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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. degrees [of warming] we need to decarbonize by the mid-2030s," he explained. "To To achieve 2 degrees we need to decarbonize by mid-century. Cecilia Keating.

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State and regional governments lead on renewable electricity generation – new report

Envirotec Magazine

The Global States and Regions Annual Disclosure 2019 , said to be the most comprehensive account of state and regional climate action released to date, summarises data from 124 states and regions from 35 countries, representing US $17 trillion – 20% of the global economy, with a combined population of 669 million people.