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President’s Note: Forging Partnerships will Sharpen IEEE’s Edge

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I also want the organization to be globally recognized as a force for change. This year, I chartered four ad hoc committees: climate change, innovative funding models, president-elect campaign pilot program, and multimedia-based digital reality technologies. For example, IEEE is now engaged closely with the U.N.

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Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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The researchers set out a framework for gathering and analyzing local information about how cities contribute to pollution levels, and show how these insights could be used to target climate mitigation initiatives most effectively. Everything practical that you would need to do to reduce emissions happens at a city level.

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UN scientific panel ranks overhaul of global environmental governance to meet 21st century challenges as top emerging issue; GEO-5 summary issued

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A complete overhaul of global environmental governance is urgently needed if the challenges of global sustainability are to be met for seven billion people, according to a wide-ranging Foresight Process conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). New Insights on Water-Land Interactions: Shift in the Management Paradigm?

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Extreme E – Team xite & myenergi

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Extreme E, the all-electric, all-terrain championship, will see SUVs race through some of the most demanding environments on earth, including the Arctic Circle and Amazon rainforest. The series aims to highlight the impact of climate change on some of the most remote and notably-affected locations. Christine Giampaoli Zonca.

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Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

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The increase in global energy demands, diminution of fossil fuels , and its harmful effects on the environment have attracted the use of lignocellulosic biomass as an alternative sustainable source for chemicals, materials, and liquid fuels. Schematic of biomass to bio-oil conversion process.

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Insight becomes Science Museum piece

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Honda’s all-new Insight is being put to work by the Science Museum. Donning a bright livery that explains its petrol-electric hybrid technology and regenerative braking, the Insight has been transformed into an educational display that is functional too. Tags: Honda hybrid Insight museum science.

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Dr. Paul Anastas outlines EPA’s new research paradigm, The Path Forward; realigning EPA research around sustainability

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John Heinz chair in Chemistry for the Environment and Directs the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. Since 2010, significant changes have been made to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) research enterprise. Anastas is currently on public service leave from Yale University, where he holds the Theresa and H.

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