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 …
President Obama's new climate change push was reaffirmed on Thursday when the Department of Energy announced that it will make $4 billion in loans available to clean energy projects. In a statement, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said: “As the President emphasized in his Climate Action Plan, it is critical that …
The Australian government’s A$10 billion ($9.4 billion) clean-energy bank is set to announce a number of solar deals in the next week as it looks at investments in industries from mining to manufacturing. “The interest in solar is across the board,” Clean Energy Finance Corp. Chief Operating Officer Meg McDonald …
An unmanned Delta 2 rocket blasted off from California on Wednesday, carrying a NASA science satellite to survey where carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas tied to climate change, is moving into and out of Earth's atmosphere, a NASA Television broadcast showed. The 127-foot-tall (39-meter) rocket lifted off at 2:56 a.m. …
THE impact of the greenhouse gas CO2 on Earth’s temperature is well established by climate models and temperature records over the past 100 years, as well as coupled records of carbon dioxide concentration and temperature throughout Earth history. However, past temperature records have suggested that warming is largely confined to …
VARANASI: Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi use the expertise of Sulabh International, a pioneer organization working in the field of biogas generation from human excreta, to save Ganga from sewage pollution? Sulabh has offered its services in cleaning the Ganga with the help of its indigenously developed technology. "It is …
The US space agency is to launch today a satellite that tracks atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. The launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 is expected at 2:56 am Pacific time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “Now that humans are acknowledging …
Nasa has launched a mission dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) from space. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) will help pinpoint the key locations on the Earth's surface where the gas is being emitted and absorbed. A Delta rocket carrying the satellite lifted clear of the Vandenberg Air Force Base …
When the Environmental Protection Agency published in June its new rules to combat carbon emissions from power plants, the American political class lit up in debates over what this meant for the country’s carbon emissions, its coal industry and its economic growth. But a more relevant discussion was taking place …
When birds land, their wings adjust to the airstreams, allowing them to spend as little energy as possible. By contrast, aeroplanes use clunky landing flaps that help channel the air but also waste large amounts of energy. A research team, financed by the EU, has developed a new material that …
The UK's leading biscuit manufacturer is adding 62 longer trailers to its lorry fleet which will save 450,000 miles per year and reduce annual carbon emissions by 618 tonnes. United Biscuits (UB), which produces McVitie's Digestives and Jacob's Crackers, is adding the new 15.65-metre trailers to its fleet, which will …
The US space agency (Nasa) will make a second attempt on Tuesday to put a high-resolution carbon dioxide observatory in orbit. The first satellite was destroyed on launch in 2009. Since then, scientists and engineers have built a near identical spacecraft, which will launch from the Vandenberg Air Force Base …
When President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new rules aimed at corralling carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, critics were quick to respond with the following headlines: "EPA carbon dioxide rules a job killer." "Will EPA carbon standards hurt the economy?" "Double Whammy: EPA Carbon Regulations Will …
Renewable energy may reap as much as two-thirds of the $7.7 trillion in investment forecast for building new power plants by 2030 as declining costs make it more competitive with fossil fuels. About half of the investment will be in Asia, the region where power capacity will grow the most, …
European Union carbon permits had the biggest quarterly gain in six years as lawmakers consider permanent measures to curb a surplus that helped push prices to a record low. December allowances climbed 25 per cent since March 31, the most for a quarter since June 2008, according to data from …
As European leaders wrangle over energy and climate goals for 2030, Brussels officials are already pushing through a bill that effectively locks in deeper greenhouse gas cuts while potentially pushing up power bills for households and heavy industries. European Union leaders are in talks over whether to set a 40 …
Each year, the U.S. federal and state governments give away more than $21 billion in subsidies to oil, gas, and coal companies to promote increased fossil fuel production and exploration – expanding oil and gas development and increasing the reserves base at the same time that climate scientists around the …
America’s farm, ranch and forest managers are stewards of the land, and have long recognized the significance of managing soil health, plant productivity and animal nutrition. Conservation practices and other management changes can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase carbon storage while improving soil health, crop or livestock productivity, …
The transition to a low carbon economy heralds an economic and social transformation that is exciting as well as challenging. The challenges that face India include: enhancing economic opportunities and living standards for a growing population and addressing the environmental threats. In this backdrop, if India is to realize its …
Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change analyzes the growing body of evidence linking community forest rights with healthier forests and lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. This report makes a strong case for strengthening the rights of indigenous and local communities over their forests as a policy …
