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EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

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The project results therefore contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 13 on Climate Action of the UN Global Compact through decarbonization with the major advantage of doing so at a lower cost than the technologies currently in use. million, with a total of nine partners (companies, technology centers and universities).

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Global Ice Age Climate Patterns Influenced by Bering Strait

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In a vivid example of how a small geographic feature may have far-reaching impacts on climate, new research shows that water levels in the Bering Strait—which separates the US and Russia by only 90 kilometers (56 miles)—helped drive global climate patterns during ice age episodes dating back more than 100,000 years.

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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 A team of scientists from the United States, Belgium and Scotland also received support for research that could lead to the large-scale conversion of cellulosic plants to biofuels: Optimizing yield and composition in lignin?modified

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Inaugural meeting of Volkswagen Sustainability Council; Group makes €20M available for projects

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The Council elected Georg Kell, Founding Director UN Global Compact, as its chair. The first areas of focus in 2017 for the body will be the challenges of global CO 2 emissions and the corresponding regulations post-2025, plus the company’s transformation process. Connie Hedegaard – former EU Commissioner for Climate Action.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 Despite increasing awareness of climate change in that period, the rate of peat destruction was higher in this last 3 year period than ever before.

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

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In order to minimise carbon emissions linked to electrified transport, global attention on vehicles and infrastructure that will maximise the use of renewable energy for mobility has increased. E-commerce students identified as next-generation business leaders 17.03.2009 Three Dublin City University (DCU) students have been chosen by some of.

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