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India, China, Brazil, Japan, other non-Arctic countries want a voice on Arctic Council; interest in climate change impact and access to resources

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Six northern indigenous groups—the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Arctic Athabaska Council, Gwich’in Council International, Sami Council, Russian Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) and Aleut International Association—wield strong influence as permanent participants.

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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years); 150 in Poland (reduction in life expectancy of 2.8 When we use clean, renewable energy, we are not just fulfilling the Paris Agreement to mitigate the effects of climate change, we could also reduce air pollution-related death rates in Europe by up to 55%. years); 98 in the UK (reduction in life expectancy of 1.5

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QUANTIFY Study Finds GHG Emissions from Global Transport Could Double Their Net Contribution to Warming by 2100

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Transport emissions could double their current relative net contribution to global warming by 2100, according to a new study by researchers at the Oslo-based Centre for International Climate and Environment Research (CICERO) in Norway. More travelling and international trade drive the emission increase. million (US$12.6

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

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Mentoring the next generation of engineers When Zakrzewska was growing up in Poland, she and her family often listened to the radio. She decided to give research a try and in 2009 became an intern at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. , IEEE: A trustworthy resource and global community Zakrzewska joined IEEE in 2010 while a Ph.D.

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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Transport, including international aviation and maritime transport, accounts for around a quarter of total EU greenhouse gas emissions. On the other hand, implementing such changes will require a paradigm shift in planning approaches. Towards a resource-efficient transport system—TERM 2009.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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With the conclusion of the 14 th Congress in Poznań, Poland a year later and little progress made, member delegates, some of who had been showing signs of pessimism and fatigue in their statements to the press, were left with just four second-level meetings at which to resolve major outstanding differences. by Jack Rosebro.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Transport at a crossroads. EEA Report No 3/2009 ).