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Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

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The Mission will also be supported by the governments of India, Morocco, the UK, Singapore, France, Ghana, and South Korea. By 2030, ships capable of running on hydrogen-based zero-emission fuels—such as green hydrogen, green ammonia, green methanol, and biofuels—make up at least 5% of the global deep-sea fleet measured by fuel consumption.

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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

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Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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All governments should also support the transition of these light vehicles to zero emission vehicles; Kenya; Secretariat of Economy, Mexico; Morocco; Paraguay; Rwanda; Turkey; Uruguay. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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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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The majority of new power-generating capacity added in developing nations in 2018 came from wind and solar; however, the majority of power to be produced from the overall fleet of power plants added in 2018 will come from fossil sources and emit CO 2. —Luiza Demôro, project manager for BloombergNEF.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Migrants, including Jacob, give their compatriots back home a clear-eyed perspective: “I tell people who want to cross that it’s very dangerous…it’s not easy like people imagine it in Morocco,” Jacob says. Outbursts of violence, economic precarity, and perhaps even climate change will motivate migrants despite the technological barriers.

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