The Crux Alliance June update
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This month’s news features the Crux Alliance video release, groundbreaking industry electrification analysis, EV automaker rankings, first-of-its-kind sustainable city atlas, better buildings in Indonesia, and more!
Driving toward electrification: ICCT expertise critical to landmark U.S. clean vehicle policies
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Two new historic EPA rules provide a case study on the critical contributions of nonpartisan, objective research organizations like the ICCT in developing impactful policies to solve the climate crisis.
The Crux Alliance May update
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This month’s news features a new efficiency program in India, groundbreaking buildings research in Indonesia, technologies to clean up steel, the launch of a new bus system in Brazil, renewables growth in South Africa, and how to accelerate EV charging in the U.S.
RAP and GBPN support major progress for cleaner, more resilient buildings
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Europe’s new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and commitments made at the first-ever Buildings and Climate Global Forum will speed climate-smart transformation of buildings.
Net-zero aviation: How it started and how its going
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Two years after global aviation committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, ICCT expert Dan Rutherford assesses progress made and recommends policies that can shift airlines to a Paris-compliant future.
Supporting China’s path to high-efficiency cooling
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CLASP joined the recent China Refrigeration Symposium and the China Cooling Expo to present its global research on the interlinked climate and sustainable development opportunities affordable, efficient cooling appliances can bring, as well as the policy mechanisms that can expedite a country’s transition to efficiency.