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Global Briefing: Japan hints at coal export policy crackdown

Business Green

Japan to launch review of coal export policy. Japan looks set to beef up a key plank of its climate policy in the face of mounting calls from allies for the country to strengthen its decarbonisation plans ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this year. Plus all the top green business news from around the world.

Policy 54
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Global Briefing: UN summit sees $400bn pledged towards clean energy

Business Green

Released on Wednesday, the stricter guidelines - the UN body's first major air pollution policy update since 2005 - recommend new limits to protect health by reducing levels of six key pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change. Study: Renewable energy could deliver 25 million jobs in Africa and Asia.

Energy 49
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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

While the ramifications of such data may be difficult to grasp by the layperson, what’s important to note here is that carbon emissions from human activities have been accelerating at an alarming rate. The severity of those impacts is tied directly to the amount of carbon dioxide we release.” In June of 1988 James E.