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New Report Concludes That Real Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Will Likely Be At Least 2-3X Greater Than Current Estimates

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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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U of Birmingham scientists launch project to tackle global clean cold challenge

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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. The University of Birmingham is a world-leader in clean cold’ expertise. It also accounts for 3.3 billion by 2050; and.

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Rule Britannia: Can the UK Set Global AI Standards?

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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 There's a big culture around ethics within the medical discipline.

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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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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). Chou, as well as the National Taiwan University, especially Po-Hsiung Lin. HALO in-hangar in Taiwan. —Joohn Burrows.

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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

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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. Julia Steinberger, University of Klagenfurt.

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New report suggests bioenergy crops are not a risk to food production

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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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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory.

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