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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. The most disturbing finding was the increase in deaths from ambient air pollution.

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Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

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growth in 2017. The decline of coal use in the European Union and United States is overshadowed by surging natural gas and oil use around the world, according to the researchers. Although still a major factor in global emissions, coal has taken a hit, with global usage down 0.9% Coal use should drop a further 10% in the E.U.

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

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In line with the government’s plan to develop a national e-vehicle industry, the project will support the establishment of an e-vehicle parts industry, battery supply chain, and charging stations, including five off-grid solar charging stations. The project will run for five years, with an estimated completion date of December 2017.

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IBM Research launches 10y project to support China in transforming national energy systems; “Green Horizon”

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Through a collaboration agreement, the two parties have agreed to work together to develop solutions which can help tackle the city’s air pollution challenges. However, the resulting environmental impact, particularly air pollution, has become a priority for the Chinese government and a matter of global importance.

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Why Do Japanese Automakers Like Hydrogen Power?

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In 2017, Japan became the first country in the world to release a national hydrogen strategy. Presently, the vast majority of hydrogen is produced using coal or natural gas as feedstocks. That makes it incredibly energy inefficient and results in a lot of extra pollution. But such a breakthrough seems a long way off.

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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A large part of this potential comes from six relatively standardized categories: solar and wind energy; efficient appliances; efficient passenger cars; afforestation and stopping deforestation. The report also covers an assessment of the potential contribution from reductions in short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs).

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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The proposal calls for what’s known as “solar geoengineering”: cooling the planet by deflecting sunlight that would otherwise strike the planet. Little is known about how, or whether, solar geoengineering might work and how the particles would react and move in the stratosphere. There were nearly 40 million such flights in 2019.

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