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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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The researchers used exposure data from a model that simulates atmospheric chemical processes and the way they interact with land, sea and chemicals emitted from natural and man-made sources such as energy generation, industry, traffic and agriculture. years); 150 in Poland (reduction in life expectancy of 2.8 —Prof Lelieveld.

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To Hell With The Grownups. I’m Now With Greta & #FridaysForFuture

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.” I’ve been trying to motivate them to climate action for a long decade now and I’m fed up with waiting for them to stop up and do the right thing on climate. By early December Great was at the UN Climate Talks in Poland and addressing the attendees. Climate change is already happening.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

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Mentoring the next generation of engineers When Zakrzewska was growing up in Poland, she and her family often listened to the radio. But I wasn’t sure if I wanted to be an industrial researcher either.” She decided to give research a try and in 2009 became an intern at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. , in Atsugi, Japan.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions. In the EU, 60% of the CH 4 and N 2 O emissions are emitted by the top six emitting countries: Germany, UK, France, Poland, Italy and Spain. Uncertainty is also higher for these emissions than for CO 2 emissions.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% by Jack Rosebro. ” [ 1 ].

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom.

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What Part Do EVs Play in the Federal Net-Zero Emissions Target?

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Electric Vehicles Are a Key Climate Change Tool The U.S. Are electric vehicles (EVs) the answer to the automobile industry’s role? In 2016, nearly 200 countries ratified the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to reduce emissions and slow global warming. While the U.S. How Do Automobiles Contribute to GHG Emissions?