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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

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The fast-growing global vehicle fleet is a major contributor to air pollution and climate change; globally, the transport sector is responsible for nearly a quarter of energy-related global greenhouse gas emissions. Last month, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) set cleaner fuels and vehicle standards from January 2021.

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Hadley Centre: Average 4 C Warming Could Happen Within a Human Lifetime, With Even Greater Warming in Many Regions

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This high emissions scenario is based on no action being taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly, starting in the next few years. If greenhouse gas emissions are not cut soon then we could see major climate changes within our own lifetimes. —Dr.