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

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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. Many Rio Tinto operations are highly energy-intensive and some of the industrial processes also result in GHG emissions.

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CNH Industrial enters into exclusive multi?year technology licensing agreement with Monarch Tractor for tractor electrification

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CNH Industrial has entered into an exclusive, multi-year licensing agreement for electrification technologies with Monarch Tractor , a US-based AgTech company specializing in fully electric autonomous tractors. Monarch Tractor introduced its fully electric, driver optional, smart tractor integrated on a single platform in December 2020.

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

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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. —Ryan et al. —Ryan et al.

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IEEE Educational Video for Kids Spotlights Climate Change

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When it comes to addressing climate change, the “in unity there’s strength” adage certainly applies. Using age-appropriate language, the video, which is posted on TryEngineering’s climate change page , explores the issue through visual models and scientific explanations.

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

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Without considering future vegetation regrowth, CO 2 e emissions from the 2020 wildfires could be the second most important source in the state above either industry or electrical power generation. Wildfire emissions are not routinely reported with other key emission sources such as transportation, industry, and power generation.

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U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

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The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. Tackling climate change is not a one-country, one-sector or one-technology job.

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Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

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Some will suffer greatly from climate change, while others may even benefit. These heterogeneous effects mean that different countries will have differing incentives to abide by the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming below 2 °C relative to pre-Industrial levels.

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