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Study finds CNG conversion policy in Bangladesh did result in more travel; congestion costs still half the health benefits

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

Several years ago, the government of Bangladesh took took various policies to convert the petroleum vehicles on road to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), which allows both air quality improvements and energy security benefits. Earlier post.) Total vehicle travel increased by 4.4%, congestion costs increased by 9.6%. 2014.04.017.

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Bangladesh Conversion Transportation 2014

ASK Auto forms JV with AISIN Group to enter domestic, global car parts aftermarket – ET Auto

Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

With this collaboration, both the companies endeavour to expand their footprints across India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for Independent Aftermarket (IAM) of passenger car products. This Joint Venture is poised to leverage ASK Automotive’s deep distribution network strength and AISIN Group Companies’ renowned product excellence.

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Sri Lanka Auto Parts Global

Study attributes significant amount of kidney disease globally to PM2.5 pollution

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Standardized ABD (attributable burden of disease) in the 10 most populated countries showed Nigeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India having high ABDs, exceeding 200 incident cases of CKD per 100,000 population. YLD, YLL, and DALYs of CKD attributable to elevated PM 2.5 —Benjamin Bowe.

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Pollution Global Nicaragua Bangladesh

Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2017

To introduce biodiversity teaching materials in Bangladesh's elementary curriculum with the intention to raise public awareness. Implementation and promotion of the Eco School Program, designed to develop human resources that will tackle environmental problems. Conservation International Japan. Japan Environmental Education Forum.

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Grant Toyota Myanmar 2017

New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2018

In turn, the growth of CO 2 emissions embodied in Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, while the emissions embodied in exports, such as textiles, from less-developed regions like Vietnam and Bangladesh have surged. trillion) in 2014. Gt in 2004 and 2.2 Gt in 2011, growing by an average of 2.9% Gt in 2004 to 1.1 Gt in 2011 (1.33% per year).

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Global Emissions CO2 2004

HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

China has made initial progress, beginning to achieve air pollution declines; in contrast, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India have experienced the steepest increases in air pollution levels since 2010. Transportation was a distant 7 th. Gakidou, Emmanuela et al.

Pollution

Pollution Coal 2016 India

Northern India Rapidly Depleting its Groundwater Due to Excessive Irrigation; Major Water Crisis Looms If Trend Continues

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

This trend, if sustained, will lead to a major water crisis in this region when this non-renewable resource is exhausted.The region where GRACE shows decreasing groundwater storage has among the world’s highest population densities. Resources. The demand for agricultural products is intense. Tiwari et al. Tiwari , J. Wahr and S.

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Water India Nepal Bangladesh

ADB draft report says 3B Asians could become affluent by 2050; significant challenges

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2011

The draft report identifies six key drivers of transformation in the region: technical progress; capital accumulation; demographics and the labor force; the emerging middle class; climate change mitigation and the competition for resources; and the communications revolution. Energy consumption.

Asia

Asia Indonesia Financing Bangladesh

Axial Vector and Kirloskar Oil Engines Forming JV for Mass Production of Axial-Type Engines

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The marketing rights of the joint venture company will extend to all South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh and Pakistan. We believe this engine is a major breakthrough, which will improve various efficiencies involved in a typical Internal Combustion Engine.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Engine Oil Maldives

Study Finds Indian Ocean Sea-Level Rise Threatens Coastal Areas; Climate Change Partly Responsible

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

The rise—which may aggravate monsoon flooding in Bangladesh and India—could have future impacts on both regional and global climate. Sea-level rise is particularly high along the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, as well as the islands of Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, the authors found. The Indo-Pacific warm pool.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Sri Lanka Parts

Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

Cars That Think

AUGUST 4, 2022

He was an active volunteer for TryEngineering , a website that provides teachers, parents, and students with engineering resources. In 1969 he was tasked with helping to build transmission lines in Bangladesh that connected the country’s eastern and western electrical grids. He and his family lived there for two years.

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Connect Connected MIT Honduras

International study identifies 14 key measures to reduce methane and black carbon emissions; reduction in projected global mean warming of ~0.5 °C by 2050

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

The south Asian countries of India, Bangladesh and Nepal would see the biggest reductions in premature deaths. Southern Asia and the Sahel region of Africa would see the most beneficial changes to precipitation patterns. Drew Shindell, Johan C. Kuylenstierna, Elisabetta Vignati, Rita van Dingenen, Markus Amann, Zbigniew Klimont, Susan C.

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Carbon Ozone Emissions International

Study of emissions from CNG- and gasoline-fueled autorickshaws suggests measurements and data, not assumptions, should drive policy

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The average CNG-2S vehicle emitted nearly 3 orders of magnitude (700 times) more PM than the new CNG-4S test vehicle.regulators should also consider following the example of Dhaka, Bangladesh, who banned use of two-stroke vehicles completely. —Reynolds et al. Reynolds, Andrew P.

Gasoline

Gasoline Emissions Fuel India

New international Climate and Clean Air Coalition to focus on reduction of short-lived climate pollutants

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The founding coalition partners are Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States, together with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The coalition will focus efforts on reducing black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and methane. A substantial part of these cuts can be done at little or no net cost. Earlier post.).

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Climate Pollution Clean Cleaning

Study Finds Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Menon’s study also found that black carbon affects precipitation and is a major factor in triggering extreme weather in eastern India and Bangladesh, where cyclones, hurricanes and flooding are common. Resources. Her study did not include particles that may have originated from China, also known to be a large source of black carbon.

Carbon

Carbon India 2000 Bangladesh

EPA report to Congress finds a strong scientific and technical foundation for mitigating black carbon emissions

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

A variety of other options may also be suitable and cost-effective for reducing BC emissions, but these can only be identified with a tailored assessment that accounts for individual countries’ resources and needs. Reducing current emissions of BC may help slow the near-term rate of climate change, particularly in regions such as the Arctic.

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Congress EPA Carbon Emissions

Analysis finds air-quality justification for CNG vehicle conversion in developing cities, despite negative climate impact

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2013

An analysis by a team in Bangladesh found large air quality and associated health benefits accruing to the residents of Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh) as a result of the rapid conversion of the motor vehicle fleet to CNG. of the annual GDP of Bangladesh, “ and thus the air quality benefits are clearly large.”.

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Conversion Climate Bangladesh Vehicles

Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

For the study, published in the journal Environment International , the team monitored pollution hotspots in 10 global cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh); São Paulo (Brazil); Guangzhou (China); Medellín (Colombia); Cairo (Egypt); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Chennai (India); Sulaymaniyah (Iraq); Blantyre (Malawi); and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania).?.

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Malawi Pollution Ethiopia Tanzania

Drivers from the world’s poorest cities who keep their windows down are exposed to 80% more air pollution

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

CArE-Cities involves 11 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) listed countries and aspires to bring cleaner air to cities by building a knowledge exchange platform. Its activities include joint workshops, researchers exchange and pilot studies to address urban development and health impact assessment agendas in ODA countries. Nogueira, T.,

Pollution

Pollution Malawi Ethiopia Tanzania

2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

In general, high scorers exhibit long-standing commitments to protecting public health, preserving natural resources, and decoupling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from economic activity. India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings, with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal rounding out the bottom five.

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2018 Papua New Guinea Burundi Central African Republic

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Study finds CNG conversion policy in Bangladesh did result in more travel; congestion costs still half the health benefits

ASK Auto forms JV with AISIN Group to enter domestic, global car parts aftermarket – ET Auto

Study attributes significant amount of kidney disease globally to PM2.5 pollution

Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

Northern India Rapidly Depleting its Groundwater Due to Excessive Irrigation; Major Water Crisis Looms If Trend Continues

ADB draft report says 3B Asians could become affluent by 2050; significant challenges

Axial Vector and Kirloskar Oil Engines Forming JV for Mass Production of Axial-Type Engines

Study Finds Indian Ocean Sea-Level Rise Threatens Coastal Areas; Climate Change Partly Responsible

Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

International study identifies 14 key measures to reduce methane and black carbon emissions; reduction in projected global mean warming of ~0.5 °C by 2050

Study of emissions from CNG- and gasoline-fueled autorickshaws suggests measurements and data, not assumptions, should drive policy

New international Climate and Clean Air Coalition to focus on reduction of short-lived climate pollutants

Study Finds Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers

EPA report to Congress finds a strong scientific and technical foundation for mitigating black carbon emissions

Analysis finds air-quality justification for CNG vehicle conversion in developing cities, despite negative climate impact

Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

Drivers from the world’s poorest cities who keep their windows down are exposed to 80% more air pollution

2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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