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- Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant shift from road to rail https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/news/information/information-detail/article/49-euro-ticket-resulted-in-significant-modal-shift-from-road-to-rail.html 885 comments
- Germany’s 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/news/information/information-detail/article/49-euro-ticket-resulted-in-significant-modal-shift-from-road-to-rail.html 38 comments europe
- Germany’s 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail: MCC analysis for the Ariadne energy transition project shows 30 percent more rail journeys. The announced increase in price to 58 euros per month undoes half of this. https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/news/information/information-detail/article/49-euro-ticket-resulted-in-significant-modal-shift-from-road-to-rail.html 68 comments europe
- In the last decade, the cost of solar power has dropped by 87 percent, and the cost of battery storage by 85 percent. These price drops, could make the global energy transition much more viable and cheaper than previously expected. https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/news/information/information-detail/article/plummeting-prices-for-solar-power-and-storage-make-global-climate-transition-cheaper-than-expected.html 229 comments science
- “As a planet we burn 50 gigatons of carbon a year. We have less than 300 gigatones to burn before we reach the 1.5 degrees of global warming and the worst begins to happen.” From the book The Ministry for the Future written by Kim Stanley Robinson. https://www.mcc-berlin.net/fileadmin/data/clock/carbon_clock.htm 128 comments climate
- Carbon removal from atmosphere unavoidable for 1.5 degree target https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/media/press-information/press-release-detail/article/carbon-removal-from-atmosphere-unavoidable-for-15-degree-target.html 12 comments science