Tác giả: Đào Thu Hằng
I'm from Hanoi, Viet Nam.
I'm an author of Dot Chuoi Non (dotchuoinon.com/author/hangbelu/), a blog on Positive thinking, founded by Dr. Tran Dinh Hoanh, an attorney in Washington DC.
I'm a co-founder of Conversations on Vietnam Development - cvdvn.net, a virtual think tank. I am a co-founder of two companies in Viet Nam working on children education services. I advise companies on STEAM education, English language education for children and students in Vietnam.
I'm studying the Buddha's teaching and the teaching of Jesus. I practice mindful living including meditation.
I hold a PhD on Sustainable Energy Systems from University of Lisbon and Aalto University.
I graduated from Hanoi University of Technology on Environmental Engineering. I obtained a Master degree of the same major from Stanford University and Nanyang Technological University.
My English-language blog at: hangbelu.wordpress/.
I play table tennis as a hobby.
New research measures impacts of China’s elephant ivory trade ban
by Mongabay.com on 23 October 2018
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- Research released last month by WWF and TRAFFIC, the wildlife monitoring network, found that there has been a substantial decline in the number of Chinese consumers buying ivory since the ivory trade ban went into effect on December 31, 2017. But there is still work to be done to diminish both the supply and demand for elephant ivory in China.
- Of 2,000 Chinese consumers surveyed, 14 percent claimed to have bought ivory in the past year — significantly fewer than the 31 percent of respondents who said they’d recently purchased ivory during a pre-ban survey conducted in 2017. Some ivory sales have simply gone international, however: 18 percent of regular travelers reported buying ivory products while abroad, particularly in Thailand and Hong Kong.
- TRAFFIC reports that all of the formerly accredited (i.e. legal) ivory shops the group’s investigators visited in 2018 have stopped selling ivory. But the illegal ivory trade has not been so thoroughly shut down. TRAFFIC investigators also visited 157 markets in 23 cities and found 2,812 ivory products on offer in 345 separate stores.
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How Internal Combustion Engines Will Die Out in Eurasia
Danish ban adds to list of countries looking to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles. A set of maps shows where and when those phaseouts will occur.
More countries are banning internal combustion vehicles.
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Denmark announced a ban on new internal combustion engine cars this month, joining at least 13 other nations now looking to limit ICE sales. The Danish ICE ban will come into effect in 2030 and will prohibit the sale of new fossil-fueled cars.
Announcing the move, Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said: “I’m all for cars, but they shouldn’t ruin the environment.”
By the time the ban comes into force, Denmark should have at least a million electric or hybrid cars on its roads, he said.
The country, which has a population of less than 5.8 million and is aiming to rely on carbon-free electricity by 2050, has seen sales of non-polluting vehicles declining after Rasmussen’s center-right government phased out subsidies, Bloomberg reported. Tiếp tục đọc “How Internal Combustion Engines Will Die Out in Eurasia”
IPCC: Renewables to Supply 70%-85% of Electricity by 2050 to Avoid Worst Impacts of Climate Change
The United Nations confronts a future with “the slimmest of opportunities remaining to avoid unthinkable damage.”
Among the proposed changes: up to 97 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2050.
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require extreme changes, including markedly increasing the percentage of electricity from renewables by mid-century, according to a Sunday report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The report, commissioned as part of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, presents a stark portrait of the future unless the world undertakes “rapid, fair-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” in the next decade or so — changes that thus far have been difficult for decision-makers to agree on. Tiếp tục đọc “IPCC: Renewables to Supply 70%-85% of Electricity by 2050 to Avoid Worst Impacts of Climate Change”
The 2018 economics Nobel shows we can’t discuss economics without considering climate change
By Nathaniel Keohane
Senior vice president for climate at Environmental Defense Fund
When William Nordhaus won the Nobel prize in economics earlier this month, it ratified climate change into mainstream economics. His pioneering work integrating climate change into models of economic growth has provided a roadmap for a future where the world’s economic health is directly linked to its environmental one.
Bill was my teacher and colleague. His intellect and writing were so sharp that having him participate in our environmental economics seminars was like having Elvis show up to choir practice.
Common weed killer linked to bee deaths
Date: September 24, 2018
Source:University of Texas at Austin
Summary: Honey bees exposed to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, lose some of the beneficial bacteria in their guts and are more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria. Scientists believe this is evidence that glyphosate might be contributing to the decline of honey bees and native bees around the world.
FULL STORY
Glyphosate might be contributing to the decline of bees around the world.
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Lac Hong Vien, the largest cemetery in Vietnam and Southeast Asia
VietNamNet Bridge – Lac Hong Vien, the largest cemetery in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, is located on nine hills, with nine natural streams. It looks like a giant swimming turtle.
The park cemetery is very near Highway 6, about 50 km from the center of Hanoi and 20km from Hoa Binh City. This cemetery covers nine hills of nearly 100 hectares in Ky Son district, Hoa Binh province. Tiếp tục đọc “Lac Hong Vien, the largest cemetery in Vietnam and Southeast Asia” |
Did You Know – The First Cars Were Electric? Những chiếc ô tô đầu tiên là xe điện – Lịch sử xe điện
Timeline: History of the Electric Car
1832-1839
Scottish inventor Robert Anderson invents the first crude electric carriage powered by non-rechargeable primary cells.
1835
American Thomas Davenport is credited with building the first practical electric vehicle — a small locomotive.
1859
French physicist Gaston Planté invents the rechargeable lead-acid storage battery. In 1881, his countryman Camille Faure will improve the storage battery’s ability to supply current and invent the basic lead-acid battery used in automobiles. Tiếp tục đọc “Did You Know – The First Cars Were Electric? Những chiếc ô tô đầu tiên là xe điện – Lịch sử xe điện”
Cận cảnh ô tô điện “made in Việt Nam”
Ô tô điện của người đàn ông ở Sài Gòn chế tạo có cửa mở ra như siêu xe, ghế ngồi ngả ra như 1 chiếc giường…
Ông Trần Minh Tâm (56 tuổi) ngụ huyện Củ Chi, TP HCM chỉ học đến lớp 9 nhưng bằng sự mày mò, học hỏi đã chế tạo thành công chiếc ô tô điện.
Chiếc ô tô có thiết kế với chiều dài 3 m, cao 1,62 m, rộng 1,4 m, khoảng sáng gầm 23 cm, có 4 chỗ ngồi rộng rãi.
Governments and Philanthropies Announce South East Asia Energy Transition Partnership
Today the Government of Canada’s Department of Environment and Climate Change, the French Development Agency (AFD), Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the United Kingdom’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and global philanthropies announced the beginning of a new collaboration at the One Planet Summit in New York to accelerate the energy transition in partnership with countries in South East Asia.
South East Asian countries can ensure continued economic growth and prosperity, keep pace with the related growth in energy demand, and meet their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) toward the Paris Agreement. The fall in the cost of renewable energy, the untapped renewable energy potential in South East Asia, and the lessons learned from increasing renewable energy penetration globally presents an opportunity for South East Asian countries to accelerate the energy transition and meet their Paris commitments. Tiếp tục đọc “Governments and Philanthropies Announce South East Asia Energy Transition Partnership”
How to create powerful citizens: students learn how to demand transparency in public procurement
Fighting Corruption: The Next Generation
What happens when you take a group of young people and give them a taste of citizen power?
The answer: Lots!
“So, you want us to become snitches?!”
That was one of the first reactions we got, in response to our idea.
Our plan was this: run a training lab to make a group of young people aware of their power as citizens.
The aim? To get them to understand the role they can play in making public procurement more transparent. A big ask? Perhaps. But our experience has shown that it can be done, and with positive results that could help shape the future.
The Power of Youth
In the fight against corruption, young people represent the future.
Our setting was Madonie, in the province of Palermo, Sicily. The area has an ageing, shrinking population. That means it’s even more important to convince students of the importance of exercising their power as citizens.
With a group of 13 students, it’s true to say that we didn’t really know what to expect. But with a bit of creative thinking they all got on board and really surprised us.
A Hard Topic for Students?
Ok, ok, so public procurement is clearly not what teenagers spend most of their time thinking about!
Canada strips Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship
Canadian lawmakers vote unanimously to revoke symbolic honour from Myanmar leader over her handling of Rohingya crisis.
Canada’s parliament has unanimously voted to strip Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship over her handling of the Rohingya crisis.
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The world’s largest floating solar farm is producing energy atop a former coal mine
SUNGROW POWER Bye, bye, coal.
The Chinese city of Huainan is rich in coal—very rich. By one 2008 estimate, it has nearly a fifth of all of China’s coal reserves.
Now the city has become home to the world’s largest floating solar farm. Appropriately, it has been built atop a former coal mine, which had become a lake after being flooded with groundwater. The China Daily reports that the farm started generating electricity earlier this week.
The 40-megawatt power plant consists of 120,000 solar panels covering an area of more than 160 American football fields. The $45-million investment could help power 15,000 homes. Here’s a drone tour of the solar farm, set to electronic music:
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Tăng thuế bảo vệ môi trường với xăng lên khung cao nhất 4.000 đồng/lít
Ủy ban Thường vụ Quốc hội biểu quyết thông qua nghị quyết tăng thuế bảo vệ môi trường với các mặt hàng xăng dầu. Thuế môi trường với xăng dự kiến tăng lên 4.000 đồng/lít từ 2019.
Chiều nay 20/9, Uỷ ban Thường vụ Quốc hội đã thảo luận và biểu quyết thông qua dự thảo Nghị quyết về biểu thuế bảo vệ môi trường. Thuế môi trường đối với xăng được tăng kịch trần lên mức 4.000 đồng/lít (mức cũ là 3.000 đồng/lít). Tiếp tục đọc “Tăng thuế bảo vệ môi trường với xăng lên khung cao nhất 4.000 đồng/lít”
Vietnam’s vaccine champion
Dr. Le Van Be, director of the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) in Nha Trang, Vietnam, is driven by a childhood encounter with rabies to improve the health outcomes of the people of Vietnam. Photo: PATH/Hai Trinh.
Dr. Le Van Be, director of the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals, believes in the power of vaccines. And he is committed to seeing locally made influenza vaccine become a reality. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s vaccine champion”
CVD 