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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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The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. Most notably, Vietnam, South Africa, Mexico and Morocco led the rankings with a combined investment of $16 billion in 2018. —Luiza Demôro, project manager for BloombergNEF.

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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. Porsche Impact is a web-based emissions calculator that allows Porsche owners to assess and compensate for CO 2 emissions, based on mileage and average fuel consumption.

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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. In CY2023, a record 15,26,433 or 1.52

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

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Impact is a new program from Porsche Digital that enables owners to calculate emissions individually per car and then offset them by supporting environmentally friendly projects in the US and worldwide. Porsche customers can choose from four different internationally certified projects to support. How much does it cost?

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Hyundai Motor Group deepens partnership with Grab to accelerate EV adoption in Southeast Asia

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Hence, the enhanced partnership will focus on addressing some of these barriers by piloting new EV business models such as leasing EVs with a battery-as-a-service model or car-as-a-service model, and EV financing. The pilot programs will start in 2021, beginning in Singapore, and expand to Indonesia and Vietnam.

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

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Technologies such as electric heat, CCS and hydrogen are only attracting a fraction of the investment they will need in the 2020s to help bring emissions under control. Biomass and waste-to-energy financings were down 3% at $10 billion. billion, Vietnam 89% higher at $7.4 —Albert Cheung, head of analysis at BNEF.

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