Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Among strategies to reduce CO 2 emissions in the transport sector, a shift to active transport (walking and cycling) and rapid transit/public transport combined with improved land use can yield much greater immediate health “co-benefits” than improving fuel and vehicle efficiencies, according to a new WHO (World Health Organization) report.

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MARCH 21, 2011

is hosting “Adapting to Climate and Energy Challenges: Options for US Maritime Forces,” on 29-30 March, an in-depth symposium covering how changes in climate and energy availability may impact the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md.,

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MAY 19, 2016

The Decarbonizing Transport project is supported by a wide range of stakeholders, including private sector companies, multilateral development banks, intergovernmental organizations, sector associations, NGOs and research institutions. —Secretary-General José Viegas.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

They’ll also make appearances at conferences, tradeshows, and festivals, offering EV education and test drives to broaden the reach of the ZEV movement. hydro, nuclear, wind, solar), the transition to electric vehicles will greatly reduce Canada’s climate-changing emissions.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

How should IEEE be organized to be most impactful? The committee explored plausible scenarios across IEEE’s range of interests and scanned for drivers of change within existing and emerging technology fields. What is IEEE’s role in this new environment? How will knowledge be acquired? Molding the IEEE of the future.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Technology developments are happening so quickly and on so many fronts that if the organization wants to continue to thrive, it needs to begin preparing for changes now. IEEE must become exceedingly nimble to address rapid changes in technologies and interdisciplinary needs, and to attract a broader audience,” K.J.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2011

Decreasing autumn and winter rainfall over southern Australia has been attributed to a 50-year decrease in the average intensity of storms in the region—a trend which is forecast to continue for another 50 years, according to The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 26, 2022

And if that isn’t enough, he is working to combat impending food shortages by developing imaging technology to determine how to grow plants in inhabitable environments. I grew up in a healthy environment and had the opportunity to pursue the career I wanted. Hissey Outstanding Young Professional Award. I’ve really taken that to heart.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

Joe Galliani Selected As Climate Leader Just As Global Warming Reaches Tipping Points. I now travel across the country on a regular basis – when I’m not at my desk at our Manhattan Beach office – roll from one conference call to another on my iPhone, and wear a suit and tie to meetings and events. .

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JANUARY 14, 2024

“We have a clear vision and goal for the sustainability of destinations and of our tourism product,” she said last month at a conference in Athens. Those pressing for change are not convinced. The Museum of Cycladic Art has also become involved, trying to help islanders protect the islands’ natural environment and heritage.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

A complete overhaul of global environmental governance is urgently needed if the challenges of global sustainability are to be met for seven billion people, according to a wide-ranging Foresight Process conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). New Insights on Water-Land Interactions: Shift in the Management Paradigm?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Ocean acidification, a direct consequence of increasing atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, must be part of the agenda at the United Nations Copenhagen conference, the world’s science academies warned in a joint statement published by the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP). 70 national science academies signed the statement.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the aviation industry and governments to bring an aligned global approach on aviation carbon emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference to be held this December in Copenhagen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2009

Shipping—responsible for almost 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions but not so far covered by any emissions reduction agreements—could reduce its climate impact by at least one-fifth at a negative cost to the industry, a new International Maritime Organization (IMO) report has concluded.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

Joe Galliani Selected As Climate Leader Just As Global Warming Reaches Tipping Points. I now travel across the country on a regular basis – when I’m not at my desk at our Manhattan Beach office – roll from one conference call to another on my iPhone, and wear a suit and tie to meetings and events. .

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal a death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution. The primary source of data includes official reporting from governments.

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MARCH 23, 2024

s climate-change conference, to discuss the urgent need to lower emissions. Companies like Salesforce have launched their own software sustainability initiatives , while the Green Software Foundation now comprises 64 member organizations, including tech giants Google , Intel , and Microsoft.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

“People were really interested in clean air and clean water, so I decided there would always be interest in the environment,” Crawford says. You study many areas in civil engineering, including structures, soils, transportation, and the environment,” she says. She switched her major to civil and environmental engineering.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

Calls for also went out for proposals in health; food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology; information and communication technologies; nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies; energy; environment (including climate change); socio-economic sciences and humanities; space; and security.

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MARCH 24, 2022

Her mother, Thelma, got Estrin and her sister Judy memberships in the organization when they started college. “[My IEEE is a place for setting intellectual standards for publications, and it creates a place for a lot of open dialogue through conferences.”. student in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. ?IEEE:

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

We believe that a key enabling technology in this quest is a computer-aided design (CAD) program for genome editing, which our organization is launching this week at the. Genome Project-write (GP-write) conference. synthetic biology , which involves redesigning organisms to give them new abilities.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries. Those applications will require institutional fleets of EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

Following that announcement, G-20 Leaders agreed to national plans to implement subsidy reform (June 2010) and have asked international organizations to review and assess members’ progress against their commitments (November 2010), according to the conference report. Earlier post.) Opportunities for international collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted a resolution at its 37 th General Assembly on Friday to reduce the impact of aviation CO 2 emissions on climate change. We will take this strong message to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun later this year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2009

A side event organized by the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) at the COP-15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen will highlight nitrogen’s role in climate change. Earlier post.). In addition, the effects of reactive nitrogen are not limited to a single medium.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.” Algenol, For Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change Award. LanzaTech has also manipulated the organism for high yields of specific products (e.g.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By Says demand and whether people will plug in remain to be proven. By partnering with these two industries. GM Press Release ).

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APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 5, 2009

Our relationship started about a month ago when we spent an evening together carpooling to a UCLA workshop on communication climate change that we both participated in. Your organization is called the Environmental Priorities Network. But I say it is because the money we spend there cannot be spent on fixing the environment.

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APRIL 30, 2009

Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Education Environment Politics Real Estate Joel Connelly Webtowns/Neighborhoods Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. Dan Davids, president of Plug In America , drove his plug-in Toyota RAV4 to Tuesdays news conference and lauded Nissans announcement. Washington, D.C.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. The most important environmental summit in the history of the world has concluded in Copenhagen. Lomborg says.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Much as I admire the Obama administration’s energy and environment team, there’s no way that the U.S. Li Lu, it turns out, also was a leader of the pro-democracy movement that organized the mass student protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989—20 years ago next month. China’s commitment to clean energy. government is going to help U.S.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 1, 2012

Climate scientists now agree that we won’t be able to restrict warming to just 2 degrees – which would have been bad enough. Those in the know, including NOAA say there is no doubt that the world’s extreme weather is being caused by climate change. “ Civilization is at risk ,” they warned.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 16, 2009

Part I – Burning Man’s Got Nothing On This “ World Changing Revolutionary Movement “ You know you’re at some kind of special conference when all the sessions seem to end way too soon and the eight hour agenda blasts by like the all star jam session at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame dinner.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 1, 2012

Climate scientists now agree that we won’t be able to restrict warming to just 2 degrees – which would have been bad enough. Those in the know, including NOAA say there is no doubt that the world’s extreme weather is being caused by climate change. “ Civilization is at risk ,” they warned.

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