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 …
Sky has reduced its 'carbon intensity' by 33% since 2008-9 as the broadcaster begins to "realise the gains" made from its long-term investment in renewable and low-carbon sources of energy. Absolute carbon emissions remained stable at 100,045 tonnes. Six per cent of Sky's energy now comes from renewables, with a …
As New South Wales experiences raging bush fires, Tony Abbott ridicules the link to climate change As people in fire prone areas across New South Wales review their survival plans or flee for their lives, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said he is convinced there is no link between …
The historical ties between 28-member European Union and 49 least developed countries (LDCs) should be strengthened to achieve climate-smart development. This is also vital for cutting back global carbon emissions to stabilise the global temperature rise below 2 degrees, preferably 1.5 degree, to stop runaway climate change across the world. …
Verifiers from Germany will visit Himachal to quantify the carbon credits generated under the mid-Himalayan project being run under the aegis of the World Bank. Sources said a team of verifiers would arrive in Himachal on October 24 and visit various spots developed across the state, including 14 spots under …
These are the first-ever guidelines for the chemical companies worldwide and other interested stakeholders published by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) and the World Business Council of Sustainable Development (WBCSD) on how to measure, manage and communicate avoided greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of value chains where chemical products …
The European Union on Wednesday revived a proposal to charge foreign airlines for emissions over European airspace, drawing the ire of airline groups who say it goes against spirit of a recent global aviation deal and could reignite trade tensions. The proposal from the European Commission to cover the 2014-2020 …
Climate change will lead to more flooding and drought in East Asia and could chop 5.3 percent off annual gross domestic product by the year 2100 if measures aren’t adopted to tackle it, according to the Asian Development Bank. Rising temperatures in China, Japan, Mongolia and South Korea will spur …
NEARLY one in four people on earth live in the countries that border the Bay of Bengal. The region is strategically vital to Asia's rising powers. Its low-lying littoral - including coastal regions of eastern India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra - is home to over half …
Cross-border power exchanges can play a central role in helping Asia and the Pacific meet its booming demand for power, which is set to sharply outpace the rest of the world’s over the next two decades, says a comprehensive new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). “Our projections show …
European Union environment ministers on Monday agreed to German demands to scrap an agreement to cap EU car emissions that Berlin argued would cost jobs and damage its premium auto makers. After months of forceful lobbying from Germany, the ministers from the 28 EU member states agreed to reopen a …
Nearly one in four people on earth live in the countries that border the Bay of Bengal. The region is strategically vital to Asia's rising powers. Its low-lying littoral - including coastal regions of eastern India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra - is home to over half …
Earth may experience a radically different climate within 34 years, forever changing life as we know it, said a study that aims to bring the dangers of global warming into sharper focus. On current trends of greenhouse-gas emissions, 2047 will mark the year at which the climate at most places …
Around 20 years from now, Mumbai and Chennai may routinely start seeing temperatures hotter than they have experienced in 150 years, an alarming University of Hawaii study predicting the climate ‘tipping points’ of various cities has warned. By 2045, Pune, Surat, Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad would have joined the ranks …
The world must eliminate emissions from burning fossil fuels in the second half of this century to lower the economic cost of climate change, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. Leading economist and climate change expert Nicholas Stern has said that investment equivalent to 2 …
Ever since industrialization occurred, there has been an increase in the burning of fossil fuels to meet the high energy demands. The use of such fuels causes emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases which lead to global warming. Such a warming may have a highly injurious impact …
The Global Status of CCS: 2013 is the fifth edition of the Global CCS Institute’s key publication on the progress and challenges facing carbon capture and storage (CCS). These reports provide a comprehensive overview of the state of development of CCS projects and technologies, and of actions taken to facilitate …
The 2013 edition of the Key World Energy Statistics presents the most important figures on production, transformation and consumption of energy in more than 140 countries, with global and regional overviews. Key World Energy Statistics 2013 lists 16 different headline statistics for every country, from total energy supply to electricity …
IN 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists, said the glaciers of the Himalayas could melt by 2035. This was complete fiction. It also said global surface temperatures would go on rising by about 0.2°C a decade for the next 20 years. They have been …
IN 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists, said the glaciers of the Himalayas could melt by 2035. This was complete fiction. It also said global surface temperatures would go on rising by about 0.2°C a decade for the next 20 years. They have been …
The world's oceans are under greater threat than previously believed from a "deadly trio" of global warming, declining oxygen levels and acidification, an international study said on Thursday. The oceans have continued to warm, pushing many commercial fish stocks towards the poles and raising the risk of extinction for some …
