Chinese automakers sold about 9.4 million electric vehicles and hybrids last year, up from 6.9 million in 2022. Prediction for 2024: 11.5 million.

More info:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/business/byd-2023-sales.html?searchResultPosition=1

A new study has found that more Americans have started to factor flood risk into their moving decisions.

More info: https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/climate-change-migration-us?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top

Residents of New York's Long Island have started receiving electricity via a wind farm 35 miles off the coast.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/nyregion/ny-wind-farm-long-island.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20231207&instance_id=109572&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=151991&te=1&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

Ex-coal towns are starting to receive federal funds to jump-start industrial projects needed as we move to a green economy.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/climate/clean-energy-funding-coal-communities.html?searchResultPosition=1

Michigan lawmakers passed legislation requiring the state to generate all of its electricity from wind, solar and other carbon-free sources by 2040.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/climate/michigan-climate-laws-energy.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20231109&instance_id=107350&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=149623&te=1&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

The IEA predicts that global demand for fossil fuels will peak by 2030.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/climate/international-energy-agency-peak-demand.html

The EU has begun phase one of its carbon tariff “to raise the level of climate ambition worldwide.”

More info: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03102023/todays-climate-european-union-worlds-first-carbon-tariff-united-states/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=1806fe929e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_10_07_01_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-1806fe929e-329499109

Increasingly, the shipping industry is turning to wind to reduce use of fossil fuels.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/climate/wind-powered-ships-climate.html

Tesla sold 336,000 EVs in the first half of the year—nearly 10 times the sales of its nearest competitors.

More info: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/uaw-strike-tesla-evs/675393/

African leaders are calling for new global taxes to fund climate change action.

More info: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/african-leaders-call-new-global-taxes-fund-climate-change-action-2023-09-06/