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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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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Australia-based natural gas company Santos has successfully injected approximately 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide deep underground into depleted gas reservoirs as part of the final field trial for the Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project. —Kevin Gallagher.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

As commissioned by the Australian Government in 2010, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, led by Professor Ross Garnaut, has issued the first of a series of papers scheduled for this month and next updating the 2008 Climate Change Review. A Final Update Report will be presented to Australia’s Prime Minister on 31 May 2011.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

The two global companies have signed a letter of intent that focuses on Yarwun as the location for a Gladstone hydrogen plant that Sumitomo has been studying. Reducing the carbon intensity of our alumina production will be key to meeting our 2030 and 2050 climate targets. —Rio Tinto Australia Chief Executive Kellie Parker.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The results have important implications for Earth’s climate because methane is about 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet over a long period. In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Green hydrogen is produced by using renewable energy (wind and solar) to power electrolysis that splits water into its constituent parts. Scaling up green hydrogen using existing infrastructure will be crucial to reaching climate goals. degrees Celsius.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Rio Tinto, a leading global mining and metals company, and Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan’s largest steel producer, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly to explore, develop and demonstrate technologies to transition to a low-carbon emission steel value chain.

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JULY 12, 2022

By replacing the coal-fired blast furnaces with direct reduction plants in which iron ore is reduced with low-carbon hydrogen, thyssenkrupp Steel intends to make steel production climate-neutral in the long term. Steel accounts for 8 to 11% of global CO 2 emissions. Arnd Köfler, Chief Technology Officer at thyssenkrupp Steel.

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JUNE 19, 2018

trillion being invested globally in new power generation capacity between 2018 and 2050, with $8.4 Gas-fired generation is seen rising 15% between 2017 and 2050, although its share of global electricity declines from 21% to 15%. levels below 450 parts per million. NEO 2018 sees $11.5 BNEF sees $1.3

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APRIL 18, 2012

The average global temperature for March 2012 made it the coolest March since 1999, and the 16 th warmest since record keeping began in 1880, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, La Niña is expected to dissipate by the end of April 2012.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Global surface temperatures continue to. Source: State of the Climate in 2010. Worldwide, 2010 was one of the two warmest years on record, according to NOAA’s just-released 2010 State of the Climate report. Geographical distribution of notable climate anomalies and events occurring around the planet in 2010.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Scientists from the University of Birmingham launched a major research project to investigate how “clean cold” could help to achieve almost all of the United Nations’ (UN) global Sustainable Development Goals. It is now becoming clear that cooling will be critical to achieving almost all the UN’s Global Goals. It also accounts for 3.3

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Shifts in the hydrological cycle resulting in the disappearance of regional climates with related losses of ecosystems, species and the spread of drylands northwards and southwards away from the equator. Global emissions were growing by 1.1%

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APRIL 15, 2010

The world’s combined global land and ocean surface temperature made March 2010 the warmest March on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Taken separately, average ocean temperatures were the warmest for any March and the global land surface was the fourth warmest for any March on record.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

billion (US) in economic losses, according to a new study led by researchers from the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health at Boston College, the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the Public Health Foundation of India. Landrigan, MD, director of the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health. —Professor Landrigan.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The European Commission has sent a formal communication [ 1 ] to the European Council and European Parliament, laying out the Commission’s recommendations to Council and Parliament on positions that the European Union should take during international climate change negotiations later this year in Copenhagen. European Commission.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, according to the first major study of evapotranspiration on a global basis. This is the first time we’ve ever been able to compile observations such as this for a global analysis.

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JULY 13, 2009

Eastern Australia could be slammed by the drought-inducing combination of an El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole ( earlier post ). The climate models are pretty much in agreement there will be a continued warming,” [Bureau meteorologist Andrew Watkins] said. “The The Australian.

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MAY 17, 2010

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for both April and for the period from January-April, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Global temperature anomalies in April 2010 with respect to a 1971-2000 base period. Source: NOAA. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 26, 2019

The Rotor Sails deliver auxiliary wind propulsion to the vessel—which has operated in conditions ranging from tropical climate to arctic conditions in Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia—thereby optimizing energy efficiency and reducing fuel consumption.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Meanwhile, the June–August summer was the second warmest on record globally after 1998, and last month was the third warmest August on record, according to NOAA. The monthly analysis from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center is based on records going back to 1880. °F (14.7 °C) °F (16.2 °C), °F (15.6 °C).

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Mega dust storms, such as the one that cloaked Sydney, Australia, in a red haze last week, are spreading lethal diseases around the world. However, they can also contribute to mitigating global warming, say researchers studying the little-understood but growing phenomenon. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2023

Surging prices for coal last year have led to some new coal mines ramping up after the war in Ukraine exacerbated a supply shortage brought on by growing reluctance from climate conscious investors to funding new fossil fuel projects.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the second warmest September on record, according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC. Based on records going back to 1880, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides.

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AUGUST 2, 2009

Four US-based Delphi components operations and Delphi’s global steering business will become part of two new, wholly-owned GM subsidiaries effective upon closing of the transaction. The acquisition will help GM to maintain continued uninterrupted supply to its global GM car and truck operations. valve train products.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Variations in atmosphere carbon dioxide around 40 million years ago were tightly coupled to changes in global temperature, according to new findings published in the journal Science. Ancient climate can therefore be reconstructed by analysing the carbon isotope ratios of molecules preserved in fossilized algae.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The global energy map is changing significantly, according to the 2012 edition of the Internal Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook ( WEO-2012 ). The IEA said these changes will recast expectations about the role of different countries, regions and fuels in the global energy system over the coming decades. Energy demand.

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JUNE 16, 2010

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for May, March-May (Northern Hemisphere spring-Southern Hemisphere autumn), and the period January-May, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Global highlights for May 2010. Global Highlights for March-May 2010.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

The company first reported that Starlink reached Antarctica as part of a National Science Foundation experiment in September 2022. Instead, users are connected to the internet via space lasers that route their communications to and from ground stations in South America, Australia, New Zealand, and other nearby locales.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

One of the UK’s leading climate scientists has presented new research findings on the increasing potential for a 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 °F) F) rise in global temperatures if the current high emissions of greenhouse gasses continue. Source: Met Office. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 26, 2010

A deep ocean current with a volume equivalent to 40 Amazon Rivers has been discovered by Japanese and Australian scientists near the Kerguelen plateau, in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean, 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles) south-west of Perth, Australia. Image: CSIRO. Click to enlarge. Image: CSIRO. Click to enlarge. Dr Rintoul.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation ( EMIT ) mission is mapping the prevalence of key minerals in the planet’s dust-producing deserts—information that will advance our understanding of airborne dust’s effects on climate. For example, the instrument detected a plume about 2 miles (3.3

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The world’s ocean surface temperature in August was the warmest for any August on record, and the warmest on record averaged for any June-August (Northern Hemisphere summer/Southern Hemisphere winter) season according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. Global Highlights – Summer. Source: NOAA.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

F) above normal—due to a strengthening of an ocean current originating north of Australia. Australia is influenced by four major ocean currents: The Leeuwin Current. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current — the world’s largest ocean current and considered the powerhouse for global climate. Source: Australia Dept.

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