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International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopts revised strategy to reduce GHG emissions from international shipping.

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Indicative checkpoints to reach net-zero GHG emissions from international shipping: To reduce the total annual GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 20%, striving for 30%, by 2030, compared to 2008; and To reduce the total annual GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 70%, striving for 80%, by 2040, compared to 2008.

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Speculation in the Metaverse

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You might imagine this lot was in downtown San Francisco, New York, or London. It remains incredibly difficult to get even a second person into your corner of the metaverse, unless you’re happy communicating with cartoons. In fact, Decentraland is located nowhere. It’s an entirely a virtual place, part of the much-touted “metaverse.”

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. To a large extent, I wouldn’t be the person I am today if not for the support from the IEEE and IEEE Foundation.”

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What Texas Instruments’ Little Professor Can Teach Us

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Back in 1980 the Science Museum in London exhibited its Little Professor as part of the Challenge of the Chip exhibition, which encouraged visitors to consider how the tiny microchip was going to change their lives. Personally, I would like to see the Little Professor in an exhibit about designing for children.

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London study finds Low Emission Zone has contributed to modest NOx reduction, with little effect on lung health of children

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The introduction of the low emission zone (LEZ) in London, UK, has only contributed to modest reductions in exposure to NO x from diesel vehicles, and these improvements appear to have little effect on the lung health of children, according to an open-access observational study published in the journal The Lancet Public Health.

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Driving Dystopia: Europe’s Low Emission Zones Aren't Going Over Well

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Originally framed as a way to improve air quality throughout London, ULEZ cameras have started to proliferate more suburban communities. Londoners very clearly did not. The nation has been banned from automatic access to personal details of citizens residing outside its borders.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Ed Feo is a partner with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was voted one of the “Five Most Influential People in Renewable Energy” in 2008 by Euromoney / Institutional Investor. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008). Billion vs. $28.3

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