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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The 10 global sustainability megaforces that may impact business over the next two decades are: Climate Change: This may be the one global megaforce that directly impacts all others. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). How does the US deal with local and state economies with high carbon economies and little renewable resources? by Bill Cooke.

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

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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.

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PBL Study Finds Developed Countries Proposals for Copenhagen Fall Short for Reaching 2 °C Climate Objective

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Non-Annex I actions may be (partially) financed by Annex I2. Based on the Climate Security Act, the study assumes an emission cap of 0 to 3%, by 2020, below 1990 levels. Financing the reduction in emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (UN program REDD) is meant to protect the forests.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. And oil only seems cheap. That’s too long to wait to improve energy security, protect our economy, and address climate change. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. While providing a boost to renewables, such a slowdown would increase import bills, heighten energy security concerns and make it harder and more expensive to combat climate change. —WEO 2011. Click to enlarge. World Energy Outlook.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

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I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. Although Climate change is a massive problem, it always comes down to money with the real decision makers so rite now you could say people use only steam reforming but we havent really developed H2 technology much have we???