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Antarctica may lift sea level faster in threat to megacities
2014-08-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Antarctica glaciers melting because of global warming may push up sea levels faster than previously believed, potentially threatening megacities including New York and Shanghai, researchers in Germany said. Antarcticas ice discharge may raise sea levels as much as 37 centimeters (14.6 inches) this century if the output of greenhouse gases continues to grow, according to a study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The increase may be as little as 1 centimeter, they said....
BMW Group and NTU launch future mobility research lab in Southeast Asia; focus on EVs and mega-cities
2013-04-23 19:30:31| Green Car Congress
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Model for megacities? Mexico City cleans up its air
2013-04-23 14:35:36| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Mexico City was once known for its smoggy landscape with industrial eyesores such as the 18 de Marzo Refinery spewing ozone-forming emissions such as sulfur dioxide. The cloud of contaminants hanging over the capital played into an apocalyptic reputation for pollution, crime, and overpopulation; and it fueled urban myths, like the one about birds dropping dead mid-flight because of the poor air quality. But the refinery named for the day Mexico expropriated its oil industry was ordered closed...
Environmental policies matter for growing megacities
2013-04-03 21:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study shows clean-air regulations have dramatically reduced acid rain in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea over the past 30 years, but the opposite is true in fast-growing East Asian megacities, possibly due to lax antipollution rules or lack of enforcement. The U.S. Clean Air Act began requiring regulatory controls for vehicle emissions in the 1970s, and 1990 amendments addressed issues including acid rain. Similar steps in the European Union, Japan and South Korea over the...
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Climate change action in megacities - C40 collaboration
2013-02-12 05:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Why are cities so important? Consider this: for the first time in human history, we are living on a planet with a predominantly urban population. Created by cities for cities, C40 advances climate action agendas of the world's megacities in order to achieve meaningful reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks. The organisation started back in October 2005 when former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, convened representatives from 18 megacities to pursue action and cooperation on...
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