Cities’ Emissions Are Decreasing Even as Their Economies and Populations Grow

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Sep 14, 2018, 12:06 pm451 ptsHot
Twenty-seven cities across the globe, home to 54 million people, have already reached their peak greenhouse gas levels and are now seeing emissions fall an average 2 percent per year, according to C40 Cities, a coalition of local governments working to fulfill the Paris climate agreement. This downward trend is…

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