Climate Change Congo Environment 
Creative Greenius
JULY 9, 2009
While the finely tailored and pampered leaders of the G8 met in Italy to talk the issue of climate change to death and do nothing tangible about it, activists with a more realistic sense of urgency started to take the necessary action to start cutting greenhouse gases right now. . AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison).
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2020
The shift to electric mobility is in line with ongoing efforts to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels, and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change. For example, two-thirds of all cobalt production happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2022
Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. An EV operated in Yunnan emits about 60 percent less. Sebastian Meyer/Corbis/Getty Images.
Electric Auto Association
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? When all is said and done, EVs are more fun to drive, to maintain, to refuel, and are better for the environment than their ICE counterparts.
Electric Auto Association
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? When all is said and done, EVs are more fun to drive, to maintain, to refuel, and are better for the environment than their ICE counterparts.
Baua Electric
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
The bulk of the concerns revolve around cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It has also been linked to cancers, skin and respiratory problems, demonstrating threats to the right to a healthy environment. Amnesty International has been one of the main organizations bringing attention to this issue.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2018
India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings, with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal rounding out the bottom five. Burundi, Central African Republic, Madagascar, the Bahamas, and Latvia slipped significantly in environmental performance, largely due to sub-par performance on climate change.
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