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 Tianjin has extended the deadline for its biggest carbon producers to comply with the city's emissions trading scheme a second time, giving companies two more weeks to hand over permits to the government. The delay is the latest in a string of hiccups as governments and company officials in …
BEIJING: Chinese and US firms and research institutes on Tuesday signed agreements on eight joint projects for coping with climate change ahead of a strategic dialogue between the two countries. The projects address carbon capture, usage and storage, hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) reduction, and the move toward low-carbon cities and a low-carbon …
Europe's first large-scale project to turn coal into a clean fuel was given hundreds of millions of euros by the European Union Tuesday, reviving hopes that the technology could finally get off the ground. The EU's climate change chief, Connie Hedegaard, said the funding would help the technology "make a …
This interim 2014 report by the Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project (DDPP) summarizes preliminary findings of the pathways developed by the DDPP Country Research Teams with the objective of achieving emission reductions consistent with limiting global warming to less than 2°C. The DDPP is a knowledge network comprising 15 Country Research …
Tony Abbott’s plan to axe the carbon price this week has come in for some withering criticism from his own side of politics, with a former head of the UK’s Conservative Party declaring it to be an “appalling” move that “recklessly” endangers the future. Lord Deben, who served in Prime …
In November 2010, three combatants gathered in a sleek office here to build a carbon emissions policy that they hoped to sell to the Obama administration. One was a lawyer who had been wielding the Clean Air Act since his days at the University of California, Berkeley. Another had turned …
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) started a project to support China in managing air quality and energy consumption as well as forecasting renewable-energy supplies. Under the project, the Armonk, New York-based company is cooperating with the Beijing municipal government on a system to determine the type, source and level of …
As wars go, the fight between clean and dirty energy sources is more like a centuries-old religious conflict than shock and awe. That’s one lesson from a new study of U.S. power generation by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. In 2040, the electricity sector might not look radically different …
The U.S., European Union and 12 other governments in the World Trade Organization have opened negotiations on a trade deal aimed at ending tariffs on environmental goods such as wind turbines and solar panels. The WTO members agreeing to the talks announced today in Geneva account for 86 percent of …
U.S. efforts to regulate greenhouse gases will fall short of the European Union’s goal of reducing emissions by 40 percent by 2030, according to the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. The Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to regulate emissions from coal-burning power plants will reduce carbon dioxide by 18 percent by …
(Reuters) - Norway will buy 21 million U.N. backed certified emission reductions (CERs) for an average price of 2.28 euros each in its international tender to purchase carbon offsets, said the financial institution in charge of the deal on Monday. The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO), which manages the tender …
(Reuters) - Swathes of the Amazon may have been grassland until a natural shift to a wetter climate about 2,000 years ago let the rainforests form, according to a study that challenges common belief that the world’s biggest tropical forest is far older. The arrival of European diseases after Columbus …
Grantham Institute study says climate legislation has not harmed UK businesses, reports BusinessGreen. The UK's climate change policies have not damaged business competitiveness, leading economists will say today. A new report by Samuela Bassi and Dimitri Zenghelis of the Grantham Research Institute will argue that climate change policies have not …
The UK government will share new technologies in clean and renewable energy to help India in addressing climate change in a way that its growth will not be affected, a British minister said. "We want to work very closely with India in addressing climate change by sharing the lessons we …
Rising carbon dioxide levels worldwide could lead fish to lose their ability to recognise each other and make them "friendless" wanderers who will hang out with just about anybody, a new research suggests. Like humans, fish prefer to group with individuals with whom they are familiar, rather than strangers. This …
The government intends to provide subsidy to the tune of Rs 13,600 crore between now and 2020 to roll out the ambitious programme of popularising electric and hybrid vehicles in the country under the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) unveiled by former prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2013. The …
Environment minister says it would be untenable to repeal carbon pricing and not implement Coalition's direct action plan Australia must not be left without an emissions reduction policy, the environment minister says, as the government prepares to bring forward the carbon pricing repeal debate when the new Senate sits for …
Environmentalists have accused Commonwealth Games organisers of reneging on promises to create low emission zones around venues. Glasgow 2014 has been recognised for efforts to reduce carbon emissions, waste and promote healthy living. But Friends of the Earth said pledges to ban the most polluting vehicles from venue areas had …
Supporters of emissions trading are making a last-ditch plea to the Senate not to repeal Australia’s laws – citing new analysis that shows “axing the tax” will cost the budget almost $20bn over the next four years and a letter from 59 leading economists insisting a carbon price is the …
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is considering financing a massive coal-fired power plant in India despite the fact the Obama administration has called on domestic and global public lenders to stop funding coal-plants in his climate change strategy. The board of the Ex-Im Bank, the United States' export credit agency, voted …
