Climate action and support trends
The UNFCCC has published a report providing insights into government action to address climate change, as well as knowledge and experience that governments can deploy to increase ambition. The report titled,
Emission Targets
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Bhutan vehicle emission reduction road map and strategy, 2017–2025
This brief provides policy recommendations to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions in Bhutan’s transport sector. Increasing air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles has become
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Potential advantages of the JCM (Joint Crediting Mechanism) implementation in India: benefits and contributions towards the achievement of NDCs
Although Japan and India have long considered the possibility of establishing the JCM as has been stipulated in joint statements between these two countries, an official bilateral document to start the
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Assessing the effectiveness of EU policy on large combustion plants in reducing air pollutant emissions
This report analyses how and why the EU Large Combustion Plants Directive was successful in reducing emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and dust in the period from 2004 to 2015.
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RPower gets CERC nod to meet new environment norms at Sasan UMPP
Reliance Power's 3,960 MW project at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh has received regulatory nod from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission for implementing a system to control emissions and meet new environmental
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Sector decarbonisation pathways from different angles: technology, modelling, politics
To reach the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, most countries will need to reduce emissions to net-zero in 2050 or shortly thereafter. This report considers this challenge from a sector
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Increasing mitigation ambition to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal avoids substantial heat-related mortality in U.S. cities
<p>Current greenhouse gas mitigation ambition is consistent with ~3°C global mean warming above preindustrial levels.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/heat-related-mortality.pdf"
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Raising ambition through fossil fuel subsidy reform: greenhouse gas emissions results modelling from 26 countries
This working paper models the impact of the removal of fossil fuel subsidies on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions for the following countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany,
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Bringing climate policy up to date – decreasing cost projections for renewable energy and batteries and their implications- case study Chile
This case study presents the potential impact of lower battery and renewable energy costs projections in Chile’s NDC emissions target. The costs for renewable electricity generation and electric vehicles
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Bringing climate policy up to date – decreasing cost projections for renewable energy and batteries and their implications: case study Canada
This case study presents the potential impact of lower battery and renewable energy costs projections in Canada’s NDC emissions target. The costs for renewable electricity generation and electric vehicles