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 …
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection revealed Sunday that the country’s major polluting emissions declined in the first half of 2015. Published on the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s website and sourced through China’s state news agency, Xinhua, the statistics reveal that China’s major polluting emissions “have been on a large-scale decline …
New research suggests that by investing in low-carbon infrastructure, including transport, building efficiency, and waste management, cities could save $17 trillion by 2050, while also reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 3.7 gigatons of CO2 per year by 2030. The research, published by the New Climate Economy under the title …
Like the leaves of New England maples, phytoplankton, the microalgae at the base of most oceanic food webs, photosynthesize when exposed to sunlight. In the process, they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, converting it to carbohydrates and oxygen. Many phytoplankton species also release dimethyl sulfide (DMS) into the atmosphere, …
Our only thought at the moment should be how more and more people can survive with dignity and equity, given the humongous change in the climatic conditions facing the state of Chhattisgarh. This was opined the experts at the day-long consultation on “National and State Perspective of Climate Change towards …
A new paper from the New Climate Economy shows there is large untapped potential for fuel efficiency gains in both aviation and shipping sectors that would cut costs and reduce emissions. International aviation and shipping have grown dramatically in the last few decades along with their emissions: aviation and shipping …
Poor report card: Australia's record on combating climate change and carbon emissions is unsatisfactory, report says. One Australian produces more than three times the amount of carbon dioxide produced by individuals in leading industrialised countries on average, a report into the readiness of the world's richest countries to combat climate …
It turns out that sea levels might not rise as high as previously estimated. Stanford researchers discovered this after taking another look at climate conditions long ago, in the middle Pliocene era, and how those conditions combined with concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. They found that sea levels then--3 million …
A new, definitive U.N. report on the world’s forests finds that the rate of deforestation is slowing down — but that its global toll has been immense in the last 25 years. During that period, says the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessment, the world’s forested area …
The rate at which the world is losing its forests has been halved, but an area of woodland the size of South Africa has still been lost since 1990, a major UN report said on Monday. Improvement has been seen around the globe, even in the key tropical rainforests of …
Despite a 45% reduction in average aircraft fuel burn in the last 40 years, the aviation industry is still around 12 years behind efficiency targets set by the UN's aviation body. That’s according to a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) The UN’s International Civil Aviation …
Talks to reach a global agreement on climate change in Paris in December could fail partly due to a lack of progress on aid to help poorer countries deal with the consequences of warming, said French President Francois Hollande. Against the backdrop of a refugee crisis that has spread from …
This plan was prepared in line with the broad set of guidelines set forth by UNFCCC for development of national adaptation plans (NAPs) (UNCCS 2012). The NAP process of UNFCCC is a generalized process consisted of four stages that could be customized according to specific situations in respective countries. According …
Rapid urbanisation will have huge economic, social and environmental implications. This paper summarise the urbanisation dynamics of sub-Saharan Africa's largest cities using new data on population,GDP and carbon emissions up to 2030, to provide an understanding of the scale and pace of change in sub-Saharan Africa's cities and their contribution …
This report documents a wide range of projects, programmes and plans currently being pursued by African cities as part of a new mode of low-carbon urbanism that is simultaneously helping to realise virtuous cycles of local economic development and social inclusion, as well as climate risk reduction. The emerging evidence …
Contributions to historical climate change have varied substantially among nations. These differences reflect underlying inequalities in wealth and development, and pose a fundamental challenge to the implementation of a globally equitable climate mitigation strategy. This Letter presents a new way to quantify historical inequalities among nations using carbon and climate …
Eco-Stewardship, one of the latest schemes of the Forest Department to help preserve the environment with the participation of society, is in its preliminary stages of being implemented. Launched on World Environment Day on June 5, the programme focuses on making institutions a nuclei of action by facilitating, implementing and …
A 100 kw grid-connected solar power plant was inaugurated at V.O. Chidambaranar Port here by S. Anantha Chandra Bose, Chairman, on Friday. Solar power generated from the plant installed at the roof top of the administration building of the port would be directly fed to Port Low Tension grid at …
A tough new EU emissions test meant to better reflect carmakers’ performance will do little to bring official results into line with reality, a new report has warned. The car industry has long been accused of exploiting an outdated laboratory test to produce fuel economy and emissions ratings that are …
Global Marine Fuel Trends 2030 from Lloyd’s Register and University College London’s Energy Institute explores the drivers for the future energy mix in shipping in 2030. The report provides insight into future fuel demand for the containership, bulk carrier/general cargo and tanker sectors - representing approximately 70% of the global …
Climate change is a "pressing" global challenge and the poor people are "most adversely" affected by it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said and suggested a shift of the discourse on the issue from "climate change to climate justice." "In my view, the most adversely affected by climate change are …
