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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force. Partnering with IRENA, the U.N.,

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HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally

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Fossil fuel combustion, a major source of air pollution, contributed to more than one million deaths globally in 2017, more than 27% of all deaths from outdoor fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), according to a new report published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). pollution and its health impacts. in African countries.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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thousand in 2017. Investment in new wind, solar, and other non-large hydro renewables projects in the country fell to $86 billion in 2018 from $122 billion in 2017. Across all emerging markets surveyed, 2018 investment fell to $133 billion, lower than not just the 2017 total but the 2015 figure as well. billion and $2.7

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World Bank Group: mineral production to soar as demand for clean energy increases

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Source: “Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition”. —“Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition”. —Riccardo Puliti, World Bank Global Director for Energy and Extractive Industries and Regional Director for Infrastructure in Africa.

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Study links PM2.5 pollution with millions of preterm births globally

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Western sub-Saharan Africa and the North Africa/Middle East region also had particularly high numbers, with exposures in these regions having a large contribution from desert dust. Ashmore (2017) “Preterm birth associated with maternal fine particulate matter exposure: A global, regional and national assessment,” doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.01.023.

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

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The transport sector is not on track towards achieving sustainable mobility, according to the newly published Global Mobility Report 2017 (GMR). The GMR report focuses on two primary impacts: climate change and air and noise pollution. —GMR 2017. The set targets are consistent with international agreements.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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—Seb Henbest, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for BNEF and lead author of NEO 2018. The latest BP Annual Energy Outlook found that in 2017, renewables grew strongly in 2017, with wind and solar leading the way. Coal’s share in primary energy in 2017 fell to 27.6%, the lowest since 2004. NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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