Remove Climate Remove Environment Remove United Kingdom
article thumbnail

EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

Green Car Congress

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published its provisional data about the CO 2 emissions of newly registered passenger cars and vans in Europe in 2020. According to the EEA’s provisional data, the average emissions of new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom in 2020 were 107.8

2020 435
article thumbnail

Scientists at Climate Talks Call for New Assessment of Nitrogen and Climate

Green Car Congress

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. This massive alteration of the nitrogen cycle affects climate, food security, energy security, human health and ecosystem health.

Climate 186
article thumbnail

India to Contribute Formally to IPCC Process

Green Car Congress

The Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA), formed in October 2009, will now contribute formally to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). SciDev.net. This marks the first institutional level involvement of Indian scientists with the IPCC; up to now, Indian scientists have made individual contributions.

India 199
article thumbnail

#GreenNewDeal or NO Deal

Creative Greenius

Here’s what the UN said after their new climate report came out: Let Greta tell you: The usually calm Bill McKibben, the nation’s premier environmental author, said this just last week: What IS The Green New Deal? Let’s start with the Sunrise Movement & AOC. Here it is: What If We Don’t Get A Green New Deal?

article thumbnail

EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

Green Car Congress

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Log scale) Source: EEA.

Pollution 268
article thumbnail

ICCT: gap between official and real-world fuel economy figures in Europe reaches ~38%; call to implement WLTP ASAP

Green Car Congress

The analysis draws on data from a number of different sources: the user websites spritmonitor.de (Germany) and honestjohn.co.uk (United Kingdom); the leasing companies Travelcard (Netherlands) and LeasePlan (Germany); the car and consumer magazines AUTO BILD (Germany), auto motor sport (Germany), WhatCar?

article thumbnail

A Dumbed Down Copenhagen For the Age of Stupid. It’s Time to Reach & Teach, Tell & Sell

Creative Greenius

With President Obama and the rest of the leaders of the world’s biggest polluting nations kicking the ball down the field on climate change and effectively pulling the rug out from under all of us who have been targeting the Copenhagen climate talks as the moment we must seize, our response must recognize the obvious. C= Closing.