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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. An analysis shows that President-elect Biden’s climate plan, along with the announced goals of the remaining greenhouse gas emitters, would bring the Paris goal of 1.5C “within striking distance.”
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">2. President-elect Biden’s covid stimulus plan would lead the world in its contribution to climate action.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Other countries could well follow the lead.
</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/09/revealed-covid-recovery-plans-threaten-global-climate-hopes"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/09/revealed-covid-recovery-plans-threaten-global-climate-hopes</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3. The Dalai Lama has called for nations to become more active in confronting the climate crisis, saying that the Buddha would be green if he were to return today.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/11/buddha-would-be-green-dalai-lama-calls-for-urgent-climate-action">
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/11/buddha-would-be-green-dalai-lama-calls-for-urgent-climate-action</a><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">4. US allies are greeting the Biden presidency’s promise of climate action with relief.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/12/joe-biden-us-allies-climate-crisis-trump">
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/12/joe-biden-us-allies-climate-crisis-trump</a><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">5. Artificial intelligence was used to complete in nine days a study of battery electrolytes which would ordinarily have taken five years. Battery improvements to support the electrification of transportation should come much
more quickly than expected through the application of AI. Firms are already anticipating earlier results in their announced schedules.
<a href="https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1130221_report-ai-will-dramatically-speed-up-battery-development-and-thus-ev-adoption">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">6. Based in part on President-elect Biden’s plans, the International Energy Agency expects that renewables will be the primary source of power globally within five years.
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