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July 13, 2017 by IGSD Tata Motors and MAHLE partner together to develop a prototype Secondary Loop Mobile Air Conditioning System on a vehicle

Tata Motors Limited and MAHLE, one of the world’s 20 largest suppliers to the automotive industry, have signed a joint development agreement for designing and developing a Secondary Loop Mobile Air Conditioning System (SL–MAC), under the aegis of United Nations Environment. MAHLE and Tata Motors, along with the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD), which is coordinating the project, received funding for developing the SL-MAC system from the CCAC.
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 July 13, 2017
July 7, 2017 by IGSD The Quest for a Better Air Conditioner

There’s no single solution for climate change, but there is one that would be more effective than others.
What do you think it is?
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 July 7, 2017
June 14, 2017 by IGSD Élysée Palace Announces Opening of IGSD Office in Paris

The Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) became the first climate research group to accept French President Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to France to work together on the fight against climate change.
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 June 14, 2017
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May 12, 2017 by IGSD Arctic States Commit to Reduce Black Carbon Soot Up to 33 percent

Arctic Council Ministers from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the United States set for the first time a collective goal to reduce black carbon emissions in the Arctic Region and stressed “the need for global action to reduce both long-lived greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants” in the Arctic.
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 May 12, 2017
May 4, 2017 by IGSD New strategy needed to cut the rate of global warming in half by 2042 say top scientists

Writing in today’s issue of Science, the scientists – members of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition – say that achieving the ambitious goal of slowing warming by 0.5 degree Celsius over the next quarter of a century is “plausible” and would have “many potential benefits” in tackling poverty, improving health and avoiding damage to crops besides reducing climate change.
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 May 4, 2017
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November 16, 2016 by IGSD US Announces Pro-Economic Growth Strategy for Mid-Century Decarbonization

The US Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonisation report released today lays out a “strategy to deeply decarbonize” the economy, by reducing the nation’s emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 percent by 2050, while boosting growth and jobs.
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 November 16, 2016