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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

ºF) above pre-industrial levels as well as the long-term stabilization of greenhouse gases at a 350 ppm CO2 equivalent. AOSIS has called for nations to agree to limit warming to well below 1.5 “It has implications for us. We can’t run away from it.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Just two countries—Chile and Australia—account for over two-thirds of global lithium reserves, and South Africa, Brazil, Ukraine, and Australia have almost all the manganese reserves. We should also shift from using cars, which often have just one person inside, to less energy-intensive modes of travel, such as public transit.