why Has Development Stalled?
The title question is an ethical dilemma of the highest order, and I am not a philosopher who can adequately adjudge moral responsibility. Of course, anyone who reads this title will say that the answer is obvious, that development on international sanitation has...