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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. Earlier post.). GM has a goal of 125 MW renewable energy.

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

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Adaptation: the number of countries that have taken action to build resilience against climate-related hazards and national disasters within the transport sector. Transporting a container of avocados from Kenya to the Netherlands requires 200 interactions and more than 20 documents, at a cost equal to that of shipping.

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