It will require massive global investments to address the climate challenge and vulnerabilities to shocks. Estimates range from 3 trillion to 6 trillion dollars per year until 2050. The current level at about 630 billion dollars is just a fraction of what’s really needed—and very little goes to developing countries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 19, 2022•6 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 19, 2022•5 min
The fragile penguin populations depend on sardines and anchovies for their diet. Competition for fish stocks is high here, with sardine and anchovy fisheries in Algoa Bay targeting the waters around St Croix as it is the closest source. No-take zones contribute to improving feeding conditions for penguin populations. We are urging the minister to immediately close the feeding grounds of South Africa’s African penguin colonies to the sardine or anchovy fishing industry for as long as necessary wh...
Aug 18, 2022•5 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 18, 2022•4 min
Warnings about climate change are far from new. What marks summer 2022, is that it has become clear that the season is no longer a warning, but that it has become a reality that we have to face immediately rather than later. The many extreme heat waves, wildfires, droughts, and floods that occur simultaneously across the globe show that climate change is here now, and we need to adapt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 17, 2022•5 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 17, 2022•4 min
Green revolution implies increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) by high-yielding hybridized seeds, mechanization, fertilizers, and pesticides. Responding to major famines and food crises in the 1940s and 1950s, America unleashed Green Revolution in the 1960s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 16, 2022•7 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 16, 2022•4 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 15, 2022•3 min
The current economic environment has left the agriculture industry spinning. Farmers are looking for ways to maximize profit in a market where input costs tend to exceed commodity pricing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 14, 2022•6 min
It’s no secret that climate change is breaking records for heatwaves, frosts, fires, droughts, hail and wildfires. Their increasing frequency has left the wine world awash with initiatives, conferences, and research all concerning sustainable viticulture and its many facets: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 13, 2022•6 min
With Europe suffering through an extreme drought worsened by climate change that has dried up rivers and left millions sweltering in triple-digit heat this summer, farmers across the continent are sounding warnings about crop losses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 12, 2022•8 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 12, 2022•5 min
Argentina is considered a high-income economy with a GDP of 600 billion Dollars in 2016 and a population of over 44 million. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 11, 2022•5 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 11, 2022•5 min
Farmers are adopting precision agriculture , using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors, and other technologies to farm more efficiently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 10, 2022•6 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 10, 2022•5 min
Since early last year, global oil prices doubled, coal prices nearly quadrupled and European natural gas prices increased almost seven-fold. With energy prices likely to remain above pre-crisis levels for some time, Europe must adapt to higher import bills for fossil fuels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 09, 2022•4 min
The team built the robot to mimic the behaviour of rock ants that use one-to-one tuition, in which an ant that has discovered a much better new nest can teach the route there to another individual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 08, 2022•4 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 08, 2022•4 min
Technological development, though rapidly accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has been changing the insurance landscape for some time already. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 07, 2022•6 min
“The agriculture and land-use sector (which includes forestry) has a really invigorating role with this IPCC report,” he said. “It’s not enough only to lower emissions, we also need to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 06, 2022•5 min
How are the animals that we slaughter raised, and who raised them? Whose plate will the meat end up on, why do we eat it, and how does it affect our bodies, economy, society, and planet? To answer those questions, I've had to examine counterarguments that challenge my assumptions about one aspect of the food system that often runs contrary to my tenets: fake meat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 05, 2022•9 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 05, 2022•5 min
Flagship Digital Public Goods, such as the Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform, are one of the many concrete examples within FAO demonstrating how applying data and technology can strengthen the Organization’s capability to design more targeted agricultural interventions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 04, 2022•4 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 04, 2022•5 min
Water is a critical resource. Its provision should be seen as an enabler that facilitates socio-economic development. Water infrastructure needs to be suitably maintained – and upgraded – to ensure water access and reliable supply to guarantee water security. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 03, 2022•5 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 03, 2022•5 min
The Covid-induced lockdown meant online shopping was the only available option, but that was on the back of increasing online sales. In addition, handheld devices opened the opportunity for buyers to conveniently shop for wine anywhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 02, 2022•4 min
Frans De Klerk is an independent technical analyst with thirty years of experience. His love for technical analysis and his specialization, in the Candle Technique in particular, stems from his keen interest in psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 02, 2022•4 min