Global News May 2011

Net transfer in emissions from developing to developed countries through international trade increased from 0.4 billion tonnes of CO2 in 1990 to 1.6 billion tonnes in 2008. This exceeds the 0.7 billion tonne reduction that developed nations must make each year to meet their Kyoto targets, say the authors of a recent study published in US scientific journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. 4 May topic

Transparent Solar Cells Can Turn Windows into Solar Panels. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have created a new class of transparent photovoltaic cells that can turn windows into solar panels. 1st May topic

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