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AOSIS: 1.5 to Stay Alive

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Speaking at a seminar in New York to prepare vulnerable country negotiators for upcoming talks in the lead-up to the crucial UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December, Ambassador Dessima Williams, Permanent Representative of Grenada and Chair of AOSIS, touted “1.5 C limit to temperature increases.

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Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests Not Climate Change or Economy

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The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually.

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Volkswagen and Audi launch sustainability programs for US introduction of e-Golf BEV and A3 e-tron PHEV; carbon offsets with 3Degrees and solar energy

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VoA made the announcement at the Management Briefing Seminar, hosted by the Center for Automotive Research. Emission reductions produced by the project are verified by an approved third party and registered with the Climate Action Reserve. Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Hybrids Plug-ins Solar Sustainability'

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EUCAR calls for targeted support for automotive initiatives in €80B Horizon 2020 program; targeting €5B budget

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Rémi Bastien, Renault’s Senior Vice President of Research, Advanced Studies and Materials and 2012 Chairman of EUCAR, set out the association’s recommendations on Horizon 2020 to an audience of MEPs (Members of European Parliament) and stakeholders at a seminar in the European Parliament on 20 June.

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Volvo Car Corporation challenges EU’s goals and tactics on cutting CO2 emissions; CEO says electrified vehicles will struggle to pass 1% market share by 2020

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Jacoby also raised concerns about the viability of the European Commission’s White Paper on Transport, which states that greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector will have to be cut by at least 60% by 2050 to achieve the EU’s climate change goals.

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IEEE Women in Engineering Membership on the Rise

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Activities include networking events, seminars, and workshops. For any of our events, we can access this list of amazing people, who we can ask to give talks and offer workshops and seminars, Ye says. We wanted them to come up with a solution to climate-change-related problems and showcase their business ideas and models.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. Climate Change. Climate Change. Environment-Education seminar of Energy in Yokkaichi University. Ube Network for Climate Change Actions. 2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients. Grant Category. Project Description.

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