Recycling and Resources

Amikor a Covid-járvány kitört, az egész világon sürgősen védőfelszereléseket, orvosi oxigént és lélegeztetőgépeket kellett vásárolni. Azok az országok, amelyek a leggyorsabban léptek, és a legjobb vásárlási döntéseket hozták, elektronikus beszerzési rendszerekkel rendelkeztek. Ezek a rendszerek nemcsak a válsághelyzetekben segítenek, hanem a korrupció visszaszorításában is létfontosságúak, illetve abban, hogy a kormányok dollármilliárdokat tudjanak megtakarítani.

Numeri e casi di scuola di applicazione dell’“e-procurement”, l’unica misura capace di produrre risultati fenomenali nella lotta a una piaga che costa mille miliardi di dollari l’anno

When the COVID pandemic hit, the whole world urgently needed to buy protective gear, oxygen and ventilators. The countries that moved fastest and made the best spending decisions had electronic procurement systems in place. These systems not only help in a crisis but are crucial for reducing corruption and saving governments billions of dollars.

La adquisición electrónica permitiría a los Gobiernos hacerlo más rápido y con menos corrupción.

Steven Crowder sits down with Bjørn Lomborg, who is the President of the think tank Copenhagen Consensus Center & former Director of the Danish government's Environmental Assessment Institute in Copenhagen. The duo discusses if climate change is really the number one issue in America, if climate change is actually killing people, fracking, renewable energy, SDG, Trump, Biden and so much more.

Between 2000 and 2015 the world made great progress on the Millennium Development Goals, which aimed to hit important targets in education, income growth, fighting disease and so on. In 2015, world leaders followed up that success by establishing the Sustainable Development Goals, a hodge-podge of 169 priorities. We’re now halfway to the target date of 2030 and, not surprisingly, progress has been minimal. In part, COVID setbacks are to blame but the crucial problem is lack of focus.

Over the past decades, the Accra Metropolitan Area has witnessed major development, but this growth has given rise to risks of its own. Rapid urbanization has caused an unplanned expansion of built-up areas like roads, parking lots and other structures with impervious surfaces, which has led to perennial flooding. Inadequacies of drainage systems and poor solid waste management add to this threat that is only bound to intensify in the future as climate change poses further challenges on cities and nations.

Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan to reduce plastic pollution, which will include a ban on single-use plastics as early as 2021. This is laudable: plastics clog drains and cause floods, litter nature and kill animals and birds.

Of course, plastic also makes our lives better in a myriad of ways. In just four decades, plastic packaging has become ubiquitous because it keeps everything from cereals to juice fresher and reduces transportation losses, while one-use plastics in the medical sector have made syringes, pill bottles and diagnostic equipment safer.

In Wall Street Journal, Matt Ridley asks how rich countries can best help poor ones and identifies five goals with great bang for the buck based on the output from Post-2015 Consensus so far.

Miljøministeriet har opfordret alle danskere til at komme med ”ideer til en ny strategi om at forebygge affald” og har i den forbindelse lanceret websitet http://forebygaffald.dk/. Det lykkedes at indsamle 239 ideer inden deadline d. 1. maj kl. 10.00 og nu venter vi spændt på resultatet.