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Quick Facts on Climate Solutions

  • Worldwide use of biochar could cut CO2 levels by 8 parts per million within 50 years, according to NASA scientist James Hansen.  – CNN

  • Chinese investments of $912 billion in clean energy and environmental protection will create 10.6 million jobs, boost GDP by $1.3 trillion and save an additional $220 billion in energy savings.       — CCICED

  • Heat is already the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States, with more than 6,300 deaths resulting from exposure to extremely hot weather between 1979 and 2006. — EPA, 2010

  • Wind could meet 12% of global power demand by 2020, and 22% percent by 2030. 2010 saw the global wind industry install two wind turbines an hour — a total of 36,000 MW.  – Global Wind Energy Council

  • Despite a global financial recession, wind energy capacity grew in 2009 by over 30 per cent.   — IPCC