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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

New WHO has issued new Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) that reduce levels of key air pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change. Since WHO’s last 2005 global update, there has been a marked increase of evidence that shows how air pollution affects different aspects of health. Particulate matter (PM 2.5

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

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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JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mining giant Rio Tinto will invest around $1 billion over the next five years to support the delivery of its new climate change targets and a company objective for net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Many Rio Tinto operations are highly energy-intensive and some of the industrial processes also result in GHG emissions.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Researchers at MIT have determined that growth in aviation causes twice as much damage to air quality as to the climate. Aviation emissions are an increasingly significant contributor to anthropogenic climate change. Aviation emissions are an increasingly significant contributor to anthropogenic climate change.

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JULY 8, 2020

The European Commission had put forward a proposal to revise the EU system for monitoring, reporting and verifying CO 2 emissions from maritime transport (the “EU MRV Regulation”) and to bring it in line with new obligations under International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to monitor emissions from 2019 and report in 2020. Next steps.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

A preliminary analysis of global data has found that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17% in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Percentage change in global daily fossil CO 2 emissions, Jan-May 2020. megatonnes (5.9

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

E-Fuels company HIF Global, together with partners, authorities, and community representatives, celebrated the production of the first liters of synthetic gasoline at the Haru Oni Demonstration Plant in southern Chile. We are very interested in importing climate-friendly hydrogen derivatives and fuels. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

C global warming. The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. Current policies will create a mitigation gap of up to 19?GtCO The team developed a two-staged scenario-based assessment.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

million in 2019), according to the Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook , a special report published today by BloombergNEF (BNEF), at the request of the UK COP26 Presidency and in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Factbook documents the progress that has been made towards global net-zero emissions in the road transport sector.

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APRIL 16, 2018

The partners from industry and power generation will use this facility to research into future breakthrough technologies which are needed to meet global climate goals over the long-term. The plant is scheduled to be fully operational by spring 2019. Earlier post.). The EU-funded €18-million (US$22.3-million)

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DECEMBER 6, 2020

Findings released by international think tank the Global CCS Institute show that the total capacity of carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities operating and under development grew by 33% world-wide over the last year. Source: 2020 Global Status on CCS. World map of CCS facilities at various stages of development.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The results of the material flow analysis (MFA), published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , indicate that yield improvement efforts should focus on sheet metal forming in the car industry, which accounts for nearly half of all generated fabrication scrap. Formally reconciled U.S. Drawn using e! —Zhu et al.

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MAY 12, 2020

The gas typically enters the atmosphere through emissions from vehicles, power plants, and industrial activities. For comparison, columns over the same time periods are shown for 2019. The New Year holiday covers 4-10 February in 2019, and 24-30 January in 2020 (exceptionally extended to 2 February because of COVID-19).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

It requires immediate action along the battery value chain alongside investments in other technologies such as hydrogen and in other industries. —Dominic Waughray, Head of the Platform for Global Public Goods and Managing Director at the World Economic Forum. This would also contribute to achieving the more ambitious 1.5°

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APRIL 23, 2021

According to the most recent GHG inventory from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US GHG emissions in 2019 (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector) were 13% below 2005 levels. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.),

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APRIL 9, 2020

Building on an existing collaboration announced on 27 Jun 2018 with Ballard Power Systems, the leading global provider of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solutions, ABB and HDF intend to optimize fuel cell manufacturing capabilities to produce a megawatt-scale power plant for marine vessels. With shipping responsible for about 2.5%

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Government of Canada has launched its Hydrogen Strategy , a framework that seeks to position Canada as a global hydrogen leader, cementing this low-carbon and zero-emission fuel technology as a key part of a path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Strategy is underpinned by a federal investment of $1.5

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MARCH 27, 2022

Launched in 2015, ResponsibleSteel sets global standards for sustainability performance and promotes the certification of steel chain companies through a network of independent certification bodies. ArcelorMittal has played a fundamental role in the establishment of this global multi-stakeholder standard and certification program.

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

Underinvestment in oil and gas development extended into a second year in 2021 even as global energy demand rebounded, raising the prospect of price shocks, scarcity and growing energy poverty, according to a new report by the International Energy Forum (IEF) and IHS Markit. —Joseph McMonigle, secretary general, IEF.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Commission proposes phasing in stronger CO 2 emissions standards for almost all new HDVs with certified CO 2 emissions, compared to 2019 levels, specifically: 45% emissions reductions from 2030; 65% emission reductions from 2035; 90% emissions reduction from 2040. Especially in the freight sector, emissions are increasing rapidly.

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AUGUST 1, 2021

In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel-cell-powered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, a premier international maritime classification society. Bloom Energy has hit two key milestones on its path to decarbonize shipping.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best. BIT:ENI) recently unveiled what has been hailed as the most ambitious climate pledge yet by an oil supermajor.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Ricardo has been working actively towards this goal of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions for some time and has been helping its broad client base in realizing their own climate change mitigation targets. The company’s strategy employs a number of levers to achieve Net Zero.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Further, according to the latest IHS Markit forecasts, the global auto industry will exerience an unprecedented and almost instant stalling of demand in 2020, with global auto sales forecast to plummet more than 12% from 2019 to 78.8 during the global recession in 2008/2009. million units.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Climate Foundation , the Seattle-based company behind the project, has found that this deep cycling makes kelp grow three times as fast as it can when kept in shallow waters, as seaweed farmers do now. The Climate Foundation is one of several startups growing kelp to remove carbon dioxidefrom the ocean. in computer science.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The electrification of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and fleet vehicles, is gaining significant momentum globally. According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Using nature as a role model, the aviation industry has been intensively researching ways to reduce aerodynamic drag for many years. The aviation industry is facing similar challenges to the chemical industry: ongoing progress must be made with climate protection despite high energy requirements.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Occidental has been working with Carbon Engineering on direct air capture (DAC) deployment since 2019. Carbon Engineering’s DAC-based climate solutions utilize standardized processes and proven industrial equipment. Carbon Engineering’s DAC-based climate solutions utilize standardized processes and proven industrial equipment.

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MARCH 18, 2022

With its electrification strategy, the car and truck manufacturer has set itself on the path to becoming a future climate-neutral mobility provider. The battery-electric vehicle is the most efficient way to combine climate protection and individual mobility. The focus is on industrial mining as well as the mineral processing industry.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

The maritime industry emitted close to 1000 million tonnes of CO 2 in 2012, representing about 2.2% of global CO2 emissions. This makes the sector pivotal in bringing down global emissions. This makes the sector pivotal in bringing down global emissions. —Søren Toft, Chief Operating Officer at A.P. Moller - Maersk.

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JUNE 30, 2023

BASF CAM plant in Schwarzheide BASF says that the carbon footprint of its innovative cathode active materials is significantly lower than the industry benchmark due to BASF’s proprietary efficient production technologies, which include minimized energy consumption and a high proportion of renewable energy.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

The process starts with an air contactor , which is a large structure modeled off industrial cooling towers. This technology provides a pathway to bolster Paris Agreement-aligned efforts aimed at limiting increases in global temperature to 1.5 Carbon Engineering’s DAC technology has four major elements. degrees Celsius.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Ørsted’s entry into the FlagshipONE project is a marker of the company’s strategic ambition of building a global leadership position within green fuels and renewable hydrogen. Liquid Wind AB plans to establish a series of facilities across Sweden to decarbonize the maritime sector, of which FlagshipONE will be the first.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 19, 2017

It's not just the world automotive industry that's grappling with rapid changes brought about by the need to reduce the effects of climate change.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. . Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. They still cause an impact on climate by the manufacturing of the car and not least the battery. Lithium-ion battery production.

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