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Your Climate Action Diary -2

Year 2021 • Week 34 • Anushthatri Sharma
Hi, Hope you are well ! 

Welcome back to our second (and last) bi-weekly newsletter this August, curated specially for you! Follow the 3 biggest stories that have dominated the world of 'climate change & action', the past two weeks.

Happy Reading, 
Team OnePointFive Tribe

UK Plans Subsidy Driven Hydrogen to Achieve Net-Zero

The UK Govt. unveiled a business strategy that aims to support low-carbon hydrogen as a substitute for fossil consumption, unlocking 4 billion pounds of investment in hydrogen production by 2030. It could account for 35% of the UK’s energy by 2050. Use cases include heating homes.

1987’s Ban on Ozone Depleting ‘CFC Gas’; Now Helping In Climate Action

Study reveals that the 1987 world-wide ban on CFCs (a greenhouse gas) to prevent Ozone Layer Depletion has significantly come to help the current efforts in Climate Change. It has been found that the continued use of CFCs would have led to an additional 2.5 °C by the end of this century.

Fossil Fuel Companies Scoring Big Money for Carbon Capture

Fossil fuel companies have been pushing policies to support the ‘carbon capture technology' – that do little to reduce emissions but instead limit it from escaping to the atmosphere. Potential prioritizing of funds to it, over proven tech in wind/solar energy, is raising concern.

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