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 …
Tree Cutting Takes A Toll On Climate; Weather To Remain Dry During Week The state has been reeling under high humidity even as the temperature is touching 35-38 degrees Celsius with people literally sweating it out during the day. “When both temperature and humidity are high, a ‘humanly uncomfortable’ feeling …
The European Parliament on Thursday voted to exempt international flights from paying for their carbon emissions amid pressure from national governments to continue applying the measure to domestic flights only. The full parliament adopted by 458 votes to 120 a proposal which would continue the current regulation of domestic flights …
Long before the Obama administration promised sweeping rules to limit pollution from power plants, states in the crosshairs of what critics call a "war on coal" have been finding ways to meet the expected new standards. President Barack Obama last June directed the Environmental Protection Agency to propose national standards …
The U.N.'s climate chief called on the oil and gas industry on Thursday to make a drastic shift to a clean, low-carbon future or risk having to leave three-quarters of fossil fuel reserves in the ground. "The time for experimentation, for marginal changes and for conditional response is now over," …
China’s central province of Hubei began trading permits on the nation’s second-largest emission exchange at some of the country’s lowest prices. The province sold 510,000 metric tons of carbon allowances at 21 yuan ($3.4) each on the first day of trading on the China Hubei Emission Exchange, according to an …
Harvesting seaweed 'forests' and feeding them into large underwater digesters could one day meet the world's energy needs, with nine per cent of the ocean floor being enough to replace fossil fuels entirely, according to an ambitious idea. Even a more immediate and realistic use of seaweed — a major …
Oil giant issues report on risks that climate policies could pose to the value of its assets and future profitability On the same day the world's scientists issued their latest report on climate change and the risks it poses to society, America's biggest oil and gas company said the world's …
Challenges such as extreme weather, rising seas and worsening scarcity of drinking water are forcing many Asian governments to confront the changes being wrought by a warming planet even as some point to rich Western nations as major culprits. Millions of people in the region have already been displaced by …
Global warming poses a growing threat to the health, economic prospects, and food and water sources of billions of people, top scientists said in a report that urges swift action to counter the effects of carbon emissions. The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says …
Rising greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture particularly with global meat and dairy consumption increasing is threatening UN's target of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius. Beef and lamb account for the largest agricultural emissions, relative to the energy they provide. By 2050 estimates indicate that beef and lamb will …
A 2013 scientific assessment of black carbon emissions and impacts found that black carbon is second to carbon dioxide in terms of its climate forcing. High concentrations of black carbon in the atmosphere can change precipitation patterns and reduce the amount of radiation that reaches the Earth's surface, which affects …
Bhopal is leaving a huge carbon footprint on the environment due to its energy consumption pattern and continuous depletion of green cover. There is a rapid increase in energy consumption by the urban population. And with the recent depletion in city's green cover in the name of development, the city …
The Expert Group on “Low Carbon Strategies for Inclusive Growth” was set up by the Planning Commission to suggest low carbon pathways consistent with inclusive growth. The Expert Group submitted its Interim Report in May 2011. The group also made contributions to the Twelfth Five Year Plan and is now …
Global energy use for heat accounts for more than 50% of final energy consumption and has important implications on energy security and energy-related CO2 emissions. Nonetheless, efforts to replace fossil-generated heat with renewable energy sources, are only slowly gaining momentum as renewable heat does not receive the attention it deserves …
The Institution for Transport Policy Studies has been engaged in the three-year “Study of Long-Term Transport Action Plan for ASEAN” since FY2011, with full support from the Nippon Foundation. This study aims to recommend long-term action plans to reduce CO2 emissions from the transport sector in each ASEAN country and …
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration violated state law in the way it withdrew from a regional program to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, a state appellate court ruled. New Jersey must begin amending or repealing the state’s climate-change regulations within 60 days, according to a three-judge panel in Trenton. Christie’s withdrawal …
Britain's greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.9 percent in 2013 due to a decline in fossil-fuel power generation, preliminary government data showed on Thursday. Output of the heat-trapping gases in Europe's second-largest emitter dipped to 569.9 million metric tons compared to 581.1 million metric tons in 2012, data from the Department …
Increased cuts in emissions and floating carbon price recommended to replace Coalition scheme A Senate committee has recommended that the clean energy package introduced by the previous Labor government should not be repealed. The federal government’s climate change plan is “fundamentally flawed” and should be ditched in favour of a …
A little-known technology that may be able to take the equivalent of China's greenhouse gas emissions out of the carbon cycle could be the radical policy shift needed to slow climate change this century, a draft UN report shows. Using the technology, power plants would burn biomass - wood, wood …
People living in coastal regions of Asia could face the worst effects of global warming. Climate experts warned that flooding, famine and rising sea levels will put hundreds of millions at risk in one of the world's most vulnerable regions. According to a website, hundreds of millions of people are …
