Fuels
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as heat energy or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasing chemical energy but has since also been applied to other sources of heat energy such as nuclear energy (via nuclear fission and nuclear fusion). The heat energy released by reactions of fuels is converted into mechanical energy via a heat engine. Other times the heat itself is valued for warmth, cooking, or industrial processes, as well as the illumination that …
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PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 21 November 2024 English
A displaced person in Chad shared: “These displacements are observed in the localities of the two provinces [Lac and Hadjer-Lamis] but more severely in the villages and islands of the …
degradation, as the loss of arable lands and pastures fuels conflict. Violence between farmers and herders, …
GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 20 November 2024 English
inferences from the LBNL study.24 The full life cycle of plastic starts with the extraction of fossil fuels, which provide both the feedstock and the energy source for plastic production 75% of greenhouse gas … primary plastic production happen prior to polymerization, in the extraction and refining of fossil fuels, productio. [...] Protecting economies from the greater harm of plastic overproduction and pollution …
of plastic starts with the extraction of fossil fuels, which provide both the feedstock and the energy … polymerization, in the extraction and refining of fossil fuels, production of intermediate chemical products, and … cycle, particularly during the extraction of fossil fuels, the rawmaterial for 98% of plastic production. … reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for backfilling operations.” (EU Directive 2008/98 …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 19 November 2024 English
Demand for CETM is set to grow by three and a half times by 2030 as the world transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy in order to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. Without …
times by 2030 as the world transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy in order to reduce global carbon …
CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 19 November 2024 French
renforcer l’établissement de rapports, le suivi et la surveillance des gaz à effet de serre (GES), des superpolluants et d’autres émissions de polluants atmosphériques pour orienter les futurs processus de …
org/en/resources/global-strategy-introduce%C2%A0low-sulfur-fuels-and-cleaner-diesel-vehicles Centre de véhicules …
CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 19 November 2024 Arabic
تحديد األهداف واختيار التدابي ر من شأن إدراج التخفيف من تلوث الهواء في المساهمات المحددة وطنياً تعزيز الطموحات مع االستفادة من العديد من الفوائد المشتركة للبيئة والمجتمعات والتنمية االقتصادية. [...] …
org/en/resources/global-strategy-introduce%C2%A0low-sulfur-fuels-and-cleaner-diesel-vehicles https://www.ccacoalition …
IGS: Institute for Global Sustainability · 18 November 2024 English
USD 2.8 trillion spent in 2023. Public finance significantly supports energy projects, where fossil fuels received 56% of funding from 2013 to 2022. Clean energy finance increased until 2021, highlighting …
significantly supports energy projects, where fossil fuels received 56% of funding from 2013 to 2022. Clean …
CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 15 November 2024 Spanish
Reforzar la presentación de informes, la supervisión y el seguimiento de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI), de supercontaminantes y de otros contaminantes atmosféricos para respaldar la planificación …
org/resources/global-strategy-introduce-low-sulfur-fuels-and-cleaner-diesel-vehicles Coalición Clima y Aire … https://theicct.org/insight-analysis/ PNUMA, “Clean Fuels & Vehicles Regulatory Toolkit”: https://www.unenvironment …
Chatham House · 14 November 2024 English
A substantial gap exists between the amount of finance needed to achieve net zero in order to avert catastrophic impacts from climate change and the amount of finance available. The …
in 2024, compared with $1.2 trillion in fossil fuels.9 However, these figures for current climate investment … that the risks inherent in investing in fossil fuels and other carbon-intensive sectors are rapidly increasing … ‘Path dependency’. Investors may choose fossil fuels and other carbon-intensive assets because such … such as new constraints on the use of hydrocarbon fuels in the economy, carbon taxes, and the removal of existing …
WPI Economics · 14 November 2024 English
growth of service exports,14 but has choices to make regarding the approach to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in particular and the extent to which the UK. [...] At the heart of this is the decision for … for the UK Government on how significantly to invest in the domestic future of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and build resilience into the economy. [...] There is also potential for the future expansion …
regarding the approach to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in particular and the extent to which the … in the domestic future of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and build resilience into the economy. We …
Parents for Climate · 14 November 2024 English
Climate Council, examines the dual crises of cost of living and climate change, detailing how fossil fuels exacerbate inflation and financial pressure on Australian families. With insights drawn from extensive …
Fossil fuels are compounding the cost of living crisis for families 11 2.1 How fossil fuels make inflation … and diesel Electricity Gas and other household fuels Electricity (excluding rebates) 0.8x 1.0x 1.3x 1 … about painting a clearer picture of how fossil fuels like oil and gas are not only adding to our pollution … compounding costs of living pressures.11 2. Fossil fuels are compounding the cost of living crisis for … have been rising faster than others, and fossil fuels like oil and gas are a big part of the problem …
