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JULY 28, 2020

The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. Chairman of the Board of Management Oliver Zipse announced initial details of this strategic direction in Munich on Monday and presented the targets the company has set itself for the phase up to 2030. degree goal.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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MAY 16, 2014

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released. the final version of the proposed First Update to the Climate Change Scoping Plan (First Update). The First Update will be presented to the Board on 22 May 2014 for consideration for approval. The draft version was released in February. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

As commissioned by the Australian Government in 2010, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, led by Professor Ross Garnaut, has issued the first of a series of papers scheduled for this month and next updating the 2008 Climate Change Review. —2008 Climate Change Review. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 12, 2011

In response to the measured and projected effects of climate change, US naval forces—i.e., The committee found that even the most moderate current trends in climate, if continued, will present new national security challenges. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 3, 2012

A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climate change due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures. 19% in Europe and 4.4—16%

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, has published a new short guide to the science of climate change. The guide summarizes the evidence and clarifies the levels of confidence associated with the current scientific understanding of climate change. Future climate change.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

It makes an important contribution to the scientific understanding we have of the role of aviation for climate change—an understanding decision-makers and politicians may need on the way to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. This new study is based on a thorough review of a decade of research on aviation emissions.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 17, 2020

The program determines the environmental balance of vehicles with different size classes and powertrains, and presents the results in comparative graphics. The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.].

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MARCH 2, 2013

The document is a detailed draft technical review of potential environmental impacts associated with the segment of the pipeline in the US, including: impacts from construction, impacts from potential spills, impacts related to climate change, and economic impacts. What Keystone XL would carry. Draft SEIS.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. The amount of money on the table at Copenhagen is one of the key factors that will determine whether we achieve a climate change agreement. Source: “Assessing the costs.”

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APRIL 4, 2009

The European Commission has published a white paper—“ Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action ”—outlining the framework of a two-phase strategic approach to help the EU cope with the impacts of climate change. European Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas.

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MARCH 6, 2010

This objective presents challenges because many offsets are difficult to measure. From a global climate change perspective, it does not matter where or from what source the reduction occurs: the effect on the atmospheric concentration of GHGs would be the same. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e., 3) Measurement. CONCLUSION.

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

The United States has at least 2,400 billion metric tons of possible carbon dioxide storage resource in saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs, and unmineable coal seams, according to a new US Department of Energy (DOE) publication.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

An international team of researchers has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland—the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ)—that could significantly influence the ocean’s response to climate change in previously unforeseen ways. The Research Council of Norway also funded the work.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Noting the references in scientific and policy literature to the need for fast-action mitigation to help avoid DAI and abrupt climate changes, the authors define “fast-action” to include regulatory measures that can begin within 2–3 years, be substantially implemented in 5–10 years, and produce a climate response within decades.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The event for preuniversity educators, IEEE volunteers, and other STEM enthusiasts provides resources and activities. Sessions included topics on pedagogy, engineering education, and outreach best practices, as well as inspirational talks and resources to empower the STEM community. The 15 sessions garnered 950 comments and questions.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Reducing emissions of black carbon soot and ground-level ozone would quickly make a considerable dent in the climate change problem and would also contribute to public health and protect crop yields, according to an essay in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Billions of tons of carbon trapped in high-latitude permafrost may be released into the atmosphere by the end of this century as the Earth’s climate changes, further accelerating global warming, a new computer modeling study indicates. Much of this carbon is presently trapped and not cycling.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Population growth, limits to arable land and fresh water, and climate change have “ profound implications ” for the ability of agriculture to meet this century’s demands for food, feed, fiber, and fuel while reducing the environmental impact of their production. Resources. ” —Federoff et al. Fedoroff, D.

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MAY 28, 2010

Schematic diagram of the trade-offs between the implications for regional air quality and global climate change of new policies for management of the atmosphere. In the CalNex 2010 study outlined here, NOAA researchers are studying several issues at the heart of the coupled air quality and climate change problems.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Dmitry Medvedev presented gas flaring as one of the country’s more. egregious examples of wasted energy resources. “ Resources ministries has up to now rendered the target ineffective. “I policy on climate change within the past week, replacing the previous. flaring, according to the Kremlin. The government has.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Now, new analysis by researchers at Duke University and the University of Leeds finds that reducing fossil fuel emissions steadily over coming years will prevent millions of premature deaths and help avoid the worst of climate change without causing the large spike in short-term warming that some studies have predicted.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, and Ola Borten Moe, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, signed a joint statement on cooperation in the energy sector. The statement outlines four main priorities for cooperation between Norway and Canada in the energy sector: General.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

A new NSF-funded study by authors from Yale Law School, the University of Oklahoma and George Washington Law School presents correlational and experimental evidence showing that cultural cognition also shapes individuals’ beliefs about the existence of scientific consensus. —Dan Kahan. —Dan Kahan. —Donald Braman.

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JULY 26, 2009

Together, the observations and the Hadley Centre model results provide evidence that low-level stratiform clouds may dissipate in warming climates, allowing the oceans to further heat up, which would then cause more cloud dissipation. Tags: Climate Change Climate models. a positive feedback). Clement et al. Science Vol.

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JUNE 5, 2015

The parties in the settlement agreed that certain important modifications to SDG&E’s original proposal were desirable to address issues raised by stakeholders and to support the Governor’s 2020 grid-integrated infrastructure and 2025 zero-emission vehicle deployment goals, as well as California’s equity, clean air and climate change objectives.

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MARCH 16, 2023

Its technical societies and its councils, sections, and regional groups offer educational events and resources at every level to support technical professions and prepare the workforce of tomorrow. From 2 to 8 April, IEEE is highlighting resources available to students, educators, and technical professionals with IEEE Education Week.

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MARCH 1, 2023

These offerings include unparalleled networking opportunities at more than 2,000 international IEEE conferences—both face to face and virtual—as well as access to the finest technical literature, massive resources for upskilling, and innovative collaboration facilities with colleagues worldwide. It’s natural for us to want to contribute.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

The California Air Resources Board on Thursday adopted the final greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cap-and-trade regulation. When the nation addresses the growing danger of climate change, as I believe it must and will, California’s climate plan will serve as the model for a national program. ARB staff presentation.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

I also want the organization to be globally recognized as a force for change. This year, I chartered four ad hoc committees: climate change, innovative funding models, president-elect campaign pilot program, and multimedia-based digital reality technologies. For example, IEEE is now engaged closely with the U.N.

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JULY 7, 2013

In other words, the findings suggest that policymakers should be paying more, rather than less, attention to tackling climate change in economically tough times. A paper on the study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Governments are abandoning climate action as they focus on reviving their economies.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

It is an unpalatable truth that unless we can succeed in greatly reducing CO 2 emissions we are headed for a very uncomfortable and challenging climate future, and geoengineering will be the only option left to limit further temperature increases. Professor John Shepherd, chair of the Royal Society’s geoengineering study.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

The model, which incorporates data from more than 30 peer-reviewed studies, shows that at present, the cheapest energy storage mechanism is pumped-storage hydroelectricity, where water is pumped to a higher elevation with spare energy, then released to harvest the energy when needed. —senior author Iain Staffell. 2018.12.008.

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APRIL 2, 2019

The paper, published in Nature Sustainability , presents how researchers have estimated for the first time the health damages caused by corn production using detailed information on pollution emissions, pollution transport by wind, and human exposure to increased air pollution levels. Average health damages from reduced air quality are $3.07

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JANUARY 7, 2021

The findings are presented in an open-access paper in Nature Communications. Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. of the total expansion in the world. —Professor Chen.

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