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

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UNEP, with the support of the UN Road Safety Trust Fund and others, is part of a new initiative supporting the introduction of minimum standards for used vehicles.

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Hadley Centre: Average 4 C Warming Could Happen Within a Human Lifetime, With Even Greater Warming in Many Regions

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Regional case studies will include Amazonia; Australia; Bangladesh; Brazil; Ethiopia; Finland; Mauritius; Siberia; Vietnam; and the monsoon region. 4 degrees of warming averaged over the globe translates into even greater warming in many regions, along with major changes in rainfall.

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Study: Hydrofluorocarbons Will Contribute Significantly to Global Warming by 2050

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Partly based on this research, the eight nation-states and territories of Micronesia and the Republic of Mauritius have proposed to regulate these HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, although the treaty does not cover these gases. The increasing use of HFCs could significantly undo the climate benefits attained under the Montreal Protocol.

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

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They are poised to become a larger part of the climate problem over the next few decades. 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. Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD.

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Micro-components in EVs: small dimensions and tight tolerances (Whitepaper) – Charged EVs

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