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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/9, the COVID19 pandemic, and now the Ukrainian War, economic stimulus packages were meant to put the world on a cleaner and greener path, but this is not at all evident in the CO 2 emissions data. —Glen Peters, a Research Director at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research.

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IHS Markit: global auto sales to drop 22% this year

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Impacts to global auto demand in the wake of COVID-19 have rapidly progressed to severity levels higher than the 2008-2009 recession, and significant uncertainty around prospects for a meaningful recovery remain. million units, a drop of 15% from 2019 levels. million-unit decline from 2019, according to the latest IHS Markit forecast.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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lower than 2008 and 2003, respectively. Private sector investment can also drive green stimulus. Compared to 2018, the dollar amount investment in California clean tech firms decreased significantly in 2019 (-39%), totaling $3.1 In 2019, the average deal in California was $18.5 lower and 8.3% billion—with $1.25

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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Link to the 2019 list (from there you can get to older ones). Including complete tables for Israel in 2019-2020 which I calculated and handed over to Jose! in 2019 to 4% in 2020. Welcome to the 7th Annual Top 10 EV Countries list — my own very personal version of March Madness! It *is* literal madness to keep doing it.

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