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MAY 29, 2009

Anthropogenic global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 15% between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth, according to a new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).

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MAY 27, 2010

A new study by a team at the Dalton Research Institute in the UK projects that carbon dioxide and other gases from air traffic will become a significant source of global warming as they double or triple by 2050. Global air traffic currently contributes to between 2 and 3% of carbon dioxide emissions. Owen et al. Technol. ,

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Global sulfur dioxide emissions by region. Sulfur aerosols impact human health, ecosystems, agriculture, and global and regional climate. While the overall global uncertainty in sulfur dioxide emissions is relatively small, regional uncertainties ranged up to 30%. Credit: Smith et al. Click to enlarge. —Smith et al.

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MARCH 15, 2010

C (1.26 °F) since 1960 and other observed changes in rainfall, sea level rise, ocean acidification and atmospheric CO 2 concentration show that “ climate change is real ”, according to a joint CSIRO/Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) statement and snapshot of the state of the country’s climate. C, 0.72 °F). F] by 2030.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Transport emissions could double their current relative net contribution to global warming by 2100, according to a new study by researchers at the Oslo-based Centre for International Climate and Environment Research (CICERO) in Norway. More travelling and international trade drive the emission increase. million (US$12.6

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MAY 30, 2011

Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, emissions are estimated to have climbed to a record 30.6 Fatih Birol, Chief Economist at the IEA. Earlier post.).

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MAY 9, 2017

Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. Climate Change.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

PSE), a global provider of advanced process modeling technology, have developed a concept design for shipboard chemical CO 2 capture. Maritime CO 2 emissions are estimated at more than 1000 million tonnes per year, or 3% of total emissions, and are expected to reach 2000 to 3000m tonnes by 2050.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

W m -2 relative to 2000. This increase may be as much as one-fifth to one-quarter of the expected increase in radiative forcing due to the buildup of CO 2 since 2000, according to the SRES emission scenarios. Climate and the Ozone Layer. By 2050, the buildup of HFCs is projected to increase radiative forcing by up to 0.4

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APRIL 14, 2014

The World Bank has published a report, undertaken by a team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), intended to inform efforts to control black carbon emissions from diesel-based transportation in developing countries. Global black carbon emissions from transportation by region among top 10 motorized regions, 2000-2050.

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MAY 15, 2014

Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future. With this abundance of natural gas comes a variety of questions.

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MARCH 15, 2009

Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. More specifically, Germany has more than doubled its share of renewable energy since 2000.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and. IPCC reference emissions scenarios, 2000—2100. The dispute has contributed to a significant split among the primary bloc of developing countries, and has highlighted an increased focus on climate adaptation strategies, in addition to emissions reductions, during the talks.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

They are harmful air pollutants and powerful contributors to climate change, trapping heat at many times the level of carbon dioxide, and are responsible for about 40% of current global warming, ARB said. Doing so would significantly curtail greenhouse gas emissions from the fastest growing source globally. Black Carbon.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Our work shows that there can be cold periods, but that does not mean the end of global warming. Right side: 2008 annual surface air temperature, shown as a departure from the 1971-2000 climatology. Using computer-generated models as well as observations, the team analyzed causes for climate variations in the recent decades.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 Chris Malins of the International Council on Clean Transportation. —Miettinen et al.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

The 100-year global warming potentials (GWPs) for methane, CO, and NO x (per Tg N) as given in the AR4 and in this study when including no aerosol response; the direct radiative effect of aerosol responses; and the direct+indirect radiative effects of aerosol responses. Source: Shindell at al. Click to enlarge. Shindell et al. Drew Shindell.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Shipping-induced global temperature change in 2050 using different parameterizations of Indirect Aerosol Effect (IAE). A recent study by an international team calculated that shipping causes a net cooling of climate across all parametrizations of the indirect aerosol effect (IAE) and scenarios throughout the period 1900?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The study was conducted by an international team of scientists and primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This incongruity provides evidence of human influences on climate change, says Kaufman. to the industrial revolution, according to Kaufman. Kaufman, et al. Science 325, 1236 doi: 10.1126/science.1173983.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

The IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to inform policy decisions through periodic assessments of what is known about the physical scientific aspects of climate change, its global and regional impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation.

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MAY 5, 2011

The draft report says that as the global economy’s center of gravity shifts toward Asia, the region could account for about half of global output in 2050, up from the current 27%, as well as half of global trade and investment. If these events occur, Asia would account for only 32%, or $61 trillion, of global GDP in 2050.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

The fifth and final session of negotiations on the establishment of an international mercury convention—International Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC5)—is taking place this coming week in Geneva. UNEP produced its first Global Mercury Assessment in 2002 and a subsequent study in 2007. Source: UNEP.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1%

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JULY 8, 2009

Current climate change policies which focus on overall carbon emissions are failing and should be abandoned, a consortium of research institutes concludes. Professor Prins said: “These are confusing times for anyone interested in global climate policy. To read the full report see: How to get climate policy back on course.

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JUNE 23, 2012

Projected sea-level rise off California, Oregon, and Washington for 2030 (blue), 2050 (green), and 2100 (pink), relative to 2000, as a function of latitude. Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches (18 cm) during the 20 th century, and recent satellite data shows that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

A new brief published by the International Transport Forum (ITF)—an intergovernmental organization at the OECD with 59 member countries— identifies proven measures that decrease road freight’s CO 2 emissions. Trucks represent the fastest growing source of global oil demand.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Evolution of the carbon dioxide emissions calculated by the model (left) and the temporal development of the global mean annual temperature (right). A paper on the work was published in the journal Climatic Change. The black lines represent the observed values.

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APRIL 29, 2009

The theme of the current issue of Nature is that the climate situation may be even worse than you think. Less than a quarter of the proven fossil fuel reserves can be burnt and emitted between now and 2050, if global warming is to be limited to two degrees Celsius (2 °C), according to a new study published in the journal Nature today.

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MAY 14, 2009

When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. In 2000 there couldn’t have been too many old timers in the solar industry. Did you intern with Davidson? You want to fix global warming? I’m not asking them for money, I’m asking them to change a rule. BRADLEY’S BACKGROUND IN SOLAR.

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JUNE 21, 2011

emissions (kg CO 2 person -1 yr -1 ) for a global sample of countries (2007) with a wide range of per capita incomes. With global per capita LDV use of 10 000 km yr.1 persons per vehicle, typical of European averages in 2000. Average per capita light-duty vehicle (LDV) transport CO 2. Click to enlarge. Sager et al.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Australian Government has stated that a fair and effective global agreement to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations, at or below 450 parts per million CO 2 equivalent, is in Australia’s national interest.

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MARCH 26, 2023

Can advanced semiconductors cut emissions of greenhouse gases enough to make a difference in the struggle to halt climate change? Such a change is actually well underway. The data came from the International Energy Agency, Statista, and other sources. The answer is a resounding yes.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

I believe the transistor is and will remain key to grappling with the impacts of global warming. With its potential for societal, economic, and personal upheaval, climate change calls for tools that give us humans orders-of-magnitude more capability. Whether we’ll have the will and economic ability to make them is the question.

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And to aid the fight against climate change, users could design microorganisms that ingest and lock up carbon, thus reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide (the main driver of global warming). Human Genome Project , which produced the first draft of a human genome in 2000, took more than a decade and cost about $2.7

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The US electrical power industry alone “is influenced by a variety of decision-makers, including over 200 investor-owned utilities, 10 federal power authorities, over 2000 publicly-owned utilities, about 900 rural electric cooperatives, seven RTOs [ Regional Transmission Organizations ], 48 state regulatory bodies [e.g.,

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APRIL 16, 2009

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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