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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T19:58:49Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T19:58:49Z
dc.date.issued2007-05
dc.identifier.issn1013-7394en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/7680
dc.descriptionNearly 130 years after Thomas Edison invented it, the world may be on the brink of saying ‘thank you, and goodnight’ to the incandescent electric light bulb. Australia has announced a ban; Cuba, Venezuela and the European Union are among those moving in the same direction. We should celebrate its demise, for the world’s billions of bulbs — only five per cent efficient at converting power into light — cause massive emissions of carbon dioxide.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation684
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectheaten_US
dc.subjecticeen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjecttsunamien_US
dc.titleOur Planet: Melting Ice: A Hot Topic - Climate Change and the Cryosphere
dc.typeSerialsen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Actionen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber28 p.en_US
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047


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