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Thoughts from the Climate Change & Business Conference 2024

Drive Electric

25 September 2024 The Difference a Year Makes Kirsten Corson reflects on the Government signals from the 16th Climate Change & Business Conference: Leading Climate Action. Flashforward to the CCBC September 2024 , and Simon Watts is now Minister Watts, responsible for climate change. The rubber hit the road.

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EU market commissioner encourages ICE vehicle exports as if global climate change doesn’t affect Europe

Electrek

EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton is publicly urging automakers to consider continuing internal combustion engine vehicle production over fears of lost jobs and a future in which middle class consumers cannot afford EVs.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

It is completely wrong,” Fatih Birol , Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has stated. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. Analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) argues that EVs are the quickest means to decarbonize motorized transport.

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Combating climate change via carbon credits | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

In today’s world, climate change is a reality we have to contend with and among the various measures undertaken to combat it, carbon credits can prove to be an effective solution. Weaving a new framework in the climate space, carbon credits incentivize sustainable practices by assigning a financial value to reductions in GHG emissions.

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Tesla’s 2020 Impact Report shows why an “ecosystem” of products is key to addressing climate change

Teslarati

With this in mind, and to achieve a true zero-emissions future, Tesla’s efforts have been focused on creating a system that could effectively address the threat of climate change using products and services that are steadily getting cleaner. Tesla’s full 2020 Impact Report could be viewed below.

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International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

Green Car Congress

Thirty-seven globally prominent scientists representing the International Journal of Engine Research have published an open-access editorial addressing the future of the Internal Combustion Engine, and stressing the importance for continued development of more efficient and even lower-emitting technologies. —Reitz et al.

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.