Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Brazil’s 10-millionth flex-fuel vehicle was built on 4 March, according to the country’s National Association of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea). The next step is to take this technically proven and highly successful project to the rest of the world, since all major automakers in Brazil have a global presence.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The team looked at three scenarios that would increase the sugarcane footprint in Brazil between 37.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Some key regions include China, Singapore, Panama, Brazil and coastlines of Asia, Africa and South America. While the health benefits are clear, the research also quantifies tradeoffs in terms of climate. Reduction in annual PM 2.5 concentrations in 2020 due to low-sulfur fuel standards. —Sofiev et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Ballard Power Systems has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with The City of Sao Pãulo, Brazil for 25 FCvelocity-HD6 fuel cell modules to power 25 buses in that city. Brazil’s National Plan on Climate Change is a set of inter-ministerial programs designed to cut emissions in the transportation, forestry, industrial and energy sectors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

million grant to the World Resources Institute (WRI) to advance the progress of environmentally sustainable and livable cities in China, India, and Brazil. China, India, and Brazil are among the world’s most rapidly urbanizing nations. In India and Brazil, urban growth is explosive. The Caterpillar Foundation is awarding a $12.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Inflows to clean energy projects in India and Brazil slipped $2.4 Excluding China, India and Brazil, clean energy investment jumped to $34 billion in 2018 from $30 billion in 2017. The Climatescope results come just ahead of next month’s United Nations-supported climate negotiations in Madrid. billion and $2.7 billion in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Meeting the higher mandate will move Brazil to being the second-largest producer of biodiesel in the world, only behind Germany, according to Brazil’s Secretariat of Social Communication of the Republic. Currently, Brazil is fourth, with Germany, the US and France in the number 1, 2 and 3 positions respectively.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2018

Scientists have known that aerosols may play an important role in shaping weather and climate; the new study shows that the smallest of particles have an outsize effect. Aerosol impacts are a key uncertainty in understanding the current and future climate as well as extreme weather.

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International Brazil Climate Pollution 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Brazil can increase production and export volumes of sugarcane ethanol if given long-term policy signals. Brazil is tracking to produce 6% more ethanol (an additional 450,000 gallons) in 2015 than 2014, and could produce up to 2 billion more gallons for export to the US in future years. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2023

In steelmaking, the industrial start-up from Sweden eliminates climate-damaging carbon by using green hydrogen in the direct reduction process of iron. Green steel products are already in exceptionally high demand from the automotive industry, which will thus be able to reduce its carbon footprint so decisively.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Diplomats were recalled from their hotels to block the move, and Rasmussen instead called a brief adjournment following intervention by UK Energy and Climate Secretary Ed Miliband, as well as Australian and US officials. ” Tags: Climate Change Policy. The relative valuation of potential emissions offsets (e.g.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2023

The first credit line is expected to be granted by the Climate Fund, a BNDES program designed to provide financing to support businesses and projects that help mitigate climate change and reduce carbon emissions, with urban mobility as one of its nine sub-programs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2015

UNICA is the largest representative of Brazil’s sugar, ethanol, and bioelectricity producers; its members are responsible for more than 50% of Brazil’s ethanol production and 60% of Brazil’s sugar production. Brazil’s sugarcane ethanol producers are investing more than $3.5 EPA suggests that Brazil cannot supply the 3-4.7

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2020

A new study led by Colorado State University predicts significant climate benefits stemming from the use of advanced biofuel technologies. The climate benefits of cellulosic biofuels have been challenged based on carbon debt, opportunity costs, and indirect land use change, prompting calls for withdrawing support for research and development.

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Illinois Climate Fuel Carbon 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

Climate response to non-CO 2 vehicle emissions. Bars on the right show uncertainty ranges for 2070, including contributions from both forcing and climate sensitivity (67%; CI). Bars on the right show uncertainty ranges for 2070, including contributions from both forcing and climate sensitivity (67%; CI). Shindell et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

According to a report produced by Deloitte for Environment and Climate Change Canada , Canada disposed of nearly 3.3 Initially piloted by BASF in Brazil, the inspiration for reciChain came from a need in that market to deal with social inequality issues as well as regulatory concerns around the issuance of recycling certificates.

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Economy Canada Waste Climate Change 423

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

During the COP28 climate conference held in Dubai last month, world leaders from over 130 national governments agreed to set a goal to triple world renewable energy installations by 2030. Last year, China commissioned as much solar PV as the entire world did in 2022, while the country’s wind power increased 66 percent year over year.

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Coal Renewable Global Wind 138

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2014

Fetranspor and Rio Bus, the public transportation companies for the state and city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and BYD launched a BYD battery-electric bus into service this week. Rio is one of the three cities in Brazil to test the BYD electric buses from BYD (São Paulo and Salvador have done successful tests already).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2020

As a services subsidiary of the MAHLE Group, MAHLE Powertrain has eight technical centers strategically located in the UK, Germany, US, China and Brazil and is well-placed to provide solutions around the globe. MAHLE Powertrain’s own 48V battery pack on test.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is launching an electric taxi program, through a partnership between the Rio de Janeiro City Government, Nissan do Brasil Automóveis (NBA) and Petrobras Distribuidora. In the first phase, two Nissan LEAF taxis will be available in Rio. By the end of the year, 13 more units will be added to the fleet.

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Innovation News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Researchers have discovered that different land tenures impact the rate of deforestation in Brazil's tropical forests. The post Scientists find link between land tenure and deforestation rates appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2024

Confronting climate change and cybersecurity threats The other four winning comics cover artificial intelligence, climate change, and cybersecurity. I see Riko-chan as a powerful motivator,” says Baptista, a full-stack developer based in Brazil. “I I also think it’s fun and exciting,” she adds.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and present on five continents, Vale is one of the largest metals and mining companies in the world based on market capitalization and one of the world’s largest producers of iron ore and nickel.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Progressive deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil as seen in. The new tools are designed to be used by policy makers, governments, the scientific community, and the public via a dedicated Forest Carbon Tracking portal , and were introduced at the UNFCCC climate summit in Copenhagen. deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil. Sources: USGS.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2014

The plant is extremely robust, and is able to grow in various climates and soils. One hectare of Solaris can deliver an average seed yield of 4 to 10 tonnes with multiple harvests per year (depending on climate conditions). The seed contains around 40% oil. SkyNRG is expanding production of the Solaris plant.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

Pearl River Delta (PRD) and Beijing in China, São Paulo in Brazil). China will reach carbon emission peak before 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, and large cities with a significant greening trend play an important role in neutralizing carbon emission and mitigating the impact of global climate change in urban areas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

Black carbon has been found to be second to carbon dioxide in terms of its climate forcing. Black carbon is 3,200 times more effective on a mass-equivalent basis than carbon dioxide in causing climate impacts within 20 years, and 900 times more effective within 100 years. Climate Change Diesel Emissions Fuels Health Policy'

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Carbon Diesel Emissions Climate 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The US reached separate agreements with the G-20 and with China to address the rapid growth in the use and release of climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Left unabated, HFC emissions could grow to nearly 20% of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, a serious climate mitigation concern.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Renewable energies, energy storage and e-mobility play a central role in achieving climate protection targets. Electric vehicle trend picks up in Brazil The world of mobility is part of a system of tightly knit sectors: The key to powering our mobile lives is the smart combination of photovoltaics (PV), storage and e-mobility.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2017

Those markets include Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; the European Union; India; Japan; Mexico; Russia; South Korea; and the United States. Five of the 11 markets that we looked at, Brazil, China, the EU, India, and the US, produced 90% of that. The team then computed the impacts on health, crops and climate.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change.

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Plug in America

JUNE 10, 2021

One of the first joint activities of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance will be participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November 2021. We hope to see other countries join us!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

If additional conservation practices and efficiency improvements are pursued, such as the practices outlined in USDA’s Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry strategy, the GHG benefits of corn ethanol are even more pronounced over gasoline—about 76%. Source: USDA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

London-based Whitefox Technologies, together with its Brazil-based partner Green, have secured a bioethanol contract with the Guyanan Government. As part of the development of its Climate Change Strategy the IDB has identified sustainable biofuels as a priority area.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Brazil’s Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira and Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) President Luciano Coutinho announced the launch of a new credit line to support projects focused on greenhouse gas reduction and climate change solutions.

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