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PwC: Global Carbon Budget For 2000-2050 Could Be Exhausted By 2034

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Global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has analyzed carbon emissions from 2000 to 2008 and concluded that the world’s “carbon emissions budget”, or ability to emit carbon dioxide while still maintaining a “fair chance” of limiting average global temperatures to no more than 2 ºC (3.6 Click to enlarge.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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Russia might even become, miraculously and temporarily, less intransigent, and Europe might then welcome status quo ante. Economically punishing Russia is difficult to do, for a variety of reasons. Russia’s energy resources are enormous and Europe’s dependence on them is deep and pervasive.

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Japan will begin test drilling for oil and gas off Niigata coast in 2013

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Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will begin test drilling for oil and natural gas in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Niigata Prefecture in April 2013. The Sea of Japan (called the East Sea by South Korea) is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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The low annual rate of global reduction of carbon emissions per unit of GDP needed to limit global warming to 2 °C—based on the probability assessments of the UN IPCC—is insufficient to achieve that goal, according to the latest Low Carbon Economy Index published by business consultancy PwC. —PwC.

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Scotiabank forecasts 4% growth in global auto market in 2015 to 74M units, led by China

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Scotiabank expects combined vehicle sales and production in Canada, Mexico and the United States over the coming year to surpass the 2000 peak, when sales totalled 19.8 The slowdown in Russia will be compounded by recent increases in car prices in response to the sharp decline in the ruble. million units and assemblies topped 17.6

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MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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Thompson previously served from 2000 to 2014 as co-chair of the MIT Singapore Alliance’s Program in Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems. CEES is part of the larger Skoltech effort to create a Silicon Valley-like innovation hub in Russia by pairing the fledging graduate-level institute with an industrial and commercial park setting.

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BRIMCS countries, and especially China, outspending IEA countries in energy RDD

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The study collected and analyzed data on energy technology research investments and energy technology innovation (ETI) policies in the BRIMCS countries from 2000 to 2008. “ Governmental Energy Innovation Investments, Policies and Institutions in the Major Emerging Economies: Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, China, and South Africa.

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