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 …
Observing that climate change is altering the planet in ways that will have profound impacts on humankind, US President Barack Obama has urged Americans to protect environment for a healthy and sustainable future. US President Barack Obama "Today, we face a problem that threatens us all. The overwhelming judgement of …
Australia is a coal country. It is big business; miners are important in politics and black gold exports dominate the country's finances. But dirty and polluting coal evokes strong emotions in environmentally concerned people. Coal-based power provides 40 per cent of the world's electricity but emits one-third of global carbon …
The carbon dioxide level in the air has gone up to an alarming rate of 400 ppm (parts per million) and this would speed up the global warming if not checked, said J.V. Ratnam of Green Climate. He was addressing the gathering at the launch of the 44th Earth Day …
Sri Lanka's Central Bank has sounded a note of caution and over the rising burden of renewable power on consumers as the proportion of non-conventional renewable power (NCRE) increases in the grid. "Although the country is keen on including more renewable energy to its total generation plan due to its …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide technical assistance to Pakistan to develop greenhouse gases reduction technologies to mitigate the effects of climate change as part of implementing the national policy on climate change. The extent of technical assistance would be determined after review missions will be carried …
China's capital has ordered more than 50 companies to shut down this year in an effort to cut pollution but pushing factories out could raise objections in surrounding areas reluctant to host Beijing's polluters. Smog-shrouded Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei have become a front in a "war against …
British utility Drax is likely to receive a 300 million euro ($414.19 million) grant from the European Commission for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project after Britain this week told the Commission it would back the scheme. Chris Davies, a British Liberal member of the European Parliament who steered …
For the fifth consecutive month, electricity prices in countries neighboring Germany have decreased, recently released Platts data reveals, due in large part to increased solar and wind generation in Germany. The Platts Continental Power Index (CONT), described as a "demand-weighted base load average of day-ahead contracts assessed in Germany, Switzerland, …
Conclusions from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's are simple: rapid shifts to renewable energy are needed to avert catastrophic global warming. The IPCC's report was produced by 1250 international experts and approved by each major government in the world. The report documented increases in human-caused greenhouse gases, the source …
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly 10 percent from 2005 to 2012, more than halfway toward the United States' 2020 target pledged at United Nations climate talks, according to the latest national emissions inventory. The report showed that emissions dropped 3.4 percent from 2012 to 2011, mostly due to a …
Brazil, looking to offset the carbon emissions generated by construction, travel and other activities related to hosting the 2014 Soccer World Cup, said on Tuesday it wants holders of United Nations-backed carbon credits to swap them for publicity during the games. The World Cup begins June 12 and Brazil's Environment …
European trucks will be transformed to make driver cabs more aerodynamic, cutting emissions and improving safety, under new rules backed by EU politicians on Tuesday that could divide the industry due to the cost. Campaigners hailed the vote at the European Parliament in Strasbourg as the beginning of the end …
Greenhouse gas emissions by the US dropped 3.4% in 2012 from the previous year and by 10% since 2005, according to an official report. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made this assertion in its 19th annual report, "Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks", submitted to the …
Company plans to increase its renewable energy capacity by about 71% Tata Power, one of India's largest private power companies, plans to increase its renewable energy capacity by about 71% to cut carbon emissions and reduce risks from fluctuating fuel prices. The utility is adding 646.7 megawatts of renewable energy …
The world's urban areas are set to grow by almost twice the size of Manhattan a day until 2030 and the design of future cities in Asia and Africa will be crucial to slow global warming, a U.N. study showed on Monday. The breakneck expansion means billion-dollar opportunities for companies, …
The cost of keeping global warming in check is "relatively modest", but only if the world acts quickly to reverse the build-up of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the head of the U.N.'s expert panel on climate change said Sunday. Such gases, mainly CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels, …
“Averting catastrophe is still possible” said Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Environment and Energy when he hailed the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) entitled ‘Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change’. Mr. Ibrahim stated that the Report confirmed that with rapid actions, technological means and behavioral …
The United States needs to enact a major climate change law, such as a tax on carbon pollution, by the end of this decade to stave off the most catastrophic impacts of global warming, according to the authors of a report released this week by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel …
The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks tracks the national trend in greenhouse gas emissions and removals back to 1990. The key findings of the 1990-2012 U.S. Inventory include: In 2012, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,526 million metric tons CO2 Eq.; U.S. emissions decreased by 3.4 percent …
Landmark UN analysis concludes global roll-out of clean energy would shave only a tiny fraction off economic growth Catastrophic climate change can be averted without sacrificing living standards according to a UN report, which concludes that the transformation required to a world of clean energy is eminently affordable. “It doesn’t …
