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 …
This paper explores the concept of financial sustainability and proposes a framework to analyze electricity sectors based on this model. The concept of financial sustainability includes the ability of the electricity sector to recover costs, meet demand, make investments and operate according to environmental and social norms. This analytical framework …
This report discusses new knowledge on anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) activities made available through the new FAOSTAT Emission database. The database is available globally, with country detail, for all agriculture, forestry and land sub-categories available in FAOSTAT and in the Forest …
Patrick Moore, co-founder and former member of Greenpeace, has claimed that climate change is not man-made. Moore, a Canadian ecologist, told members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that environmentalists use faulty computer models and scare tactics in promoting claims man-made gases are heating up the planet, Fox …
Grameenphone, the market leader of cellular operator in the country, has won the 19th Annual Global Mobile Award. Grameenphone won “The Green Mobile Award” for climate its change programme on Tuesday, at a programme held at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Grameenphone Chief Technical Officer Tanveer Mohammad received …
This study emphasizes the importance of rainstorm events in mobilizing carbon at the soil-stream interface from tropical rainforests. Half-hourly geochemical/isotopic records over a 13.5 h period from a 20 km tropical rainforest headwater in Guyana show an order of magnitude increase in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration in less than …
PRESS RELEASE 27 February, 2014: The HVAC&R sector is exploring ways to balance industrial growth with environmental responsibilities and the efforts made by this industry are clearly visible at ACREX India 2014. Organized by the Indian Society for Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE) and managed by NuernbergMesse India, …
Planning Commission is modelling energy scenario by putting all relevant numbers together into a calculator called the India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) 2047. India needs to make large investments in its energy sector. So far, policy makers have been focused more on investments on the supply side, and not on …
A plan to prop up EU carbon prices was published in the official journal of the European Union on Wednesday, enacting into law the so-called backloading measure that keeps on track the European Commission's aim to allow the withdrawal of a maximum 400 million permits this year. The plan involves …
As the Obama administration readies rules to force all U.S. power plants to lower the rate at which they produce greenhouse gases, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a major coal state, is trying to steer a bill through the Senate that he said would hold off the Environmental Protection …
South Africa’s government delayed the implementation of a planned carbon tax to 2016, while saying it may impose new levies on mining companies to help fund the treatment of acid water seeping from disused gold mines. The National Treasury two years ago said it planned to charge 120 rand ($11) …
Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth’s climate. The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, accompanied by sea-level rise, a strong decline in Arctic sea ice, and other climate-related …
An assessment of ocean acidification, presented at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw in November 2013, starkly concluded that acidity is on track to rise 170 percent by the end of this century. As many key species are sensitive to changes in acidity, this would drastically impact ocean ecosystems, …
Members of the European Parliament voted through the world's toughest carbon dioxide standards for new cars on Tuesday, prompting a cautious welcome from environmental campaigners. The new rules set a limit of 95 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer (g/km) as an average across all new cars sold in the …
Air pollution in China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, has reached intolerable levels and the country should aggressively cut its reliance on coal, according to the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation. “China's pollution is at an unbearable stage,” Li Junfeng, director general of the state body …
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Energy Secretary Ed Davey have announced a ground-breaking deal with Shell which could generate enough clean energy to power half a million homes, and capture 1 million tons of CO2 each year. This revolutionary multi-million pound project is the first of its kind in …
WWF Pakistan has signed an MOU with Philips Electrical Industries of Pakistan under the Green Office Programme to provides certified sustainable solutions for the professional sector. According to the MOU, lighting audits will be conducted at offices of the partner’s corporate clients who are certified or will be certified as …
Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in India are set to get a push with a €200 million line of credit from the European Investment Bank given to the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA). “The line of credit is secured by a sovereign guarantee from Government of India,” an …
NEW DELHI: The government finally on Thursday approved a much awaited 'Green India Mission' proposal of the ministry of environment and forests as a "centrally sponsored scheme" to increase forest cover in the country and sanctioned Rs 13,000 crore for this purpose. The government took this decision in the meeting …
Earth’s ability to reflect sunlight is diminishing due to drastic melting of sea ice in Arctic Ocean, a new study says. The researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at the University of California, San Diego came on to the conclusion after analysing data from the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy …
Australia's new climate plan would cut less than 60 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions needed to meet its 2020 target, while the omission of more stringent rules would reduce this to below 30 per cent, a new report said. The Abbott government plans to replace the previous Labor government's …
