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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

The report also covers an assessment of the potential contribution from reductions in short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). This has raised hopes that emissions have peaked, as they must by 2020 to remain on a successful climate trajectory. The 1 Gigaton Coalition is supported by UN Environment and the Norwegian Government.

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T&E: Europe burns 19 million bottles of sunflower and rapeseed oil every day in cars

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JUNE 23, 2022

A new analysis by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment finds that Europe burns more than 17,000 tonnes of rapeseed and sunflower oil every day—the equivalent of 19 million 1-liter bottles. Recently, Indonesia temporarily banned exports of palm oil to stabilize local prices.

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UN report projects that increasing use of HFCs likely to have a significant climate impact by 2050; equivalent to current total annual emissions from transport

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) projects that by 2050, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) could be responsible for emissions equivalent to 3.5 The contribution of HFCs to climate forcing is currently less than 1% of all greenhouse gases. Climate and the Ozone Layer. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. by Jack Rosebro. as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. ” [ 1 ].

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Get Your Monkeywrenches Ready! Politicians Beg For Climate Change Wake Up Call

Creative Greenius

JULY 9, 2009

While the finely tailored and pampered leaders of the G8 met in Italy to talk the issue of climate change to death and do nothing tangible about it, activists with a more realistic sense of urgency started to take the necessary action to start cutting greenhouse gases right now.

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Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Sterner is lead author in the UN climate panel’s (IPCC) working group Mitigation of Climate Change. Sterner is also the editor of the new book Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy , authored by 35 researchers. —Thomas Sterner.

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Neste-led project verified 50% methane emission reduction at palm oil mills using belt filter press

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MARCH 2, 2018

The project took place in palm oil mills in Indonesia and Malaysia, and was conducted in collaboration with a palm oil company KLK, a Dutch sustainable trade organization IDH, and an international certification system ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). The potential that the method offers is enormous, Neste said.

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GM opens new US$200M diesel engine facility in Thailand; first to produce new 4-cylinder Duramax diesels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The opening of the facility comes a month after GM announced that it will invest US$150 million in the reactivation of its Bekasi manufacturing facility in Indonesia for production of a new line of people movers for Southeast Asian markets. The new powertrain facility takes GM’s investment in Thailand to US$1.3 billion since 1998.

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CO2 and Methane Emissions Continued Rise in 2008 Despite Economic Slump

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APRIL 24, 2009

Emissions of two of the most important climate change gases increased last year, according to a preliminary analysis for NOAA’s annual greenhouse gas index, which tracks data from 60 sites around the world. When related climate affects are taken into account, methane’s overall climate impact is nearly half that of carbon dioxide.

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Researchers Find That Unusual Arctic Warmth and Tropical Wetness Likely Cause for Methane Increase

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

It was very warm in the Arctic, there was some tropical forest burning, and there was increased rain in Indonesia and the Amazon. —Ed This kind of climate condition typically brings wetter-than-normal conditions in some tropical regions and cooler sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

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CSIRO Reports Highest-ever Winter Water Temperatures Recorded Off Tasmanias East Coast

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AUGUST 8, 2009

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current — the world’s largest ocean current and considered the powerhouse for global climate. of Environment. Partly formed from the system of currents draining the Pacific Ocean into the Indian Ocean through Indonesia, its characteristics are detectable throughout the course of its long winter journey.

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Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

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MAY 2, 2012

GFEI was launched in 2009 as a partnership of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) and FIA Foundation. It also announced that a new partner—the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)—has joined the effort.

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Canada Nickel launches subsidiary to develop zero-carbon production of nickel, cobalt and iron

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AUGUST 17, 2020

With nickel as a preferred metal to power the clean energy revolution, our commitment to net zero-carbon production is the right step to take for the environment, for consumers, and for our investors. —,Mark Selby, Chair & CEO of Canada Nickel.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With climate protection, we have become used to minute progress, at the best. The machines would also contribute to improving working environment (modern printers rather than “giant Turkish baths”). Then in Portugal, Turkey, but mainly in Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Here we have a revolution.

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GSI/UNEP conference report finds fossil-fuel subsidy reform complex and challenges sobering; ~1% of global GDP spent on fossil-fuel subsidies

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JANUARY 23, 2011

For example, at peak oil price in 2008, Indonesia was spending 40% of its budget on transport fuel—more than health, education and infrastructure development combined. Earlier post.) ” Some of the main lessons drawn from the report include: Fossil-fuel subsidies absorb serious amounts of money.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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APRIL 6, 2015

billion) were all in the top 10 of investing countries while more than $1 billion was invested in Indonesia, Chile, Mexico, Kenya and Turkey. Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 billion set in 2011. Additional to China, Brazil ($7.6 billion), India ($7.4 in 2013.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Switzerland’s top ranking reflects strong performance across most issues, especially air quality and climate protection. Of the emerging economies, China and India rank 120 th and 177 th respectively, reflecting the strain population pressures and rapid economic growth impose on the environment, note the researchers. Source: EPI.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. Lomborg estimates that for every dollar spent, the world will avoid only about two cents of climate damage.

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

T&E: Europe burns 19 million bottles of sunflower and rapeseed oil every day in cars

UN report projects that increasing use of HFCs likely to have a significant climate impact by 2050; equivalent to current total annual emissions from transport

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

Get Your Monkeywrenches Ready! Politicians Beg For Climate Change Wake Up Call

Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries

Neste-led project verified 50% methane emission reduction at palm oil mills using belt filter press

GM opens new US$200M diesel engine facility in Thailand; first to produce new 4-cylinder Duramax diesels

CO2 and Methane Emissions Continued Rise in 2008 Despite Economic Slump

Researchers Find That Unusual Arctic Warmth and Tropical Wetness Likely Cause for Methane Increase

CSIRO Reports Highest-ever Winter Water Temperatures Recorded Off Tasmanias East Coast

Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

Canada Nickel launches subsidiary to develop zero-carbon production of nickel, cobalt and iron

U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

GSI/UNEP conference report finds fossil-fuel subsidy reform complex and challenges sobering; ~1% of global GDP spent on fossil-fuel subsidies

Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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