Good climate news this week
1 China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy
2 Court orders German government to implement immediate CO2 cuts measures across land-use sector
3 In China, world's largest car market, EVs now 51% of all new cars sold
4 Ethiopia becomes 1st country to ban the import of petrol and diesel vehicles
5 Norway 1st country to have more EVs on its roads than petrol cars
6 Germany's onshore wind auction sets record with nearly 3 GW in bids
7 Canada’s carbon emissions drop for 1st time since the pandemic, down 8% compared to 2005 baseline
8 Germany’s power grid battery capacity up by 29% so far in 2024
9 Running hours for gas-fired power plants in the UK at the lowest since at least 2017
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That a good direction we are ending to,,,,it's achievable ,,,it's duable,,,,it's possible,,,,,we got all the necessary mechanisms
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19 w
The news above from number 1 to 9,its encouraging from different parts of the world. We can achieve more.
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19 w
Till our leaders, start walking the talk then we might take eternity to achieve our climate goals!
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@gorffly_mokua Very true might take forever to get to where we were or we can never be sure of it.
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@bryce_lee Absolutely! We have a tough battle ahead of us!