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Global Mobility Report finds world not on track to achieving sustainable mobility

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from 2008–2012. from 2008–2012. Transporting a container of avocados from Kenya to the Netherlands requires 200 interactions and more than 20 documents, at a cost equal to that of shipping. Transport sector emissions growth in Annex I countries (developed countries and “economies in transition” averaged 0.5%

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Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

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The latest GFEI research suggests that fuel economy in new light duty vehicles around the world improved between 2005 and 2008 from around 8.1 The Initiative’s new workplan for 2013-15 lays out the challenges which still remain on fuel economy, and outlines the Initiative’s planned response to those challenges.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In February 2008, GRF became one of the first forests—and the largest—to receive verification as a source of greenhouse gas reductions under the protocols of the Climate Action Reserve , adopted by the California Air Resources Board in 2007. The new non-erosive structure cost about $400,000. Click to enlarge. Carbon offsets.

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