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 …
For this study, a C-segment passenger vehicle, equipped with a gasoline direct injection engine and compliant with the Euro 6c standard, was tested on the chassis dynamometer over the regulatory NEDC and WLTC cycles, and over two RDE-like cycles. The tests were performed at different ambient conditions and with both …
For this paper, the CO2 emissions levels of two versions of the Volkswagen Golf, one diesel (Golf TDI) and one gasoline (Golf TSI), were compared both in laboratory tests and in on-road measurements under real-world driving conditions. Both vehicles were Euro 6 type approved prior to the introduction of the …
Several multilateral development banks use shadow carbon pricing to help decide which transactions to make. This briefing considers some best practices and limitations in the application of shadow carbon prices. It explores how the MDBs might better align their shadow carbon pricing approach with the objectives of the Paris Agreement …
Researchers think that shift from coal to gas may stabilise climate change. A transition from coal-based energy to cleaner burning gas would benefit the climate, a study has claimed. The research was published in Nature Climate Change. Focusing on the world's leading power generators like China, Germany, India, and the …
If you drive a car into central London weekdays between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm, you will pay a congestion charge of £11.50, equivalent to about $15. The rules are enforced by automatic cameras that snap photos of the license plates on the cars entering the congestion zone. Other cameras …
In order to mitigate the adverse impact of ‘climate change’ such as floods, cyclones wildfires etc which continue to disrupt life on an almost regular basis, green solution is the only way to over come the problem, said Vice President (VP) M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday. Naidu was speaking in …
On February 19, 2019, representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Council agreed on a compromise for setting carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) for the first time in the European Union. The targets will reduce the average CO2 emissions from the …
Europe can expect even greater migratory pressure from Africa unless action is taken to prevent global warming, Sir David Attenborough has said in a strongly worded warning to policymakers that time is running out to save the natural world from extinction. Speaking at the spring meeting of the International Monetary …
The Nordic countries said Thursday they will provide technological support to boost Kenya's inventions for green energy to curb climate change and promote economic development. The countries, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, said they will boost efforts focusing on facilitating low dependency on carbon-based fuels and demonstrate economic growth …
Green roofs -- roofs that are planted with vegetation -- may improve the indoor air quality of commercial buildings by cutting the amount of ozone coming into the buildings from the outside, according to new research from Portland State University. The findings add to the already known environmental benefits of …
Germany's environment minister says the government will discuss introducing a carbon tax as part of its national plan to curb climate change. Speaking after the first meeting of a special "climate Cabinet," German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said Wednesday that government ministers would, over the coming months, put forward proposals …
The largest of these SECI projects is at NIT, Warangal with an operational capacity of 1000 kWp Distributed solar rooftop energy company, Fourth Partner Energy, has commissioned eight solar projects with a capacity of 3116 kWp in Telangana under Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) rooftop scheme. This is part …
Children born today will have to live their lives with drastically smaller carbon footprints than their grandparents if climate change is to be controlled. Fast, deep cuts in global emissions from energy, transport and food are needed to keep temperature rises in check and an analysis has shown this means …
Two-thirds of the ice in the glaciers of the Alps is doomed to melt by the end of the century as climate change forces up temperatures, a study has found. Half of the ice in the mountain chain’s 4,000 glaciers will be gone by 2050 due to global warming already …
Solar panels and wind turbines coupled with energy storage offer a better hope for tackling climate change than trying to capture carbon from fossil fuel power stations, according to new research published by Nature Energy. Carbon capture technologies -- that is new, or as yet undeveloped, technologies that capture CO2 …
In October of 2018, the Department of Transport of South Africa received cabinet-level approval to move the Green Transport Strategy (GTS) forward. The GTS is South Africa’s governmental guidance document that sheds light on pathways to decarbonize the country’s transport sector. New vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, which are equivalent to CO2 …
What can we do as temperatures increase and weather changes to bring devastation in different parts of the world? The question no longer is if climate change is real. The question is: What can we do as temperatures increase and weather changes to bring devastation in different parts of the …
This report explores the critical role buildings can play in meeting climate change ambitions, using a portfolio of clean energy solutions that exist today. It considers the investment needs and strategies to enable the buildings sector transition, and the multiple benefits that transformation would deliver, including improving the quality and …
This report explores the critical role buildings can play in meeting climate change ambitions, using a portfolio of clean energy solutions that exist today. It considers the investment needs and strategies to enable the buildings sector transition, and the multiple benefits that transformation would deliver, including improving the quality and …
Transporting commodities around the world in today’s globalized production-to-consumption systems generates large amounts of greenhouse gases and pollutants, on top of those associated with producing the commodities themselves. Maritime shipping generated an estimated 1 billion tons of greenhouse gases (CO2-equivalent) per year in 2007–2012 (IMO 2015). It was also responsible …
