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Study confirms €1T green hydrogen potential for Africa

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The analysis highlights the benefits of harnessing solar power to create green hydrogen in four African hubs: Mauritania, Morocco, southern Africa and Egypt. The “Africa’s Extraordinary Green Hydrogen Potential” report represents the first detailed research of the feasible development of green hydrogen across the continent.

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T&E: Europe burns 19 million bottles of sunflower and rapeseed oil every day in cars

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A new analysis by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment finds that Europe burns more than 17,000 tonnes of rapeseed and sunflower oil every day—the equivalent of 19 million 1-liter bottles. Food price inflation is pushing millions of people around the world into poverty.

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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New Delhi in India, Cairo in Egypt, Lagos in Nigeria). Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. New York in US, Tokyo in Japan). 340 cities (40.4%) from upper-middle-income countries (e.g.

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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Ten countries make up approximately 85% of the entire coal pipeline: China, India, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Republic of Korea. The 1 Gigaton Coalition is supported by UN Environment and the Norwegian Government.

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US Joins International Renewable Energy Agency

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Ambassador Reno Harnish, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, signed the statute at the second session of the IRENA Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

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Toyota to begin demonstration tests of Mirai fuel cell vehicle in China

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The projects is funded by the United Nations Development Project and the Global Environment Facility in order to provide support to developing countries. Started in 2003, the project has initiated FC bus services in China, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, and India.

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Drivers from the world’s poorest cities who keep their windows down are exposed to 80% more air pollution

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Science of the Total Environment , 141395 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141395. Morawska, L., Muula, A.S., Ngowi, A.V., In-Car Particulate Matter Exposure across Ten Global Cities.” 2020.141395.

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