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Green bonds dominated the market, while Europe remained the primary regional source. The report also highlights the growth of sovereign GSS+ issuance, the emergence of nuclear energy in green bond frameworks in North America, and the evolving alignment of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) with Climate Bonds' methodology.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-001047#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Q1 2024 was the most prolific quarter ever recorded by Climate Bonds for aligned GSS+ deals, with USD 272.7bn in volume added. This represents a 15% increase over Q1 2023 (USD 237.2bn) and a 41% increase over Q4 2023 (USD 193bn).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-001047#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Green bonds were the primary driver of GSS+ volume in Q1 2024, accounting for 72% of the total at USD 195.9bn. 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It highlights a misalignment between current utility regulations—which continue to incentivize gas infrastructure growth—and the necessary transition to clean energy. The briefing recommends that provincial governments legally mandate net-zero targets for regulators, prioritize electrification over gas for new developments, and develop managed contraction plans for existing gas networks to avoid stranded assets and protect taxpayers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000401#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Electricity is expected to power most building heating systems in Canada under a cost-optimal path to net-zero, regardless of the province or sensitivity scenario. The primary challenge for electricity providers will be managing peak demand to minimize the scale of required system upgrades.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000401#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Continued expansion of gas networks is incompatible with a cost-effective net-zero goal, even when using hybrid heating systems, low-carbon gases, hydrogen, or biomethane. Such expansion risks creating stranded assets and increasing costs for taxpayers as overall gas demand drops.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000401#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current utility regulation is not aligned with the public interest; gas utilities are incentivized to expand infrastructure despite uncertain long-term use, while electricity services are only beginning to plan for the potential doubling or tripling of production capacity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000401#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Provincial and territorial policies are currently the missing link in achieving climate goals while maintaining energy reliability and affordability. 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It warns that current regulatory inertia and the continued expansion of gas infrastructure create risks of 'stranded assets' and higher costs for taxpayers. The authors recommend that provincial governments provide clear long-term strategic guidance, mandate net-zero targets, and empower regulators to prioritize electrification over gas expansion to protect long-term affordability and reliability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000402#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"To achieve carbon neutrality in a cost-optimal way, electricity must become the dominant energy source for heating buildings across all Canadian provinces. Nationally, the share of electricity in space heating demand is projected to rise from 21% today to between 55% and 60% by 2040, and between 78% and 91% by 2050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000402#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Continued expansion of the gas network is incompatible with a cost-effective transition to carbon neutrality. Provinces that continue to grow their gas distribution networks risk increasing the cost of meeting climate goals or jeopardizing those goals entirely, as these assets may become stranded before they are fully paid off (typically over 40 to 50 years).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000402#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Low-carbon gases, such as hydrogen and biomethane, are too scarce and expensive to serve as primary replacements for heating buildings at scale. They are more optimally used in hard-to-abate sectors like heavy industry. Even in low-cost scenarios, they would only replace a small fraction of current gas demand in buildings by 2050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000402#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Hybrid heating systems (combining electric heat pumps with gas backup) may serve as a transition tool or a long-term solution in specific cold-climate contexts to manage winter peak electricity demand, but they do not justify further gas network expansion. In a cost-optimal path, residential gas consumption in Alberta—the province with the highest hybrid adoption—would still drop by 83% by 2050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000402#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Canadian electricity grid requires significant investment to support widespread electrification. National electricity capacity development is projected to be 2.6 to 2.9 times higher than current levels to reach carbon neutrality. 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It identifies Export Development Canada (EDC) as the primary provider of this finance and highlights a critical lack of transparency in reporting. The authors recommend a comprehensive policy that covers the entire fossil fuel life cycle, includes existing investments like the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion, and precludes funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and blue hydrogen. 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For example, the six most advanced projects in British Columbia could add 13 Mt of CO2e annually by 2030, potentially causing the province's oil and gas sector to exceed its emissions target by 200%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002577#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The claim that Canadian LNG exports reduce global emissions by replacing coal is uncertain and potentially offset by high fugitive methane emissions. Furthermore, an increase in global LNG supply may disincentivize investments in renewable energy in emerging economies rather than just displacing coal.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002577#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Global LNG market fundamentals are weakening, with demand expected to peak in advanced economies like Europe and South Korea. The IEA suggests that current global capacity under construction may be more than twice the necessary amount to meet forecasted demand by 2050 under announced climate policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002577#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Canadian LNG projects are likely to struggle against lower-cost producers, particularly Qatar and the United States. LNG Canada is estimated to have double the production costs per unit of capacity compared to U.S. Gulf Coast exporters, while Qatar's production costs can be as low as USD 0.03 per mmBtu.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002577#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant risk of asset stranding for Canadian LNG projects, with taxpayers bearing much of the financial burden through subsidies and infrastructure funding. Examples include CAD 275 million in federal direct investments and CAD 5.4 billion in provincial incentives for LNG Canada, as well as the CAD 16 billion Site C dam.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002577#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["liquefied natural gas","methane emissions","Carbon lock-in","stranded asset","renewable energy","climate finance","fossil fuel subsidy","Net-zero emissions","Paris Agreement"],"geography_discussed":["British Columbia","Newfoundland and Labrador","Qatar","United States","Europe","South Korea","Japan"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["economic assessment","environmental impact analysis","policy recommendation"]},{"id":"iisd-002926","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-002926","title":"How the Transition Away From Fossil Fuel Production Can Be Included in New Climate Commitments and Plans","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-06","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2024-06/fossil-fuel-transition-new-climate-commitments.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes the current state of fossil fuel production references in the climate commitments of the 20 largest producers and provides a framework for including production phase-outs in future NDCs and LT-LEDS. It finds that most producers either omit production plans or signal continued extraction, which contradicts 1.5°C-compatible scenarios. The authors propose five key elements for new commitments: background production data, phase-out targets, restrictive policies, just transition planning, and equity-based international cooperation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002926#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Analysis of the 20 largest fossil fuel producers reveals that one-third of their NDCs do not mention the transition of the fossil fuel sector, and over half have either not submitted an LT-LEDS or omit fossil fuels from it.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002926#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current climate documents from many major producers signal a continuation or increase in fossil fuel production, which is inconsistent with 1.5°C scenarios where no new projects are required and could lead to warming exceeding 2°C.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002926#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"When fossil fuel production is mentioned by producing countries, the discourse typically focuses on economic dependence, production-related emissions mitigation, energy security justifications, or transition risks, rather than the need to wind down production.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002926#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies five essential elements for third-generation NDCs and LT-LEDS to align with the global stocktake: baseline production data, quantifiable phase-out targets, policies to constrain production (such as exploration moratoria), just transition and diversification measures, and information on equity and international support.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002926#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) are identified as a critical tool for countries to report progress on fossil fuel production targets and demonstrate increased ambition, especially for those focusing NDCs on demand-side efforts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002926#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["petroleum industry","Nationally Determined Contributions","Global stocktake","just transition","economic diversity","climate finance","energy security"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","United States","Russia","Saudi Arabia","Canada","Australia","India","Indonesia","Iran","United Arab Emirates","Iraq","Qatar","Norway","Brazil","Kuwait","Algeria","South Africa","Poland","Germany","Turkey"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","document review"]},{"id":"cliinstca-000424","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cliinstca-000424","title":"Global Flood Map Methodology Documentation","publisher":{"name":"Canadian Climate Institute","organization":"canadian-climate-institute"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-05-24","source_url":"https://climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Fathom-Climate-Institute-climate-adjusted-flood-risk-modelling.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report outlines the technical process of combining Fathom's Global Flood Map (v3.1) with Public Safety Canada's residential building data and probabilistic vulnerability functions. It describes the use of 'big data' from US FEMA insurance claims to model damage distributions across 10 residential building types. The methodology accounts for flood defenses based on urbanization levels and applies the trapezium rule across eight return periods to estimate economic losses. Results show that Canada's defended AAL is projected to increase from 1,423 million CAD in 2020 to 1,681 million CAD by 2050, while undefended AAL is significantly higher, reaching 5,050 million CAD by 2050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000424#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The methodology employs probabilistic vulnerability functions derived from over 2 million flood insurance claims from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to capture the empirical relationship between flood depth and damage.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000424#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Damage response is modeled using a bimodal beta distribution, indicating that flooded buildings typically experience either minor or catastrophic damage, with the distribution shifting toward 100% damage as flood depth increases.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000424#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The loss modeling assumes a universal ground floor height of 0.2 m for residential buildings, which is subtracted from the sampled hazard map depth to determine the 'depth above ground floor'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000424#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Flood defenses are estimated by combining urbanization levels from the Global Human Settlement Layer with global defense standards (FLOPROS) and local data from Risklayer, assuming that defense standards are highest in urbanized areas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000424#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Average Annual Loss (AAL) is calculated using the 'trapezium rule' across eight fixed return periods: 1 in 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1000 years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000424#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"For defended scenarios, Canada's total residential AAL is projected to rise from 1,423 million CAD in 2020 to 1,503 million CAD in 2030 and 1,681 million CAD in 2050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000424#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In undefended scenarios, the projected AAL for Canada is substantially higher, increasing from 4,808 million CAD in 2020 to 5,050 million CAD by 2050, with British Columbia showing the highest individual provincial loss in 2050 at 2,375 million CAD.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cliinstca-000424#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["coastal flood"],"geography_discussed":["United States","United Kingdom","Alberta","British Columbia","Manitoba","Newfoundland and Labrador","New Brunswick","Northwest Territories","Nova Scotia","Nunavut","Ontario","Prince Edward Island","Quebec","Saskatchewan","Yukon"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["methodology","economic loss projection"]},{"id":"iai-000419","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-000419","title":"32nd Meeting to the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"es","date_published":"2024-05-22","source_url":"https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/CoP-32%20List%20of%20Participants%20.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"The document is a participant list for the 32nd Meeting to the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, hosted by Bolivia and Canada on May 22-23, 2024. It identifies representatives from various member parties, advisory committees, and observers. Party representatives include officials from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Uruguay. The list also includes members of the SAC and SPAC advisory committees, as well as observers from organizations such as the AAAS, Future Earth, and the Belmont Forum.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000419#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Argentina","Brazil","Chile","Colombia","Costa Rica","Ecuador","Jamaica","Panama","Paraguay","Peru","Dominican Republic","United States","Uruguay","Mexico"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":[]},{"id":"zca-000099","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/zca-000099","title":"What to expect from La Niña","publisher":{"name":"Zero Carbon Analytics","organization":"zero-carbon-analytics"},"document_type":"fact sheet","language":"en","date_published":"2024-05-14","source_url":"https://zerocarbon-analytics.org/science/what-to-expect-from-la-nina/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document describes La Niña as the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, characterized by the movement of cold water to the central and eastern Pacific surface. For 2024, there is an 85% chance of a transition to neutral conditions between April and June, and a 60% chance of La Niña developing by June to August. The text highlights that multi-year La Niña events are increasing in frequency, with five of the last ten occurring in the past 25 years. While La Niña temporarily lowers global average surface temperatures by about 0.1C, it does not offset human-caused warming; recent La Niña years have been among the top 10 hottest years ever. Regional impacts include drier conditions in East Africa and the southern US, and wetter conditions in Southeast Asia, India, and northern South America, affecting various crop yields and increasing the risk of floods and droughts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000099#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Human-induced climate change is considered at least partially responsible for the increased frequency and variability of extreme La Nia events.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000099#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"La Nia provides a temporary cooling of approximately 0.1C to the earth's average surface temperature, but this is insufficient to offset the 1.36C rise since industrial times; consequently, 2024 is expected to be one of the top five hottest years on record despite the upcoming La Nia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000099#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"La Nia is associated with specific regional weather trends: drier conditions in East Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania), the southern/southeastern US, and parts of South America (southern Brazil, Uruguay, northern Argentina, southern Bolivia); and wetter conditions in eastern South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern/eastern Australia, Southeast Asia, India, and northern South America (northern Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000099#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 2020-2023 'triple-dip' La Nia was one of the strongest in the last 50 years and caused severe impacts, including a major food security crisis in the Horn of Africa and flooding in northern Australia and Pakistan.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000099#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","food security","drought","flood","agriculture","sea surface temperature"],"geography_discussed":["Ethiopia","Somalia","Kenya","Tanzania","United States","Brazil","Uruguay","Argentina","Bolivia","South Africa","Mozambique","Zimbabwe","Botswana","Australia","India","Colombia","Venezuela","South Sudan","Canada","Alaska","Indonesia","Malaysia","Philippines","People's Republic of China","Pakistan","Ecuador","Peru"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["fact sheet","climate projection"]},{"id":"catf-001158","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/catf-001158","title":"Refinery of the Future Decarbonisation Options","publisher":{"name":"Clean Air Task Force","organization":"clean-air-task-force"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-05-08","source_url":"https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/29181610/refinery-of-the-future.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report assesses decarbonisation strategies for refineries across four major regions, focusing on Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. 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The report concludes that energy efficiency projects are generally the most immediate and viable, while large-scale carbon capture and hydrogen transitions require significant policy support and infrastructure development to be economically feasible.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Decarbonisation options are split into Scope 1 & 2, which target existing refinery operations through energy efficiency and carbon capture, and Scope 3, which involves changing feedstocks to produce carbon-neutral fuels via biorefineries or clean fuels facilities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Hydrotreated Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) process is identified as the most mature biorefinery technology due to its simplicity, lower CAPEX, and higher profitability compared to Fischer-Tropsch, Power-to-Liquid, or Alcohol-to-Jet pathways.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the USA, HEFA projects are highly profitable, with an archetype providing a gross profit (EBIT) of approximately US$594/t distillate and a pre-tax IRR of 30.4%, largely driven by stacked credit systems including the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), LCFS, and RIN.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"European biorefineries are increasingly focusing on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to meet EU mandates, such as a 5% SAF blend by 2030 and 32% by 2040, often by revamping mothballed refineries to reduce CAPEX.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Singapore's HEFA archetypes achieve the lowest lifecycle emissions (22.5 gCO2/MJ) by utilizing carbon capture to offset Scope 1 emissions, though they rely on exporting products to Europe to maintain profitability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Auto-Thermal Reformers (ATR) are preferred over Steam Methane Reformers (SMR) for centralized blue hydrogen production due to lower overall gas consumption, smaller plot area, and higher CO2 capture efficiency (approximately 99% vs 95%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Carbon capture on Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) units is a critical but challenging target; it requires stringent clean-up of SOx, NOx, and catalyst fines to prevent amine degradation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Europe, energy efficiency and electrification projects are economically attractive with negative abatement costs, while carbon capture remains infeasible at forecasted carbon prices, requiring prices of US$178.8/t to US$338.5/t to break even.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The GCC region faces high abatement costs for carbon capture due to high forecasted grid emission intensity, which penalizes the electricity-intensive nature of capture and solvent regeneration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Industrial carbon clusters can reduce the CAPEX of CO2 transportation and injection infrastructure by approximately 75% compared to standalone emitter projects by sharing compression and pipeline networks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001158#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["carbon capture and storage","blue hydrogen","green hydrogen","Sustainable Aviation Fuel","Green ammonia","energy efficiency","electrification","Scope 2","Scope 3","emission intensity"],"geography_discussed":["Norway","Netherlands","United Kingdom","India","Canada","Brazil"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["techno-economic analysis","scenario modeling","lifecycle assessment","comparative regional study"]},{"id":"ember-000105","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ember-000105","title":"Electricity Transition in 2023","publisher":{"name":"Ember","organization":"ember"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-05-08","source_url":"https://ember-energy.org/chapter/electricity-transition-in-2023/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"In 2023, the share of renewables in the global electricity mix exceeded 30% for the first time, driven by record solar and wind generation. 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Although emissions rose by 1% in 2023, this was primarily due to droughts reducing hydropower generation; without this shortfall, emissions would have fallen by 0.4%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000183#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Tripling global renewable electricity capacity by 2030 has the potential to reduce power sector emissions by approximately 45% by that year. This would involve adding 14,000 TWh of annual generation compared to 2022 levels, which would cut fossil power generation by 6,570 TWh.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000183#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Solar energy is the primary driver of the clean energy revolution, with 2023 capacity additions 76% higher than in 2022, reaching 444 GW. 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