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UNEP study: small number of measures targeting black carbon and tropospheric ozone could yield immediate climate benefits

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Global benefits from full implementation of the identified measures in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. Full implementation of these measures would reduce future global warming by 0.5 °C If the measures are implemented by 2030, this could halve the potential increase in global temperature which is projected for 2050.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 Additional highlights of the 9 th annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015 report include: China saw by far the biggest renewable energy investments in 2014—a record $83.3 billion, up 39% from 2013.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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Volkswagen compared the e-Golf with the conventional reference models Golf Mk VII 1.2 global warming potential for a reference period of 100 years (GWP). TSI (gasoline) and Golf Mk VII 1.6 TDI (diesel), both in the basic versions with standard equipment. Life Cycle Inventory data for the Golf VII 1.2 TSI (rounded values).

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