Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
Carbon Intensity
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India's Communication to UNFCCC on domestic mitigation actions, 30th January 2010
This document contains the Press Note by Ministry of Environment and Forest (GOI) on India's communication to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conveying information on India
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Communication of information on China's autonumous domestic mitigation actions
This document contains the letter, regarding the communication of China
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India to focus on high carbon emitting sectors
Having announced a 20-25 per cent emission intensity reduction by 2020, India will now focus on the high carbon emitting sectors like cement manufacturing, power generation, transport, steel and building construction. An interim roadmap will be in place by April this year. The final plan of action will, however, be ready only in September.
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Climate policy needs a basic shift
A new balance of rights and obligations has to be defined based on criteria for equitable sharing of the carbon budget of cumulative emissions to achieve the 2-degree goal, says Mukul Sanwal INDIA
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Challenge of the new balance
The new CSE study of the six most emissions intensive sectors to determine India
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Prospects and policies for low carbon economic growth of India
<p>This paper analyses the past pattern of economic growth of India, energy use and carbon emission and examines to what extent India has been able to restrain the growth of her carbon emission and what factors have been responsible to what extent for such changes in CO2 emission.
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Policy instruments for achieving low carbon and high economic growth in India
This paper reviews available scientific evidence for global warming, the working of the multilateral environmental agreement for tackling the climate change problem and menu of policy options available for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It shows that India
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Urban transport and CO2 emissions: some evidence from Chinese cities
This working paper provides a bottom-up estimate of energy use and GHG emissions for the transport sector based on data available at the city and municipal levels. For urban transport in China, GHG emissions primarily consist of carbon dioxide (CO2), so these terms are used interchangeably.
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Dynamics of urban mobility: a comparative analysis of megacities of India
This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. It investigate the quantity of energy use in 23 metropolitan regions for the period 1981
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Energy transition for industry: India and the global context
For India to play its part in helping to realise deep cuts in global CO2 emissions by the middle of the 21st century, it will need to achieve rapid economic development over the next 40 years with only a very small increase in emissions. Currently there is no precedent for such a low-CO2 development path.