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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Also in Eurasia emissions grew in Turkey (5%) and Ukraine (8%). Since 2015, the EU’s CO 2 emissions have stabilized, representing 9.6% India does not show yet any decoupling of their emissions growth from their economic growth, unlike Brazil, where emissions fell by 6%. In 2016, the EU’s CO 2 emissions were 20.8% of global emissions.

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AFED report: state of water resources in the Arab world is precarious and worsening

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Alarmingly, the 2010 report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) has found that Arabs will face, as early as 2015, the condition of severe water scarcity, at which the annual per capita share will be less than 500 cubic meters. This is below one-tenth of the world’s average, currently estimated at over 6,000 cubic meters.

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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Canada, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Romania, Turkey, and parts of the United States would experience frequent sonic booms; the most heavily impacted regions could be exposed to between 150 and 200 incidents per day, or up to one boom every five minutes over a 16 hour flight day.

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