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AUGUST 27, 2009

Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. Parry co-chaired the IPCC working group on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation between 2002 and 2008. Source: “Assessing the costs.” In Click to enlarge. Professor Parry.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Global emissions were growing by 1.1% The developing and least-developed economies, 80% of the world’s population, accounted for 73% of the global growth of emissions in 2004. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 3, 2012

Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 12, 2019

BP released the 68 th annual edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy (BP Stats Review), a comprehensive collection and analysis of global energy data. This year’s edition highlights the growing divergence between demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress on reducing carbon emissions.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is a central element of the digital transformation process at the BMW Group. The BMW Group already uses AI throughout the value chain to generate added value for customers, products, employees and processes. The BMW Group’s AI applications should be implemented so they work responsibly.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Dr Jackie Dawson explains how the Environment, Society and Policy Group at University of Ottawa develops solutions for global climate change. The post Identifying impacts, reducing risks, and finding solutions to global climate change appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, says it will be neutralizing the carbon emissions of all less-than-container load (LCL) ocean freight shipments from 1 January 2021. To fight against climate change, the transport sector needs true decarbonization.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

For the first time, the Volkswagen Group has been classed as the most sustainable automaker in the world’s leading sustainability ranking. RobecoSAM AG has listed Volkswagen AG as the Industry Group Leader in the Automobiles and Components sector in this year’s review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

A new report commissioned by the World Bank, and prepared by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Climate Analytics, provides a snapshot of recent scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and risks that would be associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Demonstrating that the use of different time scales, reference dates, and statistical approaches can generate highly disparate results in climate reports, scientists at the University of Alaska Anchorage argue that careful use of these tools is critical for correctly interpreting and reporting climatic trends in Alaska and other polar regions.

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DECEMBER 10, 2011

The review is the latest product of WHO’s Health in the Green Economy initiative, which is considering available evidence on health impacts from climate mitigation strategies for key economic sectors, as reviewed by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

The global transportation industry firms lag behind ‘Global 500 Companies’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and setting reduction targets, according to a new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Source: CDP. Click to enlarge. CDP drew on two datasets for the analysis. trillion to US GDP (9.5%).

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AUGUST 12, 2014

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has formed a 12-member advisory group charged with promoting sustainable transport systems to further growth and development while protecting the environment and limiting the impact on climate change.

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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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JUNE 4, 2023

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, presented its eleventh review of the nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) markets based on the fundamental analysis of world economic and industry data. Platinum Group Metals (PGM).

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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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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. Work on this is to begin immediately under a new group called the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action. Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Global CO 2. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. Indexed global CO 2. Source: JRC.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As the Creative Greenius and organizer of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group that’s just unacceptable to me. Our group of three then met one-by-one with the other Council members, sharing our concepts with them, soliciting their input and direction, and offering to help in any way we can.

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JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. A comprehensive global energy transition is urgently needed in order to avert a major planetary catastrophe.

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MAY 7, 2012

Haugland, Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer of DNV Group will join the Board of Directors of StormGeo. StormGeo’s activities are highly complementary to those of DNV’s existing businesses within maritime, oil and gas energy, renewable energy sustainability and climate change mitigation and adaptation, DNV says.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in Madrid and as part of the Group’s commitment to further reduce carbon emissions along the entire value chain, the BMW Group has joined the “ Getting to Zero Coalition ”. The BMW i3 has been the global leader in its segment since 2013.

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MAY 1, 2014

Toyota used the 2014 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles—which it sponsored, becoming the first automaker to do so—as a platform to argue for fuel cell vehicles and the opportunities they represent.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Rio Tinto and Shougang Group , one of the world’s top 10 steel producers, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote research, design and implementation of low-carbon solutions for the steel value chain. Around 70% of global steel is produced using the BF-BOF route, according to the World Steel Association.

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JUNE 12, 2011

Ceres and Tellus Institute, two organizations that work with companies, investors and nonprofit groups to embed sustainable practices in capital markets, have launched an initiative to create and bring to widespread adoption a single standard for rating the sustainability performance of companies.

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APRIL 21, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä has been granted €1 million in funding by Business Finland, a state-run public agency for funding important research projects, to support research in the field of Power-to-X (P2X) technology.

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JULY 28, 2020

The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. I firmly believe the fight against climate change and how we use resources will decide the future of our society—and of the BMW Group. We have made a very clear commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. It would provide important air quality benefits on a global scale and help to avoid increasing black carbon deposits in the Arctic.

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APRIL 13, 2014

Decomposition of the decadal change in total global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by four driving factors; population, income (GDP) per capita, energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy. The global economic crisis 2007/2008 only temporarily reduced emissions. WG III Summary for Policymakers.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Radiative forcing due to perpetual constant year 2000 emissions grouped by sector for 2020 (left) and 2100 (right) showing the contribution from each species. It’s good for the climate in the short term and long term, and it’s good for our health.”. Bauer (2010) Attribution of climate forcing to economic sectors. Menon, D.T.

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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). —Foresight Report.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

The new tools are designed to be used by policy makers, governments, the scientific community, and the public via a dedicated Forest Carbon Tracking portal , and were introduced at the UNFCCC climate summit in Copenhagen. Tags: Climate Change Policy.

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APRIL 7, 2010

The Water Disclosure Project extends this approach to managing the world’s shrinking water resources, which has become a critical global environmental and quality of life issue. Water scarcity is quickly becoming a critical global issue with significant social and environmental implications and all of us need to be part of the solution.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Together, the US and China account for more than one third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The Administration said the United States will submit its 2025 target to the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” no later than the first quarter of 2015.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The Global Work Party on 10/10/10, which your South Bay 350 Climate Action Group was proud to be part of, was the largest day of carbon-cutting action in the planet’s history. The acceleration of climate change in 2010 won’t let us. org Los Angeles South Bay 350 Climate Action Group the Cornfield.

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MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. This could contribute towards a goal of holding the increase in global temperature below 2 °C—an aim recognized in the United Nations Climate Convention’s Cancun Agreements. Source: SRREN.

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