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The Metals Company contracts CSIRO-led consortium to develop environmental monitoring and management plan for deep-sea nodule collection

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The Metals Company has invested significant resources in its deep-sea environmental baseline program, and in November 2021 the company entered into an agreement with Kongsberg Digital to develop a Digital Twin. The Metals Company (TMC) announced that its Australian subsidiary, The Metals Company Australia Pty Ltd., Source: TMC.

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Study: Hydrofluorocarbons Will Contribute Significantly to Global Warming by 2050

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Global ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and HFC emissions (A), global CO 2 and HFC emissions (B), and ODS, HFC, and CO 2 global RF (C) for the period 2000–2050. Their contribution to global warming is currently small, but can increase to the equivalent of 9-19% (CO 2 -eq. Velders et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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New international Climate and Clean Air Coalition to focus on reduction of short-lived climate pollutants

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Global benefits from full implementation of measures for reduction of short-lived climate pollutants in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. Such pollutants together account for approximately one-third of current global warming, have significant impacts on public health, the environment, and world food productivity. Source: UNEP.

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US Climate Action Report to UN Projects 4% Growth in Total US GHG Emissions to 2020

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The Climate Action Report also used EPA’s Applied Dynamic Analysis of the Global Economy (ADAGE) model and projected that total US greenhouse gas emissions will gradually increase by about 18% between 2010 and 2050. If not aggressively phased out, HFCs could contribute up to one-third or more of total global warming.

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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By 2050, HFC emissions could equal up to 19% of global CO 2 emissions under business-as-usual scenarios. The small island nations of Micronesia and Mauritius submitted a joint proposal in April to phase down production and consumption of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol. With indoor air pollution killing 1.6 Stephen Andersen.

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North American Countries Target “Super” Greenhouse Gases Through Strengthened Ozone Treaty

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The Federated States of Micronesia submitted a similar proposal on HFCs as well. HFC emissions controlled under the Kyoto Protocol would not be affected by either the North American or Micronesia proposal. This is 10 to 20 times the mitigation under the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period assuming full compliance. C, says IGSD.

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