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Electric vehicles in South Africa: how to avoid making them the privilege of the few

Electric vehicles in South Africa: how to avoid making them the privilege of the few

IN the early 1900s, automobiles took the streets of industrialised cities by storm, rapidly displacing horse-drawn vehicles. Fiercely contested at first, the internal combustion engine won the technological battle against electric vehicles which accounted for up to a third of vehicles on the road before declining. After more than a century of domination, the internal combustion engine age is soon to be over. The tide is turning to electric vehicles. Pushed by environmental regulations, support programmes and improving economics, electric vehicles are set to become dominant in the coming decades. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been reminding…
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Rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising threat to mental health, says IPCC

Rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising threat to mental health, says IPCC

CLIMATE change poses serious risks to mental well-being. For the first time, a new climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has assessed how climate change is having widespread and cumulative effects on mental health globally. Authors ASHLEE CUNSOLO, Founding Dean, School of Arctic & Subarctic Studies, Labrador Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland BREANNE AYLWARD, PhD Student in Public Health, University of Alberta SHERILEE HARPER, Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Health, University of Alberta Over the past decade, research and public interest on the effects of climate change on mental health have been increasing, as…
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