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Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Africa can produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035, according to a new study by the European Investment Bank (EIB), International Solar Alliance and the African Union, with the support of the Government of Mauritania, HyDeal and UCLG Africa. The report was formally handed over to partners on 20 December.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Without further commitments and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the world is likely to warm by more than 3 °C above the preindustrial climate. Indeed, present emission trends put the world plausibly on a path toward 4°C warming within the century. —“Turn Down the Heat”.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2009
The report estimates that carbon emissions equal to half the annual emissions of the global transport sector are being captured and stored by marine ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses. Coastal waters account for just 7% of the total area of the ocean. Blue carbon sink. Click to enlarge. Wider Benefits.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
The report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), entitled Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 , highlights new research that identifies some events thought likely to occur in longer-term time horizons as already happening or set to happen far sooner than had previously been thought. Earlier post.).
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 30, 2021
2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. We’ll still have to do the hard work of cutting carbon emissions, but geoengineering could be a way to buy us some time.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
If they meet all the pledges they've made for emission reductions by 2030, global temperature rise will be at 2.4° In almost all previous projections for climate, tipping events like these were far in the future. Hardly the breakthroughs we need to stave off disaster. People will think it's a get-out-of-jail-free card.
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