China central bank first to finance emissions reductions gave the loan.

China’s central bank announced on Thursday, December 30, 2021 that it has made an initial 85.5 billion yuan (US$18.2 billion) low-cost loan to financial institutions to promote green projects and corporate efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

Under the carbon emission reduction facility (CERF), the first of its kind to be implemented by China’s central bank, financial institutions will be able to apply for low-cost financing after they issue loans to finance firms’ efforts to reduce emissions.

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The chicken or the egg? The cart or the horse? Should policy or technology take the lead?  It is not a reasonable question when it comes to deciding where the keys to a sustainable energy future lay – we need both.

Meeting that energy challenge is fundamental to maintaining our current way of life and fulfilling the growing energy needs of the rest of the world. About 1.3 billion people globally live in energy poverty – that is, they lack access to sufficient energy for basic needs and are forced to rely on the most primitive forms of energy such as wood burning and waste, as well as expending an excessive amount of time collecting these fuels.

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EU countries signed an agreement to reduce carbon emissions of trucks and buses by 2030 by 30 percent compared to 2019.

Austria, the EU presidency president, announced that EU ministers’ environmental ministers agreed to reduce the carbon emissions of trucks and buses by 2030 by 20 percent compared to 2019.

As an interim target, the target is to reduce emissions by 15% by 2025 and by 2022 by 2022.

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