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Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

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The Environment Committee of the European Parliament voted to include CO 2 emissions from the maritime sector in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). 20% of the revenues under the Fund shall be used to contribute to protecting, restoring and efficiently managing marine ecosystems impacted by global warming. Next steps.

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Lancet Commission report estimates pollution responsible for 9 million premature deaths globally in 2015; 16% of deaths

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Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today, according to the newly released report detailing the adverse effects of pollution on global health by the The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. of global economic output. Chemical pollution is a great and growing global problem.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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IHS Automotive forecasts global automotive sales for 2015 to reach 88.6 For the APAC region in 2015, IHS forecasts that China’s economic growth will decelerate further, to 6.5% However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2 million, an increase of 2.4%

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WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

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In 2015, 5.9 The major causes of child deaths globally are pneumonia, prematurity, intrapartum-related complications, neonatal sepsis, congenital anomalies, diarrhea, injuries and malaria. Most of these diseases and conditions are at least partially caused by the environment, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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The initiative aims to improve the country’s reliance on hardware infrastructure and to become a global hub for electronics manufacturing and design. Sharma says he finds Modi’s own career inspirational, because he experienced the challenges of growing up in a financially strained environment.

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Study using satellite data finds rate of urban growth much greater than previously thought

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An international team of researchers has used satellite images to map urban growth between 1985 and 2015. In a paper in Nature Sustainability , they report that global urban extent has expanded by 9,687?km km 2 per year—a rate four times greater than a previous estimate, suggesting an unprecedented rate of global urbanization.

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Global study links daily exposure to ozone pollution to increased risk of death

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Ground level ozone is a highly reactive gas commonly found in urban and suburban environments, formed when pollutants react in sunlight. To try to address this, an international research team analyzed deaths and environmental measures (weather and air pollutants) in 406 cities in 20 countries, with overlapping periods between 1985 and 2015.

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