May 3, 2012
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Air & Climate Newsletter May 3, 2012 |
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Global warming: New research blames economic growth
It`s a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we`ll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world`s economies work. That`s the implication of an innovative University of Michigan study examining the most likely causes of global warming The study, conducted by José Tapia Granados and Edward Ionides of U-M and Óscar Carpintero of the University of Valladolid in Spain, was published online in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science and Policy. It is the first analysis to use measurable levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide ... | ||
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Greening the Blue - How the UN is approaching carbon neutrality
High-flying UN officials are being encouraged to take the train or to make better use of teleconferencing in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its many operations. The UN released its third annual `Moving Towards a Climate Neutral UN` report last week detailing the sources of its GHG emissions for 2010 and the progress it is making in reducing them. The report outlines the UN`s 2010 emissions for 54 entities across hundreds of locations. It shows the UN`s total GHG emissions were 1.8 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent, roughly the same amount of carbon sequestered ... | ||
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