The old playbook doesn’t work anymore and things don’t automatically get better for each generation anymore.
We need new ideas on how to deal with the economy, our lives and the environment.
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The leading exporting countries of Cassava , but the leading producer doesn’t even make an appearance , now let’s imagine if we did half of Thailand’s number and how much of export proceeds that would be .
Nigeria has over 100 produce to sell
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I once asked if Nigeria can earn $50B from agricultural exports , yes She can , all it takes is focus . Let’s use Cassava as our case study . Producing 63million tons and accounting for almost a quarter of Global production , Nigeria doesn’t feature in the global trade of it
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in the design and implementation of a fair #EnergyTransition public policy.
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And yet, the author of the work is never paid for their work, or their ideas. The reviewers of the work are never paid. But the publisher becomes the owner of that work forever, and is paid billions per year for access to that work.
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The publishing companies control the information and evidence bases, ensuring that only a tiny percentage of people ever have access to knowledge and information. They have such a monopoly, that if you don’t give your work to them, you’re seen as less ‘academic’.
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A reminder that Elsevier made $10.5 BILLION in 2022 from selling your academic journals and articles behind paywalls, and make more profit than Amazon, Google, and Apple every year…
And paid the academics who wrote the articles $0
And paid the reviewers of the articles $0
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A successful businessman & philanthropist, Olisa is on the boards of a number of quoted companies.
He’s founder Interregnum, a merchant bank, & also the managing partner at Restoration Partners.
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But he’s also, since 2015, the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London.
He’s the first black Briton so honoured.
This is a very important ‘palace chieftaincy’, one of 96 courtiers who function as the Queen’s personal representatives in their localities.
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Sir Kenneth Olisa was born in the UK in 1951 to a Nigerian law student father and British mother. He never met his father.
He is High Bailiff & Searcher of the Sanctuary of Westminster Abbey, a lay role by which he was connected with the funeral, to which he was appointed 2021.
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Sir Kenneth Aphunezi Olisa, OBE
Nothing of consequence happens in Westminster Abbey without Sir Kenneth’s ceremonial presence.
In todays coronation he was just a member of the welcome party and was there in his role as the High Bailiff of the sanctuary of Westminster Abbey.
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Technology has transformed our lives, but at what cost to the environment?
Join our 3rd episode of #DCOSpace to explore the impacts of technology on the environment and what we can do to make tech more sustainable.
Register today at bit.ly/40VCXca
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Big Oil Helped Shape ’s Latest Climate-Research Focus
Not only does synthetic carbon capture increase CO2, pollution, mining & fossil infrastructure, but this shows lack of "understanding priorities in solving the climate problem"
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How can we ensure the digital economy's growth doesn't harm the environment?
Join us and for 3rd episode of #DCOSpace to explore the intersection of digital innovation and sustainability.
Register here: bit.ly/40VCXca
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Kenya has a historic opportunity to clean up global shipping.
@AmbNKarigith - be our climate hero and back #IPCC science at . 🇺🇳
Support strong targets to cut emissions from ships now:
🎯 -36% by 2030
🎯 -96% by 2040
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Top 10 most expensive country to buy a 1.5 litre water bottle (US$)
1.🇨🇷 Costa Rica: $2.14
2.🇳🇴 Norway: 2.11
3.🇺🇲 USA: 1.91
4.🇦🇺 Australia: 1.70
5.🇨🇦 Canada: 1.68
6.🇫🇮 Finland: 1.67
7.🇮🇸 Iceland: 1.65
8.🇵🇷 Puerto Rico: 1.61
9.🇸🇬 Singapore: 1.59
10.🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 1.57
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People with access to clean and safe drinking water (% of population):
🇹🇩 Chad: 6
🇨🇫 CAR: 6
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone: 11
🇷🇼 Rwanda: 12
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 13
🇰🇮 Kiribati: 15
🇺🇬 Uganda: 17
🇳🇵 Nepal: 18
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 22
🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 28
🇰🇭 Cambodia: 28
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 36
🇲🇽 Mexico: 43
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Trillion dollar economies (GDP):
🇺🇸USA: $23.3t
🇨🇳China: $17.7t
🇯🇵Japan: $4.9t
🇩🇪Germany: $4.2t
🇮🇳India: $3.1t
🇬🇧UK: $3.1t
🇫🇷France: $2.9t
🇮🇹Italy: $2.1t
🇨🇦Canada: $1.9t
🇰🇷South Korea: $1.8t
🇷🇺Russia: $1.7t
🇧🇷Brazil: $1.6t
🇦🇺Australia: $1.5t
🇪🇸Spain: $1.4t
🇲🇽Mexico: $1.2t
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Virtually all of Africa's natural resources are controlled by just 101 companies
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Average monthly net salary:
1. Switzerland 🇨🇭: $6,096
2. Luxembourg 🇱🇺: $5,015
3. Singapore 🇸🇬: $4,989
4. USA 🇺🇸: $4,245
5. Iceland 🇮🇸: $4,007
6. Qatar 🇶🇦: $3,982
7. Denmark 🇩🇰: $3,538
8. UAE 🇦🇪: $3,498
9. Netherlands 🇳🇱: $3,494
10. Australia 🇦🇺: $3,391
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11. Norway 🇳🇴: $3,289… Show more
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#DYK: 2.4 billion people still live without access to #CleanCooking solutions, costing the 🌍 over $2.4 trillion each year.
CCA and 's #DigitalInnovationChallenge seeks solutions to catalyze investment across the sector.
Apply by May 7, 2023!
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By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities.
Responsibly sourced metals and minerals are essential to creating the modern, sustainable cities we need to reach our climate goals.
Read more: icmm.com/en-gb/our-work
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We have over 7,000 Dwarf Tenera Hybrid oil palm seedlings for sale. Healthy & highly prolific!
DM is open. RTs are deeply appreciated 🙏
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...we birth, we nurture
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THE IGBARA ÒKÈ PETROGLYPH
How familiar are you with this 6,000 years old petroglyph at Igbara Òkè? This is not fiction but facts from which good fiction stories are made. Somebody among your ancestors carved a picture of what is today known as telecommunication mast on a stone.
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The real cost of electric car batteries to forests and local communities in Indonesia. It is not environmentally friendly if the entire value chain is questionable and not transparent. Users have the right to know.
Fyi betahita.id/news/detail/86
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Captured above the Amazon rainforest, these incredible aerial photos show an uncontacted tribal community made of only 100 people.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
-These photos were taken in November of 2016 (~7 years ago)
-As of 2023, estimates range between 28,000 and 38,000 Yanomami
-Yanomami first started making ongoing contact with outsiders in the 1940s and in 2023, 16 were airlifted out of the jungle due to malnutrition
bbc.com/news/world-643…
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
survivalinternational.org/tribes/yanomami
Context is written by people who use Twitter, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more.
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Electric vehicles grab 6.8% share of Australia market as Tesla Model 3 overall third highest selling car in Australia
MG3 in 10th place
Tesla Model 3 most popular passenger car
Tesla in 9th place in overall sales by brand
#EVs outsold #hybrids
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Wow.
120+ years of the internal combustion engine coming to an abrupt end - this decade
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Two days ago I posted a freak-out graph of the enormous odds of the sea surface temperatures (SST) against the 1982-2011 baseline. I'm relieved to see SSTs finally making news internationally.
Here is the complete odds story, highlighting the top 4 hottest years for SSTs:
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Unless regions take immediate action to control and detect zoonotic contagions, global pandemics will unavoidably become more common, warns SICPA’s Arnaud Bernaert and Rebecca Schenato. Read more: bit.ly/3DMnOBH #Sponsored by #zoonosis #COP27 #globalhealth
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Science is clear on the facts. The #ClimateCrisis is making our planet heat up - rapidly. Which, with the loss of #Biodiversity, puts all life in danger. We must take positive action toward #NetZero using #Renewables, working #sustainably & make #FossilFuelDinosaurs extinct.
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As UK struggles with soaring energy prices and the threat of blackouts, fossil fuel lobbyists are working overtime to blame net zero. The truth is we're suffering from too little 'net zero'.
Aside from Ukraine, here are 8 real reasons, with graphics:🧵...
eciu.net/insights/2022/
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If you can change the composition of a planet's atmosphere, then you can change that planet's climate.
After a long stability, the abundance of carbon dioxide – the second most important greenhouse gas after water vapor – has been driven up by 50% in little more than a century.
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Every climate analyst knows what's going on. But no one dares to make the statement.
Our oceans are starting to pump the heat they've stored for years to the surface. Even after a La Niña period, this seems to be a very easy transition for our oceans.
This scares me.
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Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches, Ethiopia.
Lalibela, a town in Ethiopia named after a king from the 12th century. Famous for its 11 rock-cut churches, built during the Zagwe dynasty and holds religious significance for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians.
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Global surface temperatures have increased by around 1.2C since the late 1800s. But the vast majority of that warming (about 1C of it) has occurred since 1970.
At current warming rates the world is on track to pass 1.5C above preindustrial levels in early 2030s and 2C in 2060.
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When Was Last Time Nigeria Had “Strong Ability To Generate Revenue From GDP”? How Long Has Nigeria Been Manifesting Weak Ability To Generate Revenue From GDP? Have Nigeria’s Economy Managers Ever Used Debt to Revenue Ratio As Main Indicator Of Debt Sustainability?
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Debt to GDP ratio is a good measure and used by most countries but it assumes a country is able to get revenues out of that GDP. If your ability to generate revenue from your GDP is weak then it’s a pretty useless indicator to track to determine ability to repay debt twitter.com/ecopoliticsNG/…
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A flying cycle propelled by pedalling created by Fusha Sakai
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Using lasers to cut tree branches around power lines
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