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InterAcademy Council to Conduct Independent Review of the UN IPCC’s Processes and Procedures at Request of United Nations and IPCC

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The United Nations Secretary General and the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced have asked the InterAcademy Council (IAC) to conduct an independent review of the IPCC’s processes and procedures to further strengthen the quality of the Panel’s reports on climate change.

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G20 Leaders Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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Inefficient fossil fuel subsidies encourage wasteful consumption, distort markets, impede investment in clean energy sources and undermine efforts to deal with climate change. We ask the international financial institutions to offer support to countries in this process. G20 Leaders’ Statement.

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Toyota digs for Lithium

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Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd. STEP CHANGE IN DEMAND. For more information read: Toyota in Argentine Lithium Deal for Hybrid Car Push. SYDNEY/TOKYO.

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What is Extreme E? – 1# Ultimate beginners guide to Extreme E

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Formula E co-founder Alejandro Agag and Champ Car World Series star Gil de Ferran formulated the sport in 2018, which is now officially recognised by the International Automobile Federation, known more widely as the FIA. The championship comprises five races, spanning four continents, in locations already damaged by climate change.

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Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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Second, recent global efficiency standards for passenger vehicles, international freight, and domestic freight present significant changes from decades of stagnation in efficiency. For climate change, however, the nature of the substitutes will have a major impact.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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The International Energy Agency, for example, now considers 4°C and 6°C scenarios as well as 2°C in their latest analysis. —Leo Johnson, Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC. —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. nuclear war, radical climate change before 2050).