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ADB leads $135M climate financing package for VinFast e-bus fleet and EV charging network in Vietnam

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) mobilized a $135-million climate financing package for VinFast Trading and Production Joint Stock Company (VinFast) for manufacturing Vietnam’s first fully-electric public transport bus fleet and first national electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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Most notably, Vietnam, South Africa, Mexico and Morocco led the rankings with a combined investment of $16 billion in 2018. The Climatescope results come just ahead of next month’s United Nations-supported climate negotiations in Madrid. —Luiza Demôro, project manager for BloombergNEF. billion in 2018.

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Porsche launches carbon offsetting program for US drivers

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PCNA) has launched Porsche Impact , an online tool that links individual CO 2 emissions to specific climate projects. The available programs are focused on forest protection in the US, hydropower in Vietnam, solar energy in Mexico, and habitat preservation in Zimbabwe. Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

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That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. It is crucial for businesses of all sizes to act now.

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ASML’s threat to leave uncovers deeper concerns in Netherlands Inc – ET Auto

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A threat by the Netherlands’ largest company ASML to quit the country if it cannot grow there has laid bare wider corporate concerns that the nation’s business climate is deteriorating. state of Arizona, and BE Semiconductor Industries in Vietnam. “You’d need two hands to count them.”

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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We need to be talking about trillions per year if we are to meet climate goals. Highlights of the renewables investment total included a leap of 56% in financings of offshore wind projects to $50 billion, including the largest deal ever in that sub-sector—$8.3 Biomass and waste-to-energy financings were down 3% at $10 billion.

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