CNN Shares Hopeful Signs for Our Fight Against Climate Change
With everyone worrying about climate change, CNN shares a list of reasons to feel positive:The year 2023 is on track to see the biggest increase in renewable energy capacity to date, according to the International Energy Agency. China, the world's biggest climate polluter, has made lightning advances in renewables, with the country set to shatter its wind and solar target five years early. A report published in June found that China's solar capacity is now greater than the rest of the world's nations combined, in a surge described by the report's author, Global Energy Monitor, as "jaw-dropping...." The popularity of electric vehicles has surged this year, with American sales at an all-time high. People in China and Europe are snapping up EVs in large numbers as well... Americans purchased 1 million fully electric vehicles in 2023, an annual record, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Electric vehicles accounted for about 8% of all new vehicles sales in the US during the first half of 2023, according to the report. In China, EVs accounted for 19% of all vehicle sales, and worldwide, they made up 15% of new passenger vehicle sales. EV sales in Europe were up 47% in the first nine months of 2023, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (EAMA) Other positive developments from the article:"For more than six days straight, between October 31 to November 6, the nation of more than 10 million people relied solely on renewable energy sources - setting an exciting example for the rest of the world.""Deforestation in Brazil fell by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, according to data from the national government, as President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva started to make progress on his pledge to rein in the rampant forest destruction that occurred under his predecessor...""The Earth's ozone layer is on track to recover completely within decades, a UN-backed panel of experts announced in January, as ozone-depleting chemicals are phased out across the world."
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