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Climate Adaptation Vital to Limit Damage So Far
The risk of flooding to millions more people in Asia, Europe and North America will rise, demanding climate adaptation for a warmer world.
By Tim Radford
The probable changes as the world heats are so great that climate adaptation to cope with the inevitable is now essential, scientists are warning.
Forest damage, drought and floods, for example, will all worsen, and tidal ranges are already changing. More than half of all the natural vegetation of California is at risk as temperatures rise.
Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero
That’s one of several recent conclusions about climate change that came more sharply into focus in 2020.
January 3, 2021
Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland. Climate change is having a profound effect in Greenland with glaciers and the Greenland ice cap retreating. Credit: Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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Seven Major European Semi-Truck Brands Agree To Phase Out Diesel By 2040 29 Dec 2020, 19:38 UTC ·
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Little did he know back then, but Rudolf Diesel revolutionized personal and commercial transportation with his compression-ignition engine patent from the 1890s. The world’s first series-built diesel truck debuted at the commercial vehicle show in Amsterdam in 1924; fast forward to 2020 and truck-making companies intend to switch to batteries and hydrogen. 8 photos
Working with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research under the umbrella of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), seven major semi-truck manufacturers have jointly agreed to end the sale of diesel-engined heavy haulers by the year 2040. MAN, DAF, Iveco, SAAB Scania, Daimler AG (a.k.a. Mercedes-Benz), Ford, and Volvo are the culprits.
Galina Churkina
Galina Churkina, a guest senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, has won the inaugural Aquila Capital Transformation Award.
The €20,000 ($24,221) award, given by European real asset manager Aquila Capital Investment GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, is intended to support research for mitigating climate change.
Ms. Churkina s research paper Buildings as a Global Carbon Sink was selected as the winning entry, according to a Dec. 17 news release.
The award was open to younger scientists worldwide whose work relates to sustainability, climate change and the transformation of energy systems, with a particular geographic emphasis on Europe. The theme of the inaugural award was Accelerating Decarbonization in Europe.