Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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BMW Engine Production South Africa 396

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Current levels of investments in low-carbon technology and infrastructure are substantially lower than the $500 billion per year deemed necessary by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to hold the increase of global average temperatures below 2 °Celsius—the target agreed to in Cancun last year.

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Climate Change Climate Global Energy 360

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Ford’s Asia Pacific and Africa region encompasses markets on three continents, including Australia, China, India, Thailand and South Africa. Ford has invested US $4 billion since 2006 in the region and employs more than 25,000 people there.

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Asia Ford China Thailand 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

However, levels of HFCs are rising as they replace HCFCs—HFC 134a, the most popular type, has increased in the atmosphere by about 10% per year since 2006. The report notes that a significant fraction of new equipment in some sectors already uses low-GWP (global warming potential) alternatives (e.g.,

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Climate Ozone Emissions Transportation 287

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JUNE 14, 2014

Trees play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. By comparison, Eucalyptus has three times the number of tandem repeat genes present in poplar, the first tree sequenced (by the DOE JGI and published on the cover of the journal Science in 2006). —Alexander Myburg.

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International Production South Africa Carbon 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4 ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

SMART is focusing on global urban regions, and has identified five “themes” that fill unaddressed gaps and guide and inform the program’s collaborative research, pilot projects, and education activities. The initiative, which funds 10 global sustainability research projects in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the United States.

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Detroit Sustainable Transportation Transportation Connect 342