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 …
Air travel is all set to get bumpier on transatlantic flights. A first of its kind study has found that climate change will affect aviation by increasing air turbulence and causing flights to get bumpier. The study found that, by the middle of this century the chances of encountering significant …
INDORE: Despite government incentives, concept of green buildings has failed to catch fancy of real estate developers in Madhya Pradesh. This is much in contrast to booming real estate markets like Gurgaon (Haryana), Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad where 'green' is the in-thing. Not a single building in the state is …
Aitken Spence Travels Ltd (ASTL), Sri Lanka’s largest inbound tourism operator, was awarded the ‘Carbon Neutral’ Certificate at a formal ceremony held at the Central Environmental Authority last week. Nalin Jayasundera, Managing Director of Aitken Spence Travels was presented with the certificates issued by the Ministry of Environment and Renewable …
For nearly 20 years, any company interested in green energy has known exactly where the global epicentre of renewable power is located: Europe. This remained the case through much of the financial crisis, and even the first chapters of the eurozone disaster. But, as the third anniversary of the Greek …
Shenzhen, a Special Economic Zone designed to promote market policies in China, will start emissions trading on June 17, the first announced start date among the country's regional carbon exchanges. Mayor Qin Xu announced the schedule in an interview with the Shenzhen Daily newspaper. While Beijing and Shanghai may also …
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption in the United States during 2012 fell to the lowest level since 1994, finds a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a branch of the Department of Energy. The assessment concludes that some 5.3 billion metric tons of CO2 were emitted from …
LDC group's move can quicken pace of UN climate change talks, but richer countries will need to make firm commitments In what could be a far-reaching move, the world's poorest countries say they are now prepared to commit themselves to binding cuts in their emissions of greenhouse gases. Until now, …
Emissions from power plants and factories covered by the European Union's carbon market fell by 1.4 percent last year, preliminary like-for-like data showed on Tuesday, helping keep the EU on track to reach its 2020 emissions reduction target. Around 10,000 installations out of some 13,000 firms operating under the EU's …
Environmental groups have urged the United States to back a global deal to curb carbon emissions produced by planes, noting that global aviation emits more of the greenhouse gas than all but six of the world's nations. The groups, alarmed at scant progress toward an agreement within a United Nations …
Recent crop harvesting practices use mechanical harvesters in the rice and wheat farm system in India. These practices leave behind large quantities of crop residue in the field. However, there is no suitable method available for managing the crop residues. Crop residues / biomass burning are cheap and easiest method …
This latest edition of Asian Development Outlook includes analysis of 45 economies in Asia & the Pacific including China and India. It features a special chapter on energy challenges which explores how the region can ensure adequate, accessible, clean energy to achieve its growth potential. ADB's Asian Development Outlook (ADO) …
This study focuses primarily on evaluating and reducing upstream methane emissions in the natural gas sector. This has two important implications. First, this paper in no way aims to diminish the urgent need to achieve GHG emissions reductions from other segments of the economy. For example, significant cost-effective opportunities also …
Energy‐intensive industries account for a significant part of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Industrial sectors such as cement, iron and steel, chemicals and refining represent one‐fifth of total global CO2 emissions, and the amount of CO2 they produce is likely to grow over the coming decades. Carbon capture and storage …
The Meridian Institute and CDKN are pleased to announce the launch of case studies and headline findings on ‘Agriculture and Climate Change: Learning from experience and early interventions.’ Agriculture is on the frontline of climate change impacts and solutions. The scientific community continues to deepen its understanding of how changing …
The Little Data Book 2013 is a pocket edition of World Development Indicators2013. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the World Development Indicators database, book, and mobile app. The database, which covers more than 1,200 indicators and spans more than 50 years. The 214 country tables …
This report examines the potential for trade to shift production to the lowest-emission locations and thus reduce overall emissions, and explores the viability of policy approaches to spur such a shift. In recent decades, trade has become a foundation of the world economy – exports now represent nearly a third …
This report evaluates the principal costs and benefits of the European Union’s biofuels industry, based on an assessment of best available information. Depending on the availability of data, some costs and benefits are quantified, while others have not been due to a lack of systematic or disaggregated information. In reality, …
This paper surveys the evidence on the ways in which economic development and policies aimed at advancing human development have contributed and currently contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. It also examines the feedback effects that such warming and the resulting climate change can have on growth and …
UNEP Risø Centre, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the OECD have released a report titled 'National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Baseline Scenarios: Learning from Experiences of Developing Countries.' The report intends to increase transparency and contribute to the understanding of pledges presented by UNFCCC parties with the ultimate objective …
Over the past three years RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests and the FAO have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The resulting booklets …
