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Aviation Summit calls for global framework on emissions reductions

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2012

The Summit was co-sponsored by the Air Transport Action Group ( ATAG ), the Airports Council International (ACI), the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Coordinating Council for Aerospace Industries Association (ICCAIA).

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

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Investment in new wind, solar, and other non-large hydro renewables projects in the country fell to $86 billion in 2018 from $122 billion in 2017. Overall, declining costs for solar and wind played a considerable factor in the fall in absolute dollar investment in emerging economies. billion in 2018.

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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s fuel-economy plan through the 2016 model year focuses on a reduction in vehicle mass and aggressive investment in advanced materials, such as high-strength steel, carbon fiber and aluminum, enabled in part by our industry-first aluminum welding technology. GM has a goal of 125 MW renewable energy. Earlier post.).

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BRIMCS countries, and especially China, outspending IEA countries in energy RDD

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Renewable energy targets and energy priority areas in the BRIMCS countries (not listed in order of importance or emphasis). The study, by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, found that a minimum of $13.8 Data: Kempener et al.

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Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

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AUGUST 4, 2014

South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. 2012.08.066.

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NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Renewable and sustainable fuels. Rutgers will focus on replacing environmentally harmful fossil fuels with renewable, economically sustainable fuels in collaboration with universities in the US, Brazil, China and South Africa. The awards are the fifth and sixth IGERT grants NSF has awarded Rutgers over the past six years.

Puerto Rico

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2011

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.

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G20 Leaders Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

This reform will not apply to our support for clean energy, renewables, and technologies that dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We ask the international financial institutions to offer support to countries in this process.

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Significant growth in the global middle class, expansion of emerging economies and an additional 2 billion people in the world will contribute to a 35% increase in energy demand by 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s latest Outlook for Energy report. The OECD represents the developed economies. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Developed countries would reach agreement with emerging economies such as Brazil, China, and India as to whether or not emerging economies should set emissions reduction targets. afforestation, avoided deforestation, carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency measures, renewable energy generation) would be established.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The low annual rate of global reduction of carbon emissions per unit of GDP needed to limit global warming to 2 °C—based on the probability assessments of the UN IPCC—is insufficient to achieve that goal, according to the latest Low Carbon Economy Index published by business consultancy PwC. —PwC report. —PwC.

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

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. Without a clear and ambitious number, the whole agreement will be in danger ” [ 8 ].

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EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

is full steam ahead on renewable energy across the board. South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. The region is home to China and India — the two largest countries globally by population — both of which also happen to be two of the fastest-growing economies. With the Joe Biden administration’s commencement, the U.S.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. We then used results from a model of the global economy to allocate a portion of this global budget specifically to the U.S. AFP/Getty Images.

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Aviation Summit calls for global framework on emissions reductions

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

GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

BRIMCS countries, and especially China, outspending IEA countries in energy RDD

Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

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

G20 Leaders Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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

EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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