Ghana and International

Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2021

The Mission aims to accelerate international public-private collaboration to scale and deploy new green maritime solutions, setting international shipping on an ambitious zero-emission course. The Mission will also be supported by the governments of India, Morocco, the UK, Singapore, France, Ghana, and South Korea.

Denmark

Denmark Norway Emissions Ghana

Piedmont Lithium selects Tennessee for second lithium hydroxide project; 30,000 metric tons per year

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The project will convert spodumene concentrate sourced principally from Piedmont’s international project investments to expand significantly the US supply of lithium hydroxide, a key component in the manufacturing of EV batteries. 2024: Ghana Project—spodumene concentrate; preliminary feasibility study (PFS) Q3 2022.

Tennessee

Tennessee Ghana North Carolina Financing

Paving The Way For “Made In Ghana” E-Mobility Solutions

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The transition to electric mobility is now well underway around the world. In China, for example, the world’s largest vehicle market, fully electric car sales had 26% share of auto sales in September, and 35% had a plug. We see that the European EV market is also heating up. In Europe, fully electric car sales […].

Ghana

Ghana Fully Electric Plug-in Europe

TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2017

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and partners will present their new prototype of an electric four-wheel drive utility vehicle designed for Africa—the aCar — at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month. The car is characterized by an unembellished, clear and modern design. and Hydraulik KG.

Africa

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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The success of our innovative and pioneering mobility solutions business has shown us that Rwanda has the potential to leapfrog the internal combustion engines into electric cars. Ghana and Ethiopia are planned as the next locations. Rwanda has a young and progressive population that appreciates individual and modern mobility.

Rwanda

Rwanda Africa Ethiopia Ghana

COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Governments in emerging markets and developing economies: Dominican Republic; Ghana; India – two-wheelers and three-wheelers constitute more than 70% of global sales and more than 80% in India.

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Emissions El Salvador Cape Verde

Global Bioenergy Partnership publishes report on 24 sustainability indicators for bioenergy: electricity, heat and transport

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

Highlights relevant international and national processes with links to publicly available data sources in an extensive reference section. In the meantime, the Partnership is proceeding with piloting projects in Indonesia, Colombia and Ghana.

Transportation

Transportation Global Water Pollution

Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2017

Joint biodiversity conservation activities with cocoa farmers in Ghana. BirdLife International Tokyo. Conservation International Japan. Nippon International Cooperation for Community Development. Biodiversity Conservation. The Rainforest Alliance. Japan Environmental Education Forum.

Grant

Grant Toyota 2017 Myanmar

IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

The International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Geneva-based Global Subsidies Initiative ( GSI ) has issued a five-part series of reports into how nations might remove fossil-fuel subsidies, on the eve of a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Washington this week. Untold Billions : Summary of Key Findings.

Fuel

Fuel Parts 2010 Climate Change

Gravita India largest battery recycling firm enters into EV recycling business

Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 28, 2021

According to the International Energy Agency, 100-120 GWh of electric vehicle batteries will be retired by 2030, a volume roughly equivalent to current annual battery production. Gravita targets a supply of approx. 8000 MT of Lead to Amara Raja under the said contract which will help the company to strengthen its top line in FY 2018?19

India

India Battery Batteries Lead Acid

New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

Women have served in roles such as chair of the society’s flagship gathering, the IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) and its distinguished lecturers program. A chapter in Ghana is in the process of forming.

Africa

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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. The team devoted special attention to three rapidly developing Sub-Saharan countries: Ethiopia, Ghana and Rwanda. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Fisher et al.

Pollution

Pollution Africa 2019 Ethiopia

New international Climate and Clean Air Coalition to focus on reduction of short-lived climate pollutants

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The founding coalition partners are Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States, together with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The United States is already actively engaged in efforts to reduce these pollutants on the national and international levels.

Climate

Climate Pollution Clean Cleaning

How U.S.A.I.D. Affects National Parks and Conservation Worldwide

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

All those are among the surprising programs affected by the Trump administrations possible shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development, which, in addition to its other work, has established and maintained overseas national parks and conservation areas. That role now has an uncertain future. On Friday, the U.S.A.I.D.

Papua New Guinea

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EV Driven

Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

Piedmont Lithium selects Tennessee for second lithium hydroxide project; 30,000 metric tons per year

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Paving The Way For “Made In Ghana” E-Mobility Solutions

TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

Global Bioenergy Partnership publishes report on 24 sustainability indicators for bioenergy: electricity, heat and transport

Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Gravita India largest battery recycling firm enters into EV recycling business

New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

New international Climate and Clean Air Coalition to focus on reduction of short-lived climate pollutants

How U.S.A.I.D. Affects National Parks and Conservation Worldwide

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