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Study estimates California’s GHG reductions since 2003 could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

In an open-access report in the journal Environmental Pollution , researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago estimate that California’s wildfire carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from 2020 (~127 mmt CO 2 e ) are approximately two times higher than California’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions since 2003.

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2003 2020 Climate Change Pollution

BNEF: global investment in low-carbon energy transition hit $755B in 2021; up 27% from 2020; electrified transport grew the fastest

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JANUARY 28, 2022

In 2021, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $755 billion, up 27% from $595 billion in 2020 and just $264 billion in 2011, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). degrees of global warming.

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Carbon Transportation Global 2020

Report: CCS capacity increased 33% in 2020

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DECEMBER 6, 2020

Findings released by international think tank the Global CCS Institute show that the total capacity of carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities operating and under development grew by 33% world-wide over the last year. Source: 2020 Global Status on CCS. 2020 saw increased ambition and support for CCS in Europe as well.

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IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

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MARCH 3, 2021

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according to IEA data, but the overall decline of about 6% masks wide variations depending on the region and the time of year. China was the only major economy that grew in 2020.

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Emissions Global Carbon 2020

UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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

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JANUARY 20, 2021

billion to decarbonization in 2020, beating the previous year by 9% despite the economic disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. billion (up 67%), with China at $134.8

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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

of the human-made climate impact; two-thirds of this impact are caused by emissions other than CO 2 , according to a new study by researchers in Europe and the US. Schematic overview of the processes by which aviation emissions and increased cirrus cloudiness affect the climate system. Aviation accounts for 3.5%

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Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

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APRIL 10, 2023

But because they’re potent greenhouse gases, they still affect the climate. Combined, their emissions are equal to the CO 2 emissions in 2020 for a smaller developed country like Switzerland. Although the team found rising global emissions, they weren’t able to identify particular locations. Vollmer, M.K., Krummel, P.B.

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Ozone Emissions Global Switzerland

IRENA report says tripling renewables investment required to reach 2050 climate goal

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). Global landscape of renewable energy finance in 2017-2018. C objective by mid-century.

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Climate Renewable Financing 2018

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

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JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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Mariner Climate Fuel Oil

130 banks holding US$47 trillion in assets commit to climate action and sustainability; 1/3 of global banking sector

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Leading banks and the United Nations on Sunday launched the Principles for Responsible Banking , with 130 banks collectively holding US$ 47 trillion in assets—one third of the global banking sector—signed up. The Principles create the accountability that can realize responsibility, and the ambition that can drive action.

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Climate Global Climate Change Financing

CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

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JULY 9, 2020

Although large emissions cuts are urgently needed to achieve global climate goals, it may take decades before we can measure the effect of the reductions on global temperature evolution, according to a new study by researchers at Norway’s CICERO Center for International Climate Research. Samset, Jan S.

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Emissions Global Climate 2020

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

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MARCH 9, 2022

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 The rebound of global CO 2 emissions above pre-pandemic levels has largely been driven by China, where they increased by 750 million tonnes between 2019 and 2021. China was the only major economy to experience economic growth in both 2020 and 2021.

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Tesla’s 2020 Impact Report shows why an “ecosystem” of products is key to addressing climate change

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Tesla’s 2020 Impact Report highlighted a number of key aspects of the company’s business, from its plans for the future to the rationale behind its focus on developing an ecosystem of products. In 2020, Tesla customers helped accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy by avoiding 5.0

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Climate Change 2020 Climate Production

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

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JANUARY 25, 2020

A strong absorber of solar radiation, black carbon exhibits significant climate warming properties. On the other hand, the reduction in CO 2 emissions associated with the enhanced fuel economy of GDI vehicles would yield a globally uniform negative radiative effect, estimated to be ?0.013 W/m 2 over urban regions. —Rawad Saleh.

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Climate Carbon Engine Fuel Economy

New model framework for improving predictions of black carbon’s radiative effect on climate

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MARCH 2, 2020

For years, scientists have known that these particles are affecting Earth’s warming climate, but measuring their exact effect has proved elusive. Absorption by black carbon strongly affects regional and global climate. If you have larger absorption, it contributes to warming and has greater climate impact.

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Climate Carbon Climate Change Michigan

European Council adopts European climate law; binding target of 55% GHG reduction by 2030 compared to 1990

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JUNE 29, 2021

The European Council adopted its position at first reading on the European climate law, ending the adoption procedure and setting into legislation the objective of a climate-neutral EU by 2050. The European climate law establishes a European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change. Background and next steps.

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Climate Climate Change 2020 Emissions

UN report finds nations must be more ambitious with national climate action plans to achieve Paris goal

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FEBRUARY 28, 2021

UN Climate Change published the Initial NDC Synthesis Report , showing nations must redouble efforts and submit stronger, more ambitious national climate action plans in 2021 if they’re to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise by 2 °C—ideally 1.5 °C—by C—by the end of the century.

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ICCT study finds LH2-powered combustion aircraft can play an important role in meeting aviations 2050 climate goals

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has found that although liquid-hydrogen- (LH 2 )-combustion aircraft do not perform as well as their jet fuel counterparts, they can still play an important role in meeting aviation’s 2050 climate goals. Mukhopadhaya and Rutherford (2022).

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Rio Tinto to invest $1 billion over 5 years to help meet new climate change targets

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mining giant Rio Tinto will invest around $1 billion over the next five years to support the delivery of its new climate change targets and a company objective for net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Enhance resilience to physical climate risks. Rio Tinto’s new 2030 climate targets are linked to executive remuneration.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 2018

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

California’s latest greenhouse gas data shows that while the state continues to stay below its 2020 target for emissions, there is much more work to do to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. California statewide GHG emissions dropped below the 2020 GHG Limit in 2016 and have remained below the 2020 GHG Limit since then.

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2020 California Emissions 2018

Deutsche Post DHL Group to invest €7B in climate-neutral logistics until 2030; alternative aviation fuels, e-vehicle fleet and climate-neutral buildings

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MARCH 23, 2021

The funds will flow in particular into alternative aviation fuels, the expansion of the zero-emission e-vehicle fleet and climate-neutral buildings. By 2030, 60% of global delivery vehicles for the last mile are to be electrically powered—hence more than 80,000 e-vehicles will be on the road. In 2020, the figure was 18%.

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Climate Fleet Building Fuel

Volkswagen unveils 2020 Passat at NAIAS

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JANUARY 14, 2019

unveiled the new 2020 Passat at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit today. million units) and Golf (35 million units), the Passat is one of the three most successful Volkswagen models, with global sales of more than 29 million vehicles since its introduction. Infotainment technology gets a boost in the 2020 Passat.

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2020 Available Standards Detroit

MIT report finds China’s actions on climate change crucial; argues for global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax

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MAY 29, 2012

A new report from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows the importance of all major nations taking part in global efforts to reduce emissions—and in particular, finds China’s role to be crucial. Without China, we miss that mark by about 1 °C. C change by the end of the century.

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Climate Change MIT Climate Tax

AstraZeneca electrifying global vehicle fleet

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JULY 18, 2019

The Climate Group announced that global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will join its business leadership initiative on electric vehicles, EV100 ( earlier post ); AstraZeneca will switch its 16,000-vehicle fleet to electric by 2030. Companies representing US$900 billion in annual turnover and 2.8

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Fleet Global Vehicles United Kingdom

NREL researchers use adversarial training to super-resolve climate data; up to 50X higher resolution data

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JULY 8, 2020

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a novel machine learning approach quickly to enhance the resolution of wind velocity data by 50 times and solar irradiance data by 25 times—an enhancement that had yet to be achieved with climate data. —Stengel et al.

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Climate Wind Solar Renewable

Amogy and Trafigura to research ammonia cracking technology as a facilitator to global hydrogen supply chains

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The findings of this joint research on ammonia cracking will help support industry-wide efforts to decarbonize transport and heavy industrial processes and lower carbon emissions to meet global climate goals. Founded in 2020 by four MIT PhD alumni, Amogy aims to enable the decarbonization of the heavy-duty transportation sector.

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Hydrogen Global Supplies MIT

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas.

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Gas Global Industrial Industry

Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

In February 2022, GTI Energy, S&P Global Commodity Insights and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) launched the Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI), a collaboration to further transparency into the environmental impact of hydrogen production and help unlock its full potential as an important driver of energy transitions.

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Hydrogen Insight Oklahoma Carbon

Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

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MAY 20, 2020

A preliminary analysis of global data has found that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17% in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Percentage change in global daily fossil CO 2 emissions, Jan-May 2020.

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Emissions CO2 Climate Change Fuel

Volvo Cars raises €500M for electrification through second green bond issue

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MAY 25, 2022

Volvo Cars successfully placed its second green bond to raise €500 million from a diverse set of global investors. The bond was oversubscribed three-times, despite challenging global market conditions. By mid-decade, it aims for half of its global volume to consist of pure electric cars.

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Volvo Green Luxembourg Cars

SCS Global Services, Electrify America and Verra announce first validation of carbon-offset project for EV chargers

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JULY 23, 2020

SCS Global Services (SCS), Electrify America and Verra announced the first validation of a carbon-offset project under a new methodology for electric vehicle (EV) charging systems. The methodology, entitled VM0038 , Methodology for Electric Vehicle Charging Systems v1.0,

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Carbon America Global DC

Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Marine shipping fuels will get cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires a decrease in the allowable amount of sulfur in fuel oil from 3.5% reduction of childhood asthma globally. pollution impacts in 2020 with and without the use of low-sulphur fuels. global reduction in PM 2.5

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Standards Climate Fuel Mariner

Volvo Cars launches Volvo XC40 Recharge EV as first of new Recharge line; new climate plan

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Over the next five years, Volvo Cars will launch a fully electric car every year, as it seeks to make all-electric cars 50% of global sales by 2025, with the rest to be hybrids. From early 2020 customers entering the Volvo Cars website will first be asked whether they want a Volvo Recharge car or not. Climate plan.

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Recharge Volvo Climate Fully Electric

How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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MARCH 4, 2023

To solve the climate crisis, we need to cut this in half by 2030, and get to zero by 2050. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. Surprisingly, many founders I talked with echoed the shortage of roboticists in climate tech.

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GFEI: vehicle fuel economy is below global targets, jeopardizing action on climate and energy; failure of policy

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

Worldwide, the vehicle fleet is not making enough progress on fuel economy and is failing to reach global targets aimed at reducing CO 2 emissions, cutting oil consumption and improving energy efficiency according to a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) ( earlier post ) released at the Paris COP21 Climate Summit.

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Cambridge study finds globalized economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalization may be decreasing, rather than increasing, the security of global supply chains. Globalization allows companies to make their products almost anywhere in the world in order to keep costs down.

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Water Economy Global Energy

ADB Transport Forum: shift to greener transport in Asia key to global sustainability; investment of $2.5T needed by 2020

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NOVEMBER 18, 2012

In 1980, just one in 10 motorized vehicles in the world was in Asia, but by 2030 the region is expected to account for nearly half the global total. trillion required between 2010 and 2020 to help close the infrastructure gap in transport. However, Asia’s needs are vast, with estimated investments of $2.5

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Asia Transportation 2020 Global

Volkswagen first to use LNG for overseas car freighters from January 2020; MAN dual-fuel engines

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In addition to the increasing use of LNG trucks, conversion of our many rail transports to green electricity and the use of biofuel in the short sea segment, the two new LNG ships represent an important building block for our strategic goal of climate-neutral logistics. The second ship will start operations in spring 2020 in the same area.

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2020 Engine Fuel Mariner

Hyundai Motor to expand XCIENT fuel cell truck entry into US market

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MAY 10, 2022

Our ultimate goal is to fight climate change and build a sustainable future. We are running out of time to limit global warming. Climate change and on-going supply chain issues will accelerate the transition to clean energy sources. million km as of 30 April 2022.

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Hyundai Motoring Motor Motors

Study projects global carbon footprint from ICT will be equivalent to half of transportation’s current level by 2040

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MARCH 6, 2018

In a paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production , Associate Professor Lotfi Belkhir and Ahmed Elmeligi, a recent grad, assessed the global carbon footprint of the overall ICT industry, including the contribution from the main consumer devices, the data centers and communication networks, and compared it with total worldwide GHGE.

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Carbon Global 2020 2018

Hapag-Lloyd will use advanced biofuels for the transport of DHL shipments

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JULY 8, 2022

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has signed an agreement with Hapag-Lloyd, a leading worldwide liner shipping company, for the use of advanced biofuels. —Danny Smolders, Managing Director Global Sales at Hapag-Lloyd.

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Transportation Mariner Climate Oil

LSE report calls for global investment of an additional $3T each year to drive economic recovery and transformation

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JUNE 7, 2021

It also calls on the G7 to “ make a collective commitment to double climate finance ” and to lead on ensuring that the rich countries “ deliver on and go beyond ” their commitment to mobilise $100 billion per year by 2020 from public and private sources to support developing countries in tackling climate change.

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IHS Markit projects for first time that 2050 global refined product demand will be lower than 2019 levels

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For the first time, the IHS Markit base case scenario for refined products expects total global demand in 2050 to be lower than 2019 levels. Under the new IHS Markit Inflections base case scenario, global refined product demand is expected to peak in 2036. This shift is already being reflected in supply-side investment.

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2019 Global Production Oil

Study estimates California’s GHG reductions since 2003 could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

BNEF: global investment in low-carbon energy transition hit $755B in 2021; up 27% from 2020; electrified transport grew the fastest

Report: CCS capacity increased 33% in 2020

IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

IRENA report says tripling renewables investment required to reach 2050 climate goal

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

130 banks holding US$47 trillion in assets commit to climate action and sustainability; 1/3 of global banking sector

CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

Tesla’s 2020 Impact Report shows why an “ecosystem” of products is key to addressing climate change

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

New model framework for improving predictions of black carbon’s radiative effect on climate

European Council adopts European climate law; binding target of 55% GHG reduction by 2030 compared to 1990

UN report finds nations must be more ambitious with national climate action plans to achieve Paris goal

ICCT study finds LH2-powered combustion aircraft can play an important role in meeting aviations 2050 climate goals

Rio Tinto to invest $1 billion over 5 years to help meet new climate change targets

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

Deutsche Post DHL Group to invest €7B in climate-neutral logistics until 2030; alternative aviation fuels, e-vehicle fleet and climate-neutral buildings

Volkswagen unveils 2020 Passat at NAIAS

MIT report finds China’s actions on climate change crucial; argues for global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax

AstraZeneca electrifying global vehicle fleet

NREL researchers use adversarial training to super-resolve climate data; up to 50X higher resolution data

Amogy and Trafigura to research ammonia cracking technology as a facilitator to global hydrogen supply chains

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

Volvo Cars raises €500M for electrification through second green bond issue

SCS Global Services, Electrify America and Verra announce first validation of carbon-offset project for EV chargers

Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

Volvo Cars launches Volvo XC40 Recharge EV as first of new Recharge line; new climate plan

How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

GFEI: vehicle fuel economy is below global targets, jeopardizing action on climate and energy; failure of policy

Cambridge study finds globalized economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse

ADB Transport Forum: shift to greener transport in Asia key to global sustainability; investment of $2.5T needed by 2020

Volkswagen first to use LNG for overseas car freighters from January 2020; MAN dual-fuel engines

Hyundai Motor to expand XCIENT fuel cell truck entry into US market

Study projects global carbon footprint from ICT will be equivalent to half of transportation’s current level by 2040

Hapag-Lloyd will use advanced biofuels for the transport of DHL shipments

LSE report calls for global investment of an additional $3T each year to drive economic recovery and transformation

IHS Markit projects for first time that 2050 global refined product demand will be lower than 2019 levels

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