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 …
UN climate talks have hit a stumbling block that some delegates say poses a serious challenge to their already slow-moving attempt to craft a global response to climate change. As the latest negotiation session ended on Friday in the German city of Bonn, one track of the talks was paralysed …
Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha inaugurated a programme to put forests at the heart of Sri Lanka's strategy to tackle climate change. Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka Subinay Nandy and others at the launch of the …
MAS Linea Aqua joined hands with sustainability partner the Carbon Consulting Company (CCC) to inaugurate the company’s latest Corporate Environmental Responsibility initiative. Commemorating World Environment Day 2013, Managing Director of the company, Sarinda Unamboowe, ceremoniously planted the first of over 1,000 rainforest trees that will be planted by the company …
China and the United States took a major step in the fight against climate change over the weekend, but what was termed a "breakthrough" might not do much in the longer term to lock in legally binding carbon emission cuts from the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. Still, …
China led a rise in global carbon dioxide emissions to a record high in 2012, more than offsetting falls in the United States and Europe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday. Worldwide CO2 emissions rose by 1.4 percent to 31.6 billion tons, according to estimates from the Paris-based …
This Climate Action Tracker update shows that current emissions and policies - and future emission trends - are likely to lead to higher 21st century emission levels than previously projected. This, in turn, implies a higher level of warming by 2100. Assuming current emissions trends, implemented and presently planned policies …
This new IEA report maps out the out the current status and expectations of global climate and energy policy - what is happening and what (more) is needed? The energy sector is the single largest source of climate-changing greenhouse-gas emissions and limiting these is an essential focus of action. The …
Germany has put forward a fresh proposal on regulating carbon dioxide limits for cars sold in the European Union, which campaigners say is a last-ditch attempt to dilute a new emissions law. Germany has been pushing for months for greater flexibility in implementing an emissions goal of 95 grams of …
Every commuter who chooses the Delhi Metro over a car or a bus contributes in reduction in emission of roughly 100 mg of carbon dioxide for every trip of 10 kilometres. Noting the contribution made by metro commuters to reduce global warming, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), that has …
Carbon prices in international markets are at their lowest in a decade. Projects, especially in India and China, two major suppliers of carbon credits, are writing off expected revenues. Carbon trade, touted as the emission trading scheme that’d cheaply reduce emissions bringing green technologies within the financial reach of poorer …
Emissions Are Up, Temperatures Are Up, But Is It Killing Us? The Jury Is Still Out Are we too late? Or is there time to arrest the rollercoaster ride to doomsday predictions? Either way, has the science of climate change ever influenced negotiations at cl i m at e m …
The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation.
This year’s Perspectives from UNEP and its UNEP Risø Centre in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) focuses on the elements of a new climate agreement by 2015 that will contribute to achieve the 2°C limit for global warming. The first paper frames the global mitigation challenge based …
Animal agriculture substantially contributes to the world economy by providing food, jobs, and financial security for billions of people. With increasing concerns over global climate change and pollution, efforts are underway to reduce the overall environmental impact of animal production. This document analyses emission of non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases, an …
Energy efficiency is often defined as delivered energy service per unit of energy supplied into a system. Supply-side energy efficiency refers to decreasing energy losses in the supply chain, for improved performance in the production and delivery of electricity and heat. Demandside energy efficiency (DSEE) is achieved through consuming less …
This roadmap provides a quantitative assessment of the main catalytic processes in the chemical sector and their impact on the top (i.e. largest volume) 18 chemical products. It also describes some impacts on other catalytic processes using rough estimates based on publicly available information. The impact of a small number …
This Roadmap is an update of the 2009 IEA CCS Technology Roadmap. The energy landscape has shifted between 2009 and 2013 and new insights into the challenges and needs of CCS have been learned. This CCS roadmap aims at assisting governments and industry in integrating CCS in their emissions reduction …
Access to sustainable energy is vital for the socio-economic development of rural India and overall growth of the country. A number of energy initiatives by the Government of India and the states are contributing towards improving energy access. However, the challenge of access to energy and coping with the highly …
WWF India has developed a “low carbon growth policy tracker” to help assess low carbon policies across the country. The objective of the study is to outline a low carbon transformation across the states keeping in mind the government’s stated aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 per cent …
An Act to provide for levy and collection of cess on the products and substances including hazardous substances, which upon their handling or consumption or utilization or combustion or movement or transportation causes pollution of the lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and other environmental resources of the State of Goa, under …
