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“The clock is ticking. We are in the fight of our lives. And we are losing. Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising.”

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Originally posted on the United Nations website, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres opening remarks at COP27: “The clock is ticking. We are in the fight of our lives. And we are losing. Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising. And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. We … Read more

“The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity’s shared responsibility for the planet.”

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Originally posted on CNN.com, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement referring to the milestone of world population hitting 8 Billion: “The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity’s shared responsibility for the planet.” Read the full CNN article: World population hits 8 billion, UN says, as growth poses more challenges for … Read more

“There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon. We will spare no effort to bring deforestation and degradation of our biomes to zero by 2030.”

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Originally posted on Washington Post, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intends to build Brazil back into a global climate leader after four years of rapid deforestation of the Amazon: “There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon. We will spare no effort to bring deforestation and degradation of our … Read more

“We are aggressively going after every aspect of what it takes to put everyone in an EV … to make a meaningful impact toward building a zero-emissions future.”

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Originally posted on GM’s website regarding their path to an all-electric future: “We are aggressively going after every aspect of what it takes to put everyone in an EV because we need millions of EVs on the road to make a meaningful impact toward building a zero-emissions future.” Read the full article: GM’s Path to an All-Electric … Read more

“Sustainable aviation fuels offer an important way to quickly decarbonize aviation with existing aircraft currently in use around the world.” 

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Originally posted in a Breakthrough Energy article October 2022: “Aviation accounts for approximately 2-3% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually, and as a “drop-in” fuel, sustainable aviation fuels offer an important way to quickly decarbonize aviation with existing aircraft currently in use around the world.”   Read the full article: Breakthrough Energy Announces First Catalyst Project … Read more

“We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius world.”

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Simon Stiell, head of the U.N. climate office, said in a statement. “To keep this goal alive, national governments need to strengthen their climate action plans now and implement them in the next eight years.”

Read the full article: World ‘nowhere near’ hitting Paris climate targets, U.N. warns (nbcnews.com)