This overview sets the scene for the various modules in the Renewables 2024 Global Status Report Collection. It provides high-level trends on the status of renewables in the wider fossil fuel-dominated energy system in the context of global challenges such as climate change, development goals and the geopolitical landscape. Urgent …
The government plans to extend a tax break for purchases of environmentally safer vehicles by a year through fiscal 2016, but apply it to a narrower scope of cars, according to sources close to the matter. The government and ruling coalition will compile annual tax reform plans toward the end …
GCOS has released its report Status of the Global Observing System for Climate (GCOS-195) which has been submitted to the UNFCCC in December in Paris. The results of the global observing system have proved invaluable and have underpinned the IPCC fifth assessment report. However, as the IPCC identifies, there are …
The OECD released the Environment at a Glance 2015. This report updates key environmental indicators and relevant socio-economic and sectoral indicators to track OECD country progress on major environmental issues since 2000 and inform policy development and evaluation. Environmental challenges include air and water pollution, climate change, waste management, and …
Around two thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions stems from energy production and consumption. Accelerating development and deployment of technologies to decarbonize energy production and consumption will therefore be at the core of tackling climate change effectively at the speed required to “clock in” inside the 2 degrees Celsius temperature …
The 5-day session in Bonn was spent in restoring a sense of balance in the draft agreement and not excluding the voice of developing countries. CSE warns that much time has been lost in the process and this is going to make arriving at a Global Climate Change Agreement in …
Climate change has warmed up the city's night-time temperature over the past four decades, a recent analysis by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) has shown. The annual average minimum or night-time temperature in Pune has increased at the rate of 0.15 degrees celsius per decade since 1971 till …
A pivotal question has split world powers along unfamiliar lines as they haggle over how to avert catastrophic global warming: Should they set a goal of entirely eliminating carbon-belching industries? Tensions over the concept, called "decarbonisation", illustrate how wide the divides remain less than six weeks before a 195-nation UN …
This report is designed to challenge the conventional thinking and linear models which dominate the current scenarios for energy futures. The greatest risks and opportunities will arise from more dramatic shifts rather than business as usual or incremental change. There is increasing investor interest in what analysis is useful to …
The path to climate ambition must be paved with equity," said visiting MP from India S P Muddahanumegowda. India has warned that global efforts to arrive at a climate deal in Paris later this year will not succeed if they are laced with persistent attempts to dislodge the balance of …
P&G; is teaming up with EDF Renewable Energy to build a wind farm in Texas that it says will power all of its North American plants hat manufacture home care and fabric products Procter & Gamble has found a new source for making Tide detergent: wind. The global consumer products …
This report presents a model that analyses fossil fuel subsidy reform across 20 countries showing an average reduction in national GHG emissions of 11% by 2020, and average annual government savings of USD 93 per tonne of CO2 abated. With a modest recycling of resources to renewables and energy efficiency, …
India, China and other developing countries doing in excess Developed world shoulders less than fair burden through its climate change targets The US has committed to only a fifth of its fair share and the European Union (EU) just over a fifth in the fight against climate change through its …
Global environmental change has implications for the spatial and temporal distribution of water resources, but quantifying its effects remains a challenge. The impact of vegetation responses to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations on the hydrologic cycle is particularly poorly constrained1, 2, 3. Here we combine remotely sensed normalized difference vegetation index …
The government is likely to allow companies to divert coal supply to efficient power plants from inefficient plants to generate more electricity with the available fuel. A proposal to allow 'efficiency-based swap' between power projects of a group is being prepared by the power ministry and will be put before …
Black carbon causes millions of deaths every year and contributes to the warming of the planet. In the atmosphere it appears as air pollution, with emissions arising mainly from the combustion of diesel fuel and biofuels, coal-fired power stations, biomass cook stoves, brick kilns and vegetation burning in open fields. …
Intended Nationally-Determined Contributions (INDCs) represent a unique opportunity to increase bold mitigation and adaptation measures in transport and other sectors, as for the first time, countries are communicating their intended actions to reduce emissions and increase resilience on sectoral scales in the context of the UNFCCC system.The SLoCaT Partnership has …
This report discusses possible ways to enhance the Parties’ contributions to climate mitigation and finance, and draws lessons for the international negotiations leading up to the Paris climate agreement. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of the dynamic nature of the climate regime, looking not only at the Paris …
Government has sought views of developers and other stakeholders on the proposed amendment to the guidelines for setting up of over 2,000 MW grid-connected solar power projects with viability gap funding (VGF). These projects are being set up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). "Feedback from SPDs (solar …
The inclusion of indirect land use change (ILUC) emissions in the life-cycle assessment of biofuels in several biofuel policies has led to increased attention to the question of whether there are similar, behavior-induced emissions sources that could, or should, be added when assessing the life-cycle carbon intensity (CI) of oil …
Ahead of the crucial Paris climate summit, the United States has said the much-awaited global meet must deliver a long-term transparent framework that ratchets down future emissions over time. Days after India set the ambitious target of reducing carbon emissions relative to its GDP by 33 per cent to 35 …
