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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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The issue features prominently on the agenda of The 2 nd annual Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Conference on the future of the Arctic Council, 17-18 January in Toronto. Many non-Arctic countries are interested in the Arctic as the “canary in the coal mine” that can teach them about how climate change will impact their own states.

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Mexico proposes new heavy-duty vehicle emission standards aligned with Euro VI and EPA 2010

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With it, Mexico joins a very short list of countries (US, Canada, Japan, European Union, and South Korea) with best-in-class, filter-based standards for heavy-duty vehicles, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). emissions in urban areas. emissions in urban areas.

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UN scientific panel ranks overhaul of global environmental governance to meet 21st century challenges as top emerging issue; GEO-5 summary issued

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Although food security is a longstanding issue, the world needs to confront a new set of challenges such as climate change, competition for land from bioenergy production, heightened water scarcity, and possible shortfalls of phosphorus for fertilizer. Greater Risk than Necessary?

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The EV Transition Explained: Local Policies Shape Global Competition

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China, the European Union, Japan as well as the UK and South Korea all have announced the same intention. China , along with the EU, Japan and South Korea , has also voiced unhappiness with the United State’s EV tax credit incentives that now require certain percentages of EV components be manufactured or assembled in North America.

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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To arrest the accelerating pace of a changing climate, the world needs a lot more clean energy to electrify heating, transportation, and industry and to displace fossil-fuel generation. Ireland, South Korea, and Taiwan are among the other countries with bold floating wind ambitions.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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South Korea did that and Australia is going to be doing that. We should have built more Nuclear power plants and created a nuclear waste recycling program. We should have built out a fiber optic to the home country wide network to usher in a new age of broadband in this country.

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