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Volkswagen plans integrated mobility concept in Rwanda; vehicle production in Kenya

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Volkswagen is taking a further step to develop market potentials in Africa. Volkswagen South Africa is forging ahead with this initiative in Rwanda together with Volkswagen’s Kenyan partner DT Dobie based on current experience from the establishment of production in Kenya. initiative.

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New solid hydrogen-on-demand fuel cell from HES Energy Systems flies UAV for record 6 hours

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the system designs based on sodium borohydride were complex, fragile, and came with many challenges for end-users. The group has recently completed a major financing and is currently expanding into the US, Europe, in addition to its existing base in South Africa. It took HES several years to achieve this performance.

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Elements of the Cancun Agreements

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A registry is to be set up to record and match developing country mitigation actions to finance and technology support from by industrialised countries. The next Conference of the Parties is scheduled to take place in South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December 2011.

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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, managed to deliver an agreement after an extension to negotiations. The package includes the Green Climate Fund; an Adaptation Committee designed to improve. A Standing Committee is to keep an overview of climate finance in the context of the UNFCCC.

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Shipping industry, Oxfam and WWF call on COP 17 delegates to provide IMO with clear guidance on reducing shipping GHG emissions; potential for contributing to Green Climate Fund

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This includes the possibility of the adoption by IMO of a compensation mechanism through which a significant share of any revenues collected from international shipping could be directed to developing countries and provide a new source of finance to support their efforts to tackle climate change.

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

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This includes strong and sustained price signals on carbon, well-designed carbon markets and other appropriate incentives to enable private investment in clean energy. Furthermore, the group aid that governments need to ensure that the policies are well designed. An integral part of this should be the removal of fossil fuel subsidies.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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If more road space were given over to them, and roads were designed with two-wheeled transport in mind, that might change. Green.view New on Economist.com An altered political landscape in South Africa (EIU ViewsWire) Apr 28th 2009 Sri Lankas war is close to an end Apr 27th 2009 Does a new virus from Mexico threaten a global pandemic?