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 …
Deep soils can contain long-buried stocks of organic carbon which could, through erosion, agriculture, deforestation, mining and other human activities, contribute to global climate change. "There is a lot of carbon at depths where nobody is measuring," said Erika Marin-Spiotta, assistant professor of geography at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the …
Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace released the executive summary of the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2014 report, now in its eighth year of publication. In a bid to reduce their impact on greenhouse gas emissions, corporate leaders like Chevrolet, Marks & Spencer, and Allianz continued to voluntarily purchase carbon …
An international workshop on “Tree volume and biomass allometric equations in South Asia”, which began at the Kerala Forest Research Institute here on Monday, called for accurate carbon budgets for the tropical forest systems of South Asia. Carbon budget is an amount of carbon dioxide that a country, company or …
President Obama is expected to announce on Monday an Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s fleet of 600 coal-fired power plants, in a speech that government analysts in Beijing, Brussels and beyond will scrutinize to determine how serious the president is about fighting global warming. …
The world passed a threshold “of symbolic and scientific significance” last month, with carbon dioxide levels exceeding 400 parts per million in the northern hemisphere for the first time in human history. The greenhouse gas has been increasing at 2 parts per million annually for the last decade, and the …
Soil buried deep underground that formed on Earth's surface thousounds of years ago has been found to be rich in carbon. The subsurface features of vanished landscapes add a new dimension to our planet's carbon cycle. And continued activities by humans could unleash more of this carbon into the atmosphere, …
The British Columbia government is considering a requirement to force liquefied natural gas terminals to have a carbon footprint at least one-third below global standards, said two people familiar with the talks. The government of Canada’s Pacific Coast province is discussing the proposal with energy companies as it seeks to …
This report is the annual submission of the greenhouse gas inventory of the European Union to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. It presents greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2012 for EU-28, EU-15, individual Member States and economic sector.
A burst of growth in the wake of drought-breaking rains across inland Australia in 2011 helped to turn the country into one of the world's biggest carbon sinks, new research has found. While oceans and land typically absorb about half the carbon emissions caused by fossil-fuel burning and land clearing, …
With less than two weeks to go, the Environmental Protection Agency is readying a climate rule for existing power plants that requires steep carbon reductions while allowing states and companies broad flexibility in how they limit their overall greenhouse gas emissions. While key aspects of the proposal are still under …
The Tower I campus is mainly meant for non-polluting industries such as logistics, IT and ITeS Cement plants can cheer on to this revelation. Observations made by a Thailand-based cement industry veteran MJ Nielsen confirm that at 30 per cent absorption efficiency of carbon dioxide gas, a modern cement unit …
Royal Dutch Shell has dismissed claims that its proven oil and gas reserves will become unusable as a result of climate change regulation; maintaining the view that fossil fuels will continue to play a major role in the global energy system through to 2050 and beyond. Environmental experts believe Shell …
The UK's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants must be fast-tracked and get the go-ahead within a year, according to a report from MPs. It describes the technology, which traps the carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning and buries it, as “vital to limit climate change”. The MPs on …
President Barack Obama's landmark rules to cut power plant emissions will likely give a fresh push to regional U.S. carbon cap-and-trade systems by allowing for a holistic, state-wide view of new pollution targets, sources familiar with the process said. The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to allow states including California …
An expert group of Planning Commission has pitched for major investments to reduce country's carbon footprint, saying India needs to invest $834 billion in nearly two decades to be firmly on low carbon and environment-friendly growth trajectory. It also stressed on use of renewable energy resources in big way, saying …
Cereal and softdrinks brands among top polluters singled out in Oxfam report for not doing enough on climate The ‘big 10’ global food and drink companies together emit more greenhouse gases than Scandinavia and would rank as the 25th most polluting country in the world if grouped together, the international …
Car manufacturer Volkswagen Group has announced that it will adopt a resource efficient approach over the next few years to help it achieve its sustainability goals. Volkswagen revealed its plans in its recently published sustainability report for 2013 and resource efficiency document entitled 'Commitment born of responsibility'. In its sustainability …
A joint research initiative for developing car engines will be led by the Research Association of Automobile Internal Combustion Engines (AICE), it was announced Monday. The aim of consolidating the industry’s research into nonpolluting, fuel-efficient engines is to reduce development costs at each of the participating carmakers: Toyota Motor Corp., …
For the food and beverage industry, climate change is a major threat. For millions of people, it means more extreme weather and greater hunger. The Big 10 companies are significant contributors to this crisis, yet they are not doing nearly enough to help tackle it. In this paper, Oxfam calls …
Beijing will move 300 heavy polluters out of the capital before October to reduce smog and speed up industrial reform, according to authorities. The companies, which have high water and energy consumption, include construction material and furniture manufacturers. "These factories and companies will be relocated in nearby cities or regions …
