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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

Green Car Congress

in addition to Opus 12, they are: WILDCOAST (Imperial Beach, California) is working to secure a resilient coastline to help protect communities, economies and ecosystems from climate change impacts in the Gulf of California. Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa.

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How Smart Energy Management for EV Charging Is Connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference

Driivz

We found ourselves thinking about how Smart Energy Management for EV charging is connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference; Countries from around the world continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a key strategy for reducing the rate of global warming.

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Good news – the world has a real chance of achieving its goal of tripling renewables by 2030

Baua Electric

The world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 –and that means it has a real chance of achieving the goal set by governments at the COP28 climate change conference of tripling global capacity by 2030. Birol said that “success will hinge” on scaling up financing for emerging and developing economies.

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The Summit On Clean Tech Law & The New Energy Policy

Creative Greenius

Sunpower Corporation’s VP of public policy, Julie Blunden, will be sharing her views on how incentives and laws shape & drive demand for solar energy. UCI’s solar energy research center will be presenting their advice on partnering with the private sector to leverage research in the pipeline & to commercialize it.

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Pew Environment Report Says Melting Arctic Could Cost a Minimum of $2.4 Trillion by 2050

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This heating from the melting Arctic will grow significantly over the coming decades, projected to more than double by 2100 when expressed in CO2 equivalents. The loss of heat-reflecting sea ice and snow results in the absorption of more solar energy leading to warming. By 2050, this number rises to a cumulative range of $2.4

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New UNEP report says bridging emissions gap to meet 2-degree target doable, outlines pathways to 2020

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Up to 9% of total primary energy in 2020 would come from non-biomass renewable energy (solar, wind, hydroelectricity and the like). GtCO 2 e per year by reducing deforestation and making changes in forest management that increases above and below ground carbon stocks. Forestry: 1.3 Agriculture: 1.1 Waste: about 0.8

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. . We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’. around land use).