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Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

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GFEI was launched in 2009 as a partnership of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) and FIA Foundation. To consider the role of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and electric vehicles and build them into the targets. To add to the GFEI’s Working Paper Series.

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

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

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CArE-Cities involves 11 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) listed countries and aspires to bring cleaner air to cities by building a knowledge exchange platform. Science of the Total Environment , 141395 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141395. Morawska, L., Muula, A.S., Ngowi, A.V., 2020.141395.

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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.

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