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 …
Scientists Say CO2 Levels Went Up In Drought Years Of 2004, 2009 A deficit monsoon not only impacts crops and groundwater level but also has a worrisome impact on the climate. An analysis of two drought years in the last decade has shown an increased level of carbon-dioxide (CO2) over …
Presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, CSE at "CSE Annual Media Briefing on Climate Change, 2014" held in New Delhi from November 6-7, 2014.
Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science for Environment (CSE) calls for a global climate deal based on equity and fairness at the CSE global media briefing workshop that began today in New Delhi. Over 100 journalists from India, South Asia, Africa and the Latin America are participating in this …
Strict management and warm hospitality are distinctive characteristics of Japan The AJINOMOTO Group is a global Japanese food company offering great varieties of seasonings and processed food products in 130 countries and regions worldwide. Its Vietnamese subsidiary, Ajinomoto Vietnam, manufactures UMAMI seasoning - 'AJI-NO-MOTO" at Bein Hao factory in Dong …
India says developed nations have a ‘historical responsibility’ to address climate change India on Tuesday advocated a “paradigm shift” in finding a solution to global warming, days after UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that current trends in carbon emissions will lead to “disaster”. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar said …
In the lead-up to the UN climate negotiations in Lima, the latest information on the level and growth of CO2 emissions, their source and geographic distribution will be essential to lay the foundation for a global agreement. This annual publication contains, for more than 140 countries and regions: estimates of …
Climate change is causing toxic metals trapped in the sediment beds of the Hooghly estuary in the Indian Sunderbans to leach out into the water system due to changes in ocean chemistry, say scientists, warning of potential human health hazards. They predict that after about 30 years, increasing ocean acidification …
This IPCC synthesis report released on 2 Nov 2014 says that global warming is “unequivocal”, that humanity’s role in causing it is “clear”. Bringing together several aspects from the three previous IPCC reports on climate science, impacts and the solutions it says that the impacts will last for thousands of …
This paper focusses on one central aspect of urban development: transport and urban form and how the two shape the provision of access to people, goods and services, and information in cities. The more efficient this access, the greater the economic benefits through economies of scale, agglomeration effects and networking …
Eminent scientists and experts engaged in study of Himalayan glaciology have stressed the need for reduction in carbon emissions and more inter-disciplinary and collaborative approach on a large scale to study the receding glaciers that feed all main rivers. More than 100 scientists and experts from premiere institutes across the …
Members of the media visit the Joao Havelange Olympic Stadium, undergoing renovation to stage athletic competitions during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, during the 2nd world press briefing for the games in Rio de Janeiro August 6, 2014. The Rio 2016 local organizing committee set a target on Thursday to …
Taking yet another step towards clean energy, Punjab will get its second solar power plant when Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal will inaugurate a 34-megawatt project in Lambi in Muktsar district on Friday. Sukhbir, along with Punjab Minister for Non-Conventional Energy Bikram Singh Majithia, will inaugurate the Rs350 crore project …
Human activity was responsible for the rising natural calamities in the Himalayan region. Along with taking precautions to mitigate the disasters, there is a need to develop the communication network at local, Himalayan, Asian and global levels. If these steps are not taken on time massive disasters cannot be averted. …
Global climate and the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are correlated over recent glacial cycles. The combination of processes responsible for a rise in atmospheric CO2 at the last glacial termination1, 3 (23,000 to 9,000 years ago), however, remains uncertain. Establishing the timing and rate of CO2 changes in …
Almost all car and van manufacturers have met European carbon dioxide emission limits several years ahead of their deadlines, according to updated information from the European Environment Agency (EEA). A new EEA report, 'Monitoring CO2 emissions from passenger cars and vans in 2013' presents final data for both vehicle types, …
Increasing our understanding of regional greenhouse gas transport, sources, and sinks requires accurate, precise, continuous measurements of small gas enhancements over long ranges. We demonstrate a coherent dual frequency-comb spectroscopy technique capable of achieving these goals. Spectra are acquired spanning 5990 to 6260 cm−1 (1600–1670 nm) covering ∼700 absorption features …
As regulatory agencies in the U.S. work on the second phase of heavy-duty vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) and efficiency standards, one of the key decisions they face concerns the regulatory certification pathways. The question of whether to maintain separate standards for the engine and the full vehicle, as in the …
Air pollution in the city is growing at an alarming rate due to increase in the number of vehicles. As per official records, the number of vehicles has increased by 15 per cent in the last year. “The increase in the usage of vehicles has led to consistent rise in …
Europe’s leaders are about to consign the Earth to the risk of dangerous climate change, a UN expert says. Prof Jim Skea, a vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says the EU’s plan to cut CO2 emissions 40% by 2030 is too weak. He says it will commit …
