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 …
Carbon dioxide emissions rose two percent in the U.S. last year, according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration. Emissions rose largely due to increased coal consumption, the first such rise in U.S. emissions since 2010. Still, the annual emissions remain well below the peak hit in 2007 when …
Emissions grew by 2.2% on average during 2000-10 The U.N. climate science panel’s yet to be released report will come up with a dire warning that the world would have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40-70% below 2010 levels by 2050 in order to have a fair chance to …
Global energy demand continues to grow but that growth is slowing and will mainly be driven by emerging economies - led by China and India - according to the latest edition of the BP Energy Outlook 2035. The Outlook reveals that global energy consumption is expected to rise by 41 …
WASHINGTON: Energy-related carbon dioxide pollution grew by 2% last year after declining several years in a row, a government report said Monday. The increase was largely due to a small boost in coal consumption by the electric power industry, according to the study by the US Energy Information Administration. American …
Connecticut's junior senator, along with a group of US Senate colleagues, will announce Tuesday a new initiative to counter climate deniers and push some initial legislative steps to fight climate change. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., the Senate's most prominent climate-change denier, said last week that "fewer and fewer" of his …
Energy-related carbon dioxide pollution grew by 2% last year after declining several years in a row, a government report said Monday. The increase was largely due to a small boost in coal consumption by the electric power industry, according to the study by the US Energy Information Administration. American cars …
Recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's "Summary for Policymakers" make for alarming reading about the global warming phenomenon. How bad climate impacts will be beyond the mid-century depends crucially on the world urgently shifting to a development trajectory that is clean, sustainable, and equitable, a notion of …
Large-scale manufacturing in the region offers enormous potential for energy savings When Intel went about setting up its chip factory in Vietnam, it found an oddity: Local laws did not govern every aspect of the building. The government had no comprehensive standards, for instance, on refrigerant chemicals, which, in the …
The project will have a capacity of 150 Mw Welspun Energy Limited (WEL) on Wednesday announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the Punjab government to set up solar power project of 150-MW capacity. WEL will invest over Rs 1,300 crore for setting up this solar project over the next three …
Carbon prices are poised to rebound from a three-year slump as European Union member states vote today on a plan to reduce a record glut of pollution permits. The cost of emitting carbon dioxide will jump to 7.75 euros ($10.55) a metric ton by the end of the year, from …
Temperatures are on course to rise at least 4 degrees by the end of the century, according to research that finds earlier climate models projecting smaller increases are likely to be wrong. The research, by a team led by the University of NSW, says a 4-degree rise in temperature would …
Forecasts predicting less global warming fail to properly take into account cloud formation, say scientists Understanding cloud formation is key to predicting climate change. Photograph: CBW/Alamy The Earth’s climate is far more sensitive to carbon dioxide emissions than previously thought, heightening the likelihood of a 4C temperature rise by 2100, …
Forecasts predicting less global warming fail to properly take into account cloud formation, say scientists Understanding cloud formation is key to predicting climate change. Photograph: CBW/Alamy The Earth’s climate is far more sensitive to carbon dioxide emissions than previously thought, heightening the likelihood of a 4C temperature rise by 2100, …
MELBOURNE: Global average temperatures will rise at least 4 degrees celsius by 2100 and potentially more than 8 degrees by 2200 if carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced, a new research has warned. Scientists found global climate is more sensitive to carbon dioxide than most previous estimates. The research also …
Although there is a strong policy interest in the impacts of climate change corresponding to different degrees of climate change, there is so far little consistent empirical evidence of the relationship between climate forcing and impact. This is because the vast majority of impact assessments use emissions-based scenarios with associated …
The World Energy Issues Monitor 2014 helps to define the world energy agenda and its evolution over time. It provides a high-level perception of what constitute issues of critical uncertainty, in contrast to those that require immediate action or act as a developing signal for the future. As such, it …
This briefing paper explores the potential for existing and emerging solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies to deliver rapid transformation of our energy systems to limit the scale of future climate risks from fossil fuel use. In particular, it examine the potential for cost reductions and scalability of manufacture and the new …
While many of the top 100 companies listed on JSE Limited already calculate their carbon footprints, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Before long, every company will need to have at least one employee tasked with calculating its carbon footprint and suggesting how to reduce it. This will …
By 2040, global energy demand will increase by 35 percent and nine of the world’s 20 most populous cities — and one of every three people on the planet — will be in China or India. Together these nations account for half of the projected growth in global energy demand, …
REmap 2030 is a roadmap to double the share of renewable energy by 2030, and is the first study of global renewable energy potential to be based on data from official governmental sources. The roadmap encompasses 26 countries representing more than two-thirds of current energy demand. In determining the potential …
