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 …
FOR years, it seemed like carbon-dioxide emissions rose relentlessly, whatever the world’s level of economic activity and however much countries spent on no- or low-carbon energy. Now, though, that depressing fact may be changing. The International Energy Agency (IEA), made up mostly of energy-consuming rich countries, reckons worldwide emissions of …
The Amazon rainforest's ability to soak up greenhouse gases from the air has fallen sharply, possibly because climate change and droughts mean more trees are dying, an international team of scientists said on Wednesday. The world's biggest rainforest has soaked up vast amounts of carbon dioxide. Plants use the heat-trapping …
AGL has emerged as Australia's biggest greenhouse gas emitter after its purchase of NSW assets added to its fleet of brown coal-fired power stations in Victoria. According to data released by the Clean Energy Regulator and analysed in a report by the Australian Conservation Foundation, AGL narrowly trailed EnergyAustralia and …
China will push this year to install almost 2 1/2 times as much solar capacity as the US added in 2014 in a race to clear its increasingly polluted air. The world's biggest emitter of carbon aims to install as much as 17.8 gigawatts of solar projects in 2015, the …
A study in this week’s Scientific Report by researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) and in China add more fuel to the already hot debate about whether electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly than conventional vehicles by uncovering two hidden benefits. They show that the cool factor is real – …
Germany plans measures to force operators of coal plants to curb production at their oldest and most-polluting power stations, as part of efforts to achieve its climate targets, senior government sources said on Thursday. Concerned it was on track to fall short of goals to reduce CO2 emissions by 40 …
The UK has been overstating the success of its emissions reduction efforts by failing to account for emissions embedded in imported goods. Figures produced by Leeds University and published by Defra today revealed that emissions associated with imports doubled between 1997 and 2012. Emissions from Chinese imports alone rose from …
Q&A with Chris Field: The link between climate change and disaster risk reduction. Chris Field says that intergovernmental processes are really more about creatively encouraging ambition than mandating it.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong global carbon sink over recent decades, with a substantial fraction of this sink probably located in the tropics, particularly in the Amazon. Nevertheless, it is unclear how the terrestrial carbon sink will evolve as climate and …
A new study which claims the biomass industry is avoiding up to €1bn in carbon taxes due a "loophole" in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has been branded "intentionally misleading" by the renewable energy sector. The study, released today (17 March) by Transport and Environment (T&E;), argues that burning …
Global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of the greenhouse gas that was not tied to an economic downturn, according to new data from the International Energy Agency …
In a recent letter, Ricke and Caldeira (2014 Environ. Res. Lett. 9 124002) estimated that the timing between an emission and the maximum temperature response is a decade on average. In their analysis, they took into account uncertainties about the carbon cycle, the rate of ocean heat uptake and the …
China’s emissions of climate-warming carbon dioxide fell last year for the first time in more than a decade, offering fresh evidence that efforts to control pollution in the nation of 1.4 billion people are gaining traction. Total carbon emissions in the world’s second-biggest economy dropped 2 percent in 2014 compared …
Executive director Héla Cheikhrouhou says governments cannot stipulate how money is spent, contradicting earlier claim by environment minster Greg Hunt The head of the Green Climate Fund has confirmed Australia will not be able to dictate where its $200m contribution will be spent, contrary to the Abbott government’s assertions when …
The 100 global power companies most at risk from growing pressure to shut highly polluting coal plants have been revealed in a new report from Oxford University. Chinese companies dominate the top of the ranking but US companies, including Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, occupy 10 of the top 25 places. …
India needs to cut down on its black carbon emissions for "co-benefit" agenda of making a positive impact on global warming on one hand and improving health of people on the other, environment experts today said. Participants and researchers at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015 organised by Centre for Science …
NEW DELHI: Environmental and transportation experts on Wednesday discussed ways and means to mitigate black carbon (BC) emissions that can help reduce health impacts from air pollution as well as to address the climate change issue. Diesel vehicles are the major contributors to BC. Transportation experts said moving to superior …
New Delhi: Over 627,000 people die prematurely and 18 million healthy life years are lost every year due to particulate air pollution -- the microscopic solid and liquid matter suspended in the Earth`s atmosphere, an environmentalist said here on Wednesday. The experts said the situation was of a great concern …
नई दिल्ली | पृथ्वी के वायुमंडल में मौजूद सूक्ष्म ठोस एवं तरल अपशिष्ठ कणों से होने वाले वायु प्रदूषण से हर साल 6,27,000 लोगों की समय से पहले अकाल मौत हो जाती है। पर्यावरण विशेषज्ञों के मुताबिक यह स्थिति गंभीर चिंता का विषय है, क्योंकि वायुमंडल में मौजूद सूक्ष्म अपशिष्ट …
