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

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Global benefits from full implementation of measures for reduction of short-lived climate pollutants in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. The founding coalition partners are Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States, together with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP.

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Fast action on black carbon, ozone and methane could help limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C

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Global benefits from full implementation of the identified measures in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. Introduction of clean-burning biomass stoves for cooking and heating in developing countries. Substitution of clean-burning cookstoves using modern fuels for traditional biomass cookstoves in developing countries.

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EU investing >€3M in research into ultra-efficient aero engines; ULTIMATE project

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Europe’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA 2050) outlines a 75% reduction in aviation CO 2 emissions to year 2050 relative to a year 2000 reference. Decades of investment in advanced technology, supported by EU programs such as Clean Sky, have made such ambitious goals feasible.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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GM and other automakers are moving ahead without waiting years or decades for wide deployment of V2V and V2I, collectively referred to as V2X. In 2019, one hundred Volvo’s in Gothenburg, Sweden, will be on the road and will self-drive with the touch of a button. Cars will drive themselves and connect with others.

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How Generative AI Helped Me Imagine a Better Robot

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The phrase refers to how the AI software iterates through design mutations and converges on high-performing designs. We plan to build such a robot in my lab at Uppsala University , in Sweden. Also, they take a fraction of the time to design compared to traditional components. McClelland calls these new designs “evolved structures.”

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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He said he was referring to plug-in hybrids such as the Chevy Volt. " "Assuming that we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently, I think a battery electric vehicle [that uses such battery technology] would actually be a plus from an environmental point of view." New York Times ) 10/22/07 ".in

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