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Nissan Motor Company announced today that it will expand the use of low-CO2-emission steel manufactured in Japan.* Through this initiative, the proportion of low-CO2-emission steel Nissan uses in Japan in fiscal year 2025 is expected to increase by a factor of five compared to fiscal year 2023. Nissan aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% throughout the entire product life cycle [footnote 1] by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. (Read AutoInformed. Com on Nissan and Honda Sign Integration MOU! and Nissan Motor Posts Disastrous First Half Results, and Nissan Arc Business Plan is Sinking?)
To reach these goals, the company has increased efforts towards decarbonization in the entire process spanning from material procurement. How the apparent collapse of the proposed merger with Honda will affect embattled Nissan’s future is unclear. Continue reading
NOAA – 2024 Was Earth’s Warmest Year on Record
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Planet Earth’s average land and ocean surface temperature in 2024 was 2.32 degrees F (1.29 degrees C) above the 20th-century average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This was the highest global temperature among all years in NOAA’s 1850-2024 climate record. It was 0.18 of a degree F (0.10 of a degree C) warmer than 2023, which previously was the warmest year on record. Regionally, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America (tied with 2023) had their warmest year on record. Asia and the Arctic had their second-warmest year on record.
The planet’s 10 warmest years since 1850 have all occurred in the past decade. In 2024, global temperature exceeded the pre-industrial (1850–1900) average by 2.63 degrees F (1.46 degrees C). Other scientific organizations, including NASA, the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the UK Met Office have conducted separate but similar analyses that also rank 2024 as the warmest year on record. Continue reading →