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Estonian PPP GoSwift wins global Transport Award for smart border crossing point service; traffic queue management

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The environment has benefitted both locally in terms of less waste, reduced noise and fewer exhaust fumes, as well as globally through less CO 2 emissions from idling vehicles. ITF’s Annual Summit is the world’s largest gathering of transport ministers and the leading global platform for dialogue on transport policy.

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What Part Do EVs Play in the Federal Net-Zero Emissions Target?

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In 2016, nearly 200 countries ratified the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to reduce emissions and slow global warming. For example, Poland, Belarus and Serbia have committed to 2030 net-zero emissions to increase sustainability. These climate accords call for a 43% decline in emissions by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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The resulting changes in the size, composition and distribution of the world’s population have important consequences for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the globally agreed targets for improving economic prosperity and social well-being while protecting the environment. The global fertility rate, which fell from 3.2

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