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New Zealand joins the ZEV Alliance moving toward more ambitious zero-emission targets
The ZEV Alliance is pleased to welcome New Zealand as its 21st member.
Airline emissions must peak this decade if industry is to achieve Paris goals
1.75ºC target is possible but requires immediate policy action and investment
A new joint project will use onboard techniques and drones to measure methane emissions from ships
Washington, DC, 22 March 2022 — Today the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) formally commences a new project, FUgitive Methane Emissions from Ships (FUMES), in collaboration with Danish-based Explicit ApS and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Using in-stack continuous emissions monitoring, drones, and helicopters, the project will examine and quantify methane […]
Zhongtong commits to making low-emission bus and engine products more accessible to major cities around the world
Washington, D.C. (15 December 2021) – Zhongtong Bus Holding Co., Ltd., a leading bus manufacturer in China and the global market, has committed to make its low-emission bus and engine products more accessible to major cities around the world. Zhongtong pledges to ensure buses powered by “soot-free” engine technology will become available for purchase in […]
Nuevo compromiso de 1.000 millones de dólares para suministrar autobuses de emisiones cero en América Latina – ZEBRA
Versions in English and Portuguese available to download. Una coalición de inversionistas internacionales firma un compromiso con el Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA) para invertir más de mil millones de dólares en flotas públicas de autobuses de emisiones cero en América Latina El alcalde de Londres y presidente electo de C40, Sadiq Khan, se une […]
A global comparison of life-cycle GHG emissions from passenger cars
Berlin, 21 July 2021 —A far-reaching new study of the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger cars, including SUVs, draws sharp and meticulous distinctions between the climate impacts of battery and fuel cell electric vehicles on one hand and combustion vehicles on the other. The detailed findings can be summarized straightforwardly. Only battery electric […]
ZEBRA anuncia expansión de autobuses eléctricos en América Latina
(Versão em português abaixo.) Los fabricantes e inversionistas firmaron un compromiso con ZEBRA, Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator por sus siglas en inglés, para expandir las flotas de buses de cero emisiones para el transporte público en Brasil, Chile, Colombia y México. Bogotá, 10 de diciembre de 2020 – Hoy ZEBRA presentó una coalición de […]
Analysis of plug-in hybrid electric passenger car data confirms real-world CO2 emissions are two to four times higher than official values
September 28, 2020 (Berlin) — A new analysis of the real-world usage of more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles shows a large deviation between on-road CO2 emissions and fuel efficiency and the official vehicle type-approval values. The results of the joint study, released by German Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and […]
New IMO study highlights sharp rise in short-lived climate pollution
August 4, 2020 (Washington, D.C.) — The International Maritime Organization (IMO) today released the final report of the Fourth IMO Greenhouse Gas Study. Prepared by a global consortium of organizations led by CE Delft and including ICCT researchers, the study finds that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime shipping rose about 10% from 2012 […]
Proposed EPA CO2 standard lags new aircraft fuel efficiency by more than a decade
July 22, 2020 (Washington, D.C.) — Earlier today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Transportation and Air Quality issued the proposed rule, Control of Air Pollution From Aircraft and Aircraft Engines: Proposed Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Standards and Test Procedures. This rule, when finalized, will represent the first time the United States has […]