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made progress in reducing CO 2 emissions and improving sustainability in its global corporate activities in fiscal year 2014 while simultaneously increasing vehicle production and plant energy efficiency. Nissan Motor Co., The company achieved a 22.6%

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Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of CO 2 are expected to hit 37 billion metric tons this year, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP), an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. and China account for more than half of all carbon dioxide emissions globally.

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MARCH 31, 2015

The submission—an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)—is a formal statement of the US target, announced in China last year, to reduce emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, and to make best efforts to reduce by 28%. per year on average during the 2005-2020 period to 2.3-2.8%

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

From the sale of the first RX 400h in 2005 through to the end of November this year, Lexus has sold more than 506,000 of its hybrid vehicles. In 2005, 26,000 Lexus hybrids were sold; by 30 November this year the annual total was at 113,000. The RX 400h, launched in 2005, was the world’s first production full hybrid luxury SUV.

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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). At the same time, emission levels from industrialized countries have slowed down.

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APRIL 1, 2022

million barrels over a 45-day period to calm the global oil market in the immediate aftermath of the beginning of the Iraq war. 2005 Hurricane Katrina Sale. (The 2005 Hurricane Katrina Sale. Bush authorized a drawdown of 33.75 President George W. Awards were made for delivery of 10.8 2011 IEA Coordinated Release.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

The Volkswagen Group was the top global R&D spender in 2014, according to The 2014 Global Innovation 1000 report from consultancy Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company). Screenshot from an interactive table showing top 20 R&D Spenders 2005-2014. R&D spending as a percentage of revenue fell by 17% between 2005 and 2014.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

Worldwide, the vehicle fleet is not making enough progress on fuel economy and is failing to reach global targets aimed at reducing CO 2 emissions, cutting oil consumption and improving energy efficiency according to a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) ( earlier post ) released at the Paris COP21 Climate Summit.

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MARCH 6, 2013

FedEx Express has exceeded its original goal of a 20% improvement in global vehicle fleet fuel economy by 2020, as compared to 2005, with a more than 22% cumulative improvement in fuel economy for its vehicles. —Dennis Beal, vice president of Global Vehicles, FedEx Express.

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MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. trillion) in 2014. trillion) in 2014.

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APRIL 12, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that between 1980 and 2010, global consumption of dry natural gas rose from 53 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) to 113 Tcf. For example, global LNG shipments rose from 6.7 Tcf between 2005 and 2010, or 58%, according to BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy (2011 report).

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APRIL 16, 2014

According to the report, GHG emissions in 2012 showed a 10% drop below 2005 levels, and were only slightly above the emissions in 1994 (6,520 million metric tons). These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. from 1990 to 2012.

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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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JUNE 7, 2017

With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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JUNE 7, 2022

Today, the US produces about 10 million metric tons of hydrogen annually, compared to approximately 90 million tonnes produced per year globally. The BIL authorizes and appropriates $8.0 Can be developed into a national clean hydrogen network to facilitate a clean hydrogen economy.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

billion people) are exposed to annual average levels of fine particulate matter exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline from 2005, leading to 1.8 million excess deaths in cities globally in 2019. The WHO 2005 guideline for PM 2.5 Although global urban average PM 2.5 exposure was 10 micrograms (?g)

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OCTOBER 21, 2017

The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

between 2008 and 2009 due to the global financial crisis, global oil consumption recovered by 3.1% OPEC and non-OPEC countries (excluding the former Soviet Union) each accounted for almost 42% of global oil production in 2010, with the former Soviet Union responsible for 16.8%, up from 10.7% After falling 1.5%

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MARCH 14, 2023

Viridos (founded as Synthetic Genomics (SGI) in 2005) ( earlier post ) has raised a $25-million Series A equity investment. Globally, diesel and jet fuel account for more than one-third of the liquid fossil fuel used. The Series A was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and joined by Chevron USA. and United Airlines Ventures.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

Following this BAU scenario, the researchers projected that air quality for the global average citizen in 2050 would be almost comparable to that for the average citizen in East Asia in the year 2005—an outcome which underscores the need to pursue emission reductions, according to the authors.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Global chemical company BASF and Moleaer , a developer of industrial-scale nanobubble technology, announced an exclusive partnership. This will play a key role as an enabler to decarbonizing the global economy. It is, however, very difficult to leach primary sulfide ores, such as chalcopyrite, which leads to low recovery efficiencies.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The study focuses on the period between 2005 and 2018 and tracks combustion emissions of various polluting compounds from various sectors, looking at every state in the contiguous United States, from season to season and year to year. They first obtained emissions data from each of seven sectors for the years 2005, 2011, and 2018.

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MARCH 25, 2012

reach an agreement at ICAO for a global framework to reduce emissions from aircraft operations using technology development, efficient operations and infrastructure, and the use of international market-based measures to address any remaining emissions gap.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Global miners BHP and Rio Tinto have formed a partnership agreement to accelerate the development of technology that could significantly increase water recovery from mine tailings, and in turn reduce potential safety risks and environmental footprints associated with tailings storage facilities.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

Lexus announces the global debut of the new UX 300e, a significant evolution of the brand’s first production BEV model. Since the 2005 launch of the RX 400h, the world’s first hybrid SUV, Lexus […] The post New Lexus UX 300e increases cruising range by over 40% to 450 km appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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MAY 29, 2012

A new report from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows the importance of all major nations taking part in global efforts to reduce emissions—and in particular, finds China’s role to be crucial. With no global policy, the increase in warming is projected to be about 5.5 °C.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

A new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) finds that recent progress in developing and deploying low carbon technology is fragile, and advises that policy support must be stabilized globally to maintain momentum. A large, global solar PV industry has emerged off the back of feed-in tariffs in Europe. Policy brief.

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MAY 24, 2012

Global CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached a record high of 31.6 The “450 Scenario” of the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2011 , which sets out an energy pathway consistent with a 50% chance of limiting the increase in the average global temperature to 2 °C, requires CO 2 emissions to peak at 32.6 Gt on 2010, or 3.2%.

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JULY 16, 2012

unveiled the new Nissan Note, a global B-segment compact car, at a world premiere held at the Osanbashi venue in Yokohama. The new Note is a successor to the current model, which has sold 940,000 units since its launch in 2005. Nissan Motor Co., The new Note goes on sale in Japan this fall and in Europe in 2013.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Global sales of passenger vehicles increased from 75.4 The auto industry’s production capacities are far from fully used; PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) estimates current global vehicle assembly capacity at almost 95 million, the report notes. Rising sales translate into an ever-expanding global vehicle parc. million to 78.6

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MAY 15, 2014

In the study, the Ford team derived regional CO 2 targets for new LDVs while still providing an integrated view of the global LDV fleet—a perspective critical to the planning needs for global automotive firms. They refer to these emission trajectories as the global CO 2 caps. The cumulative CO 2 emissions 2000?2060

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APRIL 5, 2013

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that the global market for e-bicycles will grow at a modest rate of 3.1% CAGR between 2005 and 2013) in the coming years, resulting in annual sales of 33.9 CAGR (compound annual growth rate) from 31 million in 2013 to nearly 38 million in 2020. The company does not expect China’s 2.8%

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Global energy intensity, 1981-2010. Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Global Bioenergies S.A. and LanzaTech Ltd, two industrial biology companies, have begun a feasibility study to examine whether Global Bioenergies’ artificial isobutene pathway ( earlier post ), can be functionally transferred into LanzaTech’s carbon monoxide-using organism ( earlier post ). Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech CEO.

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APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e., Source: IEA.

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MAY 2, 2012

The Global Fuel Economy Initiative ( GFEI ) ( earlier post ) launched its second three-year effort to improve vehicle fuel economy around the world at the International Transport Forum in Leipzig. The latest GFEI research suggests that fuel economy in new light duty vehicles around the world improved between 2005 and 2008 from around 8.1

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

ANA has pledged to reduce its 2050 CO 2 emissions from airline operations by 50% compared to 2005 figures. Prior to use, Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel is blended with fossil jet fuel and is then certified to meet ASTM jet fuel specifications.

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