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- What is cryptocurrency’s dirty environmental secret?Cryptocurrency is the latest major economic global fad, but its impact on the environment is not as clear as it appears.
- Will water pricing be the next carbon pricing?Water prices are artificially low and businesses are adding in shadow prices to get ready for a drought future.
- Counting the true cost of climate changeBusiness leaders need to weigh the expense of climate disclosure versus the cost of climate risk.
- Water security is now a key US foreign policy priorityAlmost half the global population will experience "severe water stress" by 2030. A new White House strategy aims to tackle the problem.
- Investments in the circular economy are moving forward in Europe and beyondThey're financing cutting-edge innovations and technologies with strong potential for financial, environmental and social returns.
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Tag Archives: green cars
CO2 emissions from new cars fell by over 3% in 2011
The European Commission adopted a decision confirming provisional findings that average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by 3.3% last year. This decision is based on emissions data gathered by the European Environment Agency and verified by car manufacturers.
The average CO2 emissions for the 12.8 million new cars registered in the EU in 2011 was 135.7 grams per kilometre. This is a drop of 4.6g CO2/km compared to 2010 and confirms that car manufacturers are on track to reach the 2015 target of 130g CO2/km. Continue reading
EU green cars initiative
The European Green Cars initiative is one of the three PPPs included in the Commission’s recovery package. The envelope for this initiative is foreseen at €5 billion to boost to the automotive industry in a time of economic hardship, and support the development of new, sustainable forms of road transport. Of this financial envelope, € 4 billion will be made available through loans by the European Investment Bank (EIB), and € 1 billion through support to research, with equal contribution from the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) and from the private sector. Continue reading