"Water: “Water #heating accounts for about 18% of your home's #energy use and is the typically the second largest energy expense in any home." https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/water-heating #GlobalSouth requires less water heating than the #GlobalNorth. The North leads in global emissions typically. What can we do about this?
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The Development Gap: Taskforce for Sustainability, empowering rural women and girls.
When we think of "#Development" we think of temperature controlled #housing. 4.1B tonnes co2 come from from heating globally
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co2-heating-cooling
In fact, about 4 times more CO2 is produced to heat than to cool so the #GlobalSouth #pollutes far less for #HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning)
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co2-heating-cooling
In fact, about 4 times more CO2 is produced to heat than to cool so the #GlobalSouth #pollutes far less for #HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning)
Global carbon emissions from heating and cooling
Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents. Heating includes space and water heating. Emissions from cooling — mostly air conditioning — measure emissions from electricity consumption but do not include refrigerants used in AC units.
Food: in Southeast Asia and China, only 65% of the population owns a #refrigerator; in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, 80%; and in Latin America, 82% (Electrolux, 2019). https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/not-just-cool-convenience-how-electric-refrigeration-shaped-cold-chain
If we think of a #developed lifestyle, it often includes consumer appliances like these. Is there another way?
There are many 100s of millions of private vehicles. However, there are 4.5 Billion public #transport users
https://www.statista.com/topics/2994/public-transportation/#topicOverview
We need to make life for those 4.5 Billion to be made easier so they do not try to become private vehicle owners!
#publictransportation #development
https://www.statista.com/topics/2994/public-transportation/#topicOverview
We need to make life for those 4.5 Billion to be made easier so they do not try to become private vehicle owners!
#publictransportation #development
In 2015, around 947 million passenger #cars and 335 million commercial #vehicles were in operation worldwide.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/281134/number-of-vehicles-in-use-worldwide/
It is not that we are too numerous (#population) it what we think is necessary for each individual to have. "#Development" needs redefining.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/281134/number-of-vehicles-in-use-worldwide/
It is not that we are too numerous (#population) it what we think is necessary for each individual to have. "#Development" needs redefining.
Did you know: There are around 8 Billion people on the planet and of that number, 91.6% of globe use #electricity. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS
#Population is not the problem in the fight for the climate. But populations of this size all living "modern" lifestyles IS the problem. As nations "#develop" they tend to become bigger and bigger #consumers. At https://TheDevelopmentGap.org, we question what that word even means.
"Existing Pains in the sustainability field:
#Menstrual Products: Current options are somewhat uncomfortable
#Wheel alternatives: Wheels contain #plastic and end up in the food cycle
#Fuel alternatives: We still run on #fossilfuels due to ease-of-use
#Packaging alternatives: Plastic is still the easy choice
Toilet paper: We still cut down #trees for our #waste" thedevelopmentgap.org #SDG course
#Menstrual Products: Current options are somewhat uncomfortable
#Wheel alternatives: Wheels contain #plastic and end up in the food cycle
#Fuel alternatives: We still run on #fossilfuels due to ease-of-use
#Packaging alternatives: Plastic is still the easy choice
Toilet paper: We still cut down #trees for our #waste" thedevelopmentgap.org #SDG course
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