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World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries

Green Car Congress

The transportation sector accounted for approximately 19% of global black carbon emissions in the year 2000, according to the report. Road transportation accounted for 9% of global black carbon, with diesel engines responsible for nearly 99% of those emissions. Source: Minjares et al., data from Facanha et al. Click to enlarge.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

International evidence demonstrates that a Clean Vehicle Standard and Clean Vehicle Discount, including the feebate mechanism, should rapidly accelerate the uptake of zero emissions vehicles in New Zealand. New Zealand should use Europe, not Australia, as the source of homologation vehicle standards in this Bill. Scrappage schemes.

Clean 52
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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).