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Report: total investment of $8.1T in nature required over next 3 decades; tripling current investments needed by 2030

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The report finds that annual investments in nature-based solutions (NbS) will have to triple by 2030 and increase four-fold by 2050 from the current investments of $133 billion (using 2020 as base year). of projected economic stimulus spending. The report says that structural transformations are needed to close the US$4.1-trillion

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LSE report calls for global investment of an additional $3T each year to drive economic recovery and transformation

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It also calls on the G7 to “ make a collective commitment to double climate finance ” and to lead on ensuring that the rich countries “ deliver on and go beyond ” their commitment to mobilise $100 billion per year by 2020 from public and private sources to support developing countries in tackling climate change. The report says that $1.5-1.7

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PRTM Analysis Finds Li-ion Battery Overcapacity Estimates Largely Unfounded, with Potential Shortfalls Looming; Total Market Demand in 2020 Will Require 4x Capacity Announced To Date

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The total Li-Ion battery market demand in 2020 will require about 200 GWh capacity, which is 4x the 50 GWh capacity that has been announced to date. These outcomes include an inability to capitalize on an automotive battery market estimated to be $60 billion in 2020. Click to enlarge.

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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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considered getting into the chip-stimulus game as well. Despite the auto industry’s desperation, there’s no great rush to build new 200-mm fabs. More than 40 companies will increase capacity by more than 750,000 wafers-per-month from the beginning of 2020 to the end of 2022. In March of 2023, the U.S.

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

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Deutsche Bank’s China Auto analyst, Vincent Ha, continues to see robust light vehicle sales over the next few years, with a slow to about 11% YoY growth in 2011 (due to a high base from the 2010 surge, and reductions in government stimulus), followed by sustainable low double digit growth in 2012. He also believes that sub-1.6L

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How NI plans to innovate in the EV test and measurement industry and unlock the power of data

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The Austin-based company has been launching new products and making strategic acquisitions to build complete solution-level capabilities for EV battery testing and validation, led by its automotive customers who don’t have time to build up the technology themselves. There is also a growing sense that a few EV winners could take all.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

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In the case of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the 2018 Camp Fire, and the 2020 August Complex Fires, high winds blasted flames through populated areas in the early morning hours while residents were sleeping. sensor units mounted on buildings to stream data via Wi-Fi to Web-based mapping programs. These particular networks use.