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COP25: Agreement On A Carbon Market Pushed Back For Another Year

December 17, 2019 admin carbon market, carbon pricing, cop25, global carbon market, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Ciara Gillan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:05:20 +0000

The much anticipated COP25 came to a close last Sunday with a lack of cohesive action. Despite the release of 2018 statistics revealing global warming is still on the up, the biggest polluting nations failed to present their planned increased efforts to stem climate change. While a compromise was reached on smaller elements, the anticipated updated plans of the biggest nations like China, India, and the US, was pushed back to next year’s COP26 in Glasgow, as was the decision around a global carbon market.

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Teen Activists Couldn’t Ignore the ‘Morbid Symbols’ All Over the UN’s Climate Conference

December 13, 2019 admin climate change, cop25, GLOBAL WARMING, Teen, UN, United Nations

Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:52:18 +0000

Security formed a “human chain” to kick activists out, and Qatar was handing out dates, individually wrapped in plastic.

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Latest EDGAR Report Finds Concern Over Rising Global Carbon Emissions

December 11, 2019 admin climate change, CO2, co2 emissions, cop25, edgar, emissions database for global atmospheric research, global carbon emissions

Credit to Author: Ciara Gillan| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:33:40 +0000

Despite renewed promises of change, countless calls for the end of burning of fossil fuels, greener solutions for the transport, agriculture, mining, and energy industries and an increase in the number of electric vehicles on the market, global carbon figures have steadily increased

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Bill McKibben On Global Climate Talks: “It’s Time For Everybody With Leadership To Start Behaving With A Lot More Responsibility”

December 10, 2019 admin air quality, Bill McKibben, climate change, cop25, harvard-yale climate crisis protest, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:00:03 +0000

As the COP25 talks were beginning in Madrid, a Bill McKibben interview highlighted the pressing need of legislators around the world to step up to the challenge.

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BMW Group Joins “Getting to Zero Coalition” — 1st Carmaker To Do So

December 6, 2019 admin BMW, bmw i3, cars, clean transport, co2 emissions, consumer technology, cop25, electric cars, electric maritime, Electric vehicles, EU, Fossil Fuels, getting to zero coalition, green economy, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, maritime emissions, maritime shipping, policy & politics, Shipping, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:16:51 +0000

Being superbly happy with the performance, and yes, the style of the BMW i3 that I drive, it’s nice to hear BMW is continuing to focus on manufacturing electric cars in a green way. The company actually operates a sustainability strategy that exists along the entire value chain, supporting sustainability more deeply than in the cars or car factories themselves