London, Transportation Fees, & EV Adoption — An Equation To Lower Air Pollution
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 13, 2022
The mayor, Sadiq Khan, says that London can be a global leader in smart road pricing.
New Report Concludes That Real Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Will Likely Be At Least 2-3X Greater Than Current Estimates
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2009
Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. The amount of money on the table at Copenhagen is one of the key factors that will determine whether we achieve a climate change agreement. Source: “Assessing the costs.”
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London to host £150 Catapult center for smarter cities; chaired by Sir David King
Green Car Congress
MARCH 13, 2013
London will host a Future Cities Catapult center intended to help make cities become smarter and more forward thinking. The London Future Cities Catapult will look at ways in which services across areas such as health, transport, energy and public safety can be integrated, helping to boost the economy and benefit citizens.
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LSE report calls for global investment of an additional $3T each year to drive economic recovery and transformation
Green Car Congress
JUNE 7, 2021
Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with a team from the LSE. The independent report, published today, on “ G7 leadership for sustainable, resilient and inclusive economic recovery and growth ” was led by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, I.G. The report says that $1.5-1.7
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Exxon/Mobil Guilty of Climate Change Coverup. Now Ordered Out of Torrance 3 Years Sooner.
Creative Greenius
JULY 1, 2009
But now that I’ve found out they’re still lying and covering up their role in climate change and the size of their own carbon footprint, I’m going to have to get tougher with them. The global gangbangers from Exxon/Mobil are like that. Sometimes they need several of them.
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Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2017
The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Lead by example by procuring zero emission vehicles for city fleets.
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Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion
EV Central
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
But first I wanted to talk about climate change deniers, and how remarkable it is that they still exist. A few years ago, climate change deniers were annoying, unscientific troll turds, the kind of people who choose their feelings over facts. Ladies and gentlemen, the climate cult will eventually be discredited.”
U of Birmingham scientists launch project to tackle global clean cold challenge
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2017
Scientists from the University of Birmingham launched a major research project to investigate how “clean cold” could help to achieve almost all of the United Nations’ (UN) global Sustainable Development Goals. It is now becoming clear that cooling will be critical to achieving almost all the UN’s Global Goals. It also accounts for 3.3
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Rule Britannia: Can the UK Set Global AI Standards?
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
And it says the government should coordinate efforts to develop the AI technologies that will be key in the fight against global climate change. It is in their interest, rather, to cooperate with the government in London. "AI
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136 Nornickel presents market review of nickel and platinum group metals
Green Car Congress
JUNE 4, 2023
In early 2023, nickel has been the worst performer among base metals on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Despite extremely low LME nickel exchange inventories, which are currently at the 2007 level and amount to less than 5 days of global use only, the LME nickel contract was down by 30% since the beginning of the year.
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Bush Says Farewell to Blair with Empty Rhetoric on Climate Change
Plugs and Cars
MAY 19, 2007
And make one final pitch for American cooperation on climate change. At a Rose Garden press conference within earshot of anti-war protesters beyond the White House gate, Bush's prepared remarks included this: And we talked, of course, about climate change. We spent a lot of time on climate change.
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AP Ventures makes follow-on investment in small-scale GTL company Greyrock Energy
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2019
London-based AP Ventures has made a follow-on investment in Greyrock Energy , Inc. a provider of small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology. Greyrock’s systems are designed to transform a variety of gas resources (including natural gas, flare gas, bio-gas, natural gas liquids, and other feedstocks) into premium transportation fuels.
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OGCI makes first three investments: Achates Power, Solidia, and gas power with CCS
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2017
OGCI Climate Investments is the $1-billion investment fund established last year by OGCI to invest in promising technologies and business models that have the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We look forward to working with these innovative teams to help them achieve commercial success on a global scale.
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DHL locks in 44 EV truck order from Volvo for regional hauling
Teslarati
MAY 12, 2022
Global logistics provider DHL and Volvo Trucks announced today the signing of a cooperation agreement for an intended order of 40 Volvo FE and FL all-electric trucks to be used for regional hauling and package deliveries. It was the first fully-electric commercial heavy truck used for urban logistics in the United Kingdom.
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Lancet Series Finds That Cutting Greenhouse Pollutants Will Have Major Direct Health Benefits Worldwide
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 28, 2009
The studies use case studies to demonstrate the co-benefits of tackling climate change in four sectors: electricity generation, household energy use, transportation, and food and agriculture. Climate change threatens us all, but its impact will likely be greatest on the poorest communities in every country. —Kirk R.
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New report suggests bioenergy crops are not a risk to food production
Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2016
Experts contributed from ten institutions across Africa, Europe and America, including the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the World Bank and Imperial College London in the UK. —lead author Keith Kline of ORNL’s Climate Change Science Institute.
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IMO agrees mandatory system for collecting ships’ fuel consumption data
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2016
IMO said that the move sends a clear signal about its commitment to climate change mitigation. It has been very encouraging to see States which had previously found it difficult to reach binding agreement on climate change measures bring the spirit of the Paris Agreement to IMO this week.
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Paris Agreement goals will be missed without legally binding net-zero policies
Innovation News Network
JUNE 9, 2023
A new study has revealed that without fully implementing legally binding and well-planned net-zero policies, it is likely that global climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement will be missed.
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Hertz massively expands Uber EV partnership with 25,000 more vehicles
Teslarati
JANUARY 17, 2023
This program will begin in London, England, but will quickly expand to Paris, France, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the coming year. Uber’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, commented on the possibility of this deal to further Uber’s climate goals: “As the largest mobility platform in the world, we know that our impact goes beyond our technology.
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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. 2009) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities.
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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2018
The University of Bremen is the scientific base of the international project known as EMeRGe (Effect of Megacities on the transport and transformation of pollutants on the Regional and Global scales). The aim is to better understand and predict the extent and impact of urban air pollution on Earth’s atmosphere.
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268 City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 25, 2012
C40 is about action, and I commend Bogota for taking this decisive step to implement innovative new transport policies that will improve the quality of life in the city and address climate change. —Jay Carson, CEO, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.
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311 Canada and Norway to cooperate in energy resource development
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
The statement notes that both countries are significant producers and exporters of petroleum and significant producers of electricity produced from hydro power; are Arctic countries; and are emphasizing the need to develop commercially viable carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to help mitigate climate change. .
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Worlds Coral Reefs Began Decline At 320 ppm Atmospheric CO2
Green Car Congress
JULY 14, 2009
The joint statement will be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ahead of December's climate policy negotiations in Copenhagen. 360ppm is the level at which reefs “ cease to be viable in the long term ,” according to coral reef specialist Professor John E.N. Jack Rosebro.
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170 To Hell With The Grownups. I’m Now With Greta & #FridaysForFuture
Creative Greenius
MARCH 6, 2019
By the end of October she was speaking at the Declaration of Rebellion, at Parliament Square, in London. By early December Great was at the UN Climate Talks in Poland and addressing the attendees. They will also take no prisoners as they make apparent in their letter : We finally need to treat the climate crisis as a crisis.
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Press Release: Full-electric Volta Zero embarks on UK customer roadshow
Electric Vehicles India
AUGUST 25, 2021
London is one of our initial launch markets and important for Volta Trucks so bringing the Volta Zero to UK customers to better understand their needs will give us vital learnings as we plan for the first vehicles to be on the UK’s roads next year.” ” About Volta Trucks.
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ICCT study finds GHGs from shipping on the rise
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from global shipping are on the rise again, according to a new study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). These flags account for 66% of the global shipping fleet’s deadweight tonnage. International shipping was not included in the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
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ICCT: IMO committee agrees to establish first climate framework for international shipping
Green Car Congress
APRIL 13, 2018
This strategy, which represents the first global climate framework for shipping, includes quantitative GHG reduction targets through 2050 and a list of candidate short-, mid-, and long-term policy measures to help achieve these targets. The strategy implies that international shipping would consume between 3.8%
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Planning for and transforming future urban infrastructure for sustainable mobility
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 3, 2010
Global infrastructure company Ferrovial and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just signed a five-year agreement, with Ferrovial joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) to support a range of research projects on transforming critical urban infrastructures of the future.
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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project
Cars That Think
AUGUST 24, 2023
The company supports homegrown innovation, he says, and it forms global strategic partnerships. Having these [stations] in place will help fight climate change.” The London Stock Exchange identified GVE as one of the fastest-growing private companies in Africa in 2019. GVE is on a hiring spree. Established by former U.S.
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Tech Leaders on 5G, Robots, and the Future of Work
Cars That Think
JANUARY 31, 2022
Those are some of the findings from “ The Impact of Technology in 2022 and Beyond: An IEEE Global Study.” He is a research scientist at Protocol Labs in London. “I Wind, solar, and microgrids will provide reliable power while providing [a] means to limit [the] impact of climate change.
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Researchers Find Warming Arctic Current Triggers Release of Methane from Methane Hydrate
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 14, 2009
Methane released from gas hydrate in submarine sediments has been identified in the past as an agent of climate change. The team found that more than 250 plumes of bubbles of methane gas are rising from the seabed of the West Spitsbergen continental margin in the Arctic, in a depth range of 150 to 400 meters.
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207 Cella Energy Ltd named UK winner for Shell Springboard Awards 2011 for novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2011
Cella Energy received their award at a ceremony held at the Royal Society of Science in London. Their invention impressed a panel of judges which included leading climate change expert Lord Oxburgh, UK Low Carbon Business Advisor Professor Julia King and Greenpeace Chief Scientist Doug Parr.
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IMO Study Concludes Shipping Could Cut GHG Emissions by One-Fifth at Negative Cost to Industry
Green Car Congress
MAY 24, 2009
Shipping—responsible for almost 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions but not so far covered by any emissions reduction agreements—could reduce its climate impact by at least one-fifth at a negative cost to the industry, a new International Maritime Organization (IMO) report has concluded.
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UK Technology Strategy Board Awards More Than 12M to 22 Projects to Speed Up Development of Low-Carbon Technology for Vehicles; Includes Gas Turbine Range Extender and Li-S Battery Cells
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2010
In addition to helping to meet UK and EU climate change targets, we anticipate this research and development work will create significant market opportunities for UK-based companies. Ionotec Ltd (lead), Dynamic-Ceramic Ltd, Birmingham University, University College London, Aloxsys Inc. GKN Eco-Trailer.
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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits
Green Car Congress
JUNE 10, 2011
The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. World primary energy demand by fuel in the IEA high gas scenario. Source: IEA.
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UK Technology Strategy Board Awards 10M+ for Development of Efficient Electrical Systems for Hybrids and EVs
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Increasing the market acceptance of low carbon vehicles will contribute to achieving UK and EU climate change targets, whilst creating significant market opportunities for UK-based companies. The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is a UK-based company formed from global industries and the UK Government.
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London City Commuting: Why an EV makes sense
Drive Electric
JUNE 16, 2021
It almost seems as though London is against us mere motorists. With some great transport links to take advantage of, having a car in London isn’t always necessary or practical. Why are EVs best for London? The planet has finally awoken to the global climate crisis we’re facing. Cheaper to run. Congestion Charge.
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98 UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030
EV Info
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
In what Mr Johnstone is calling the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ he aims to tackle climate change and create jobs in industries such as nuclear energy, however, critics are already stating that the £4bn package to implements Boris’s 10-point plan is far too small for the scale of the challenge! This is not a proven solution.
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56 LowCVP Conference attracts 200 delegates and leading speakers
Green Cars News
JULY 1, 2009
Andrew Adonis, making his first public speech since his promotion to Secretary of State for Transport, told delegates at the LowCVP Conference that climate change is an issue which defines this age. A challenge, obviously, because it means change&#. Green Awards and the Revolve London to Brighton Eco-Rally.
Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers
Green Car Congress
MAY 6, 2019
In their commentary, Andreas Goldthau (Royal Holloway University of London), Kirsten Westphal (German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)), Morgan Bazilian (Colorado School of Mines) & Michael Bradshaw (University of Warwick) present four geopolitical scenarios to illustrate how varied the transition could be by 2030.
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207 Britain set for future of climate chaos
Green Cars News
JUNE 19, 2009
Temperatures would rise even more under a high emissions scenario and could be up to 12 degrees C warmer on the hottest summer days, with peak summer temperatures in London regularly expected to hit over 40 degrees. At the same time DEFRA say the projected climate changes show that some climate change is now inevitable whatever we do.
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4 more cities sign Global Clean Bus Declaration raising total to >40K ultra-low emission buses by 2020; London to trial BYD electric double-decker
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2015
Four additional cities—Amsterdam, Lima, Catalonia (Barcelona) and Rome— signed up to the Global Clean Bus Declaration at the 1 st global Clean Bus Summit in London. The Mayor confirmed that all new buses joining central London’s fleet are now ULEZ-compliant, delivering important air quality improvements now.
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Current climate policies destined for ‘imminent failure’
Green Cars News
JULY 8, 2009
Current climate change policies which focus on overall carbon emissions are failing and should be abandoned, a consortium of research institutes concludes. Professor Prins said: “These are confusing times for anyone interested in global climate policy. To read the full report see: How to get climate policy back on course.
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