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 …
sri lanka is all set to introduce a legislation to facilitate the country's first carbon trading exchange programme. The programme aims to include projects that reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions and seeks to trade in the resulting emission reduction credits. ghgs are responsible for climate change and global warming. At …
an unprecedented study may force certain countries to do some soul searching. Contrary to what a few policy makers advocate, the study reveals that high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (co2) can retard plant growth. The three-year study, conducted at the Stanford University, California, usa, is raising questions about a …
the European Union (eu) environment ministers have come to an agreement to create the world's first international greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions trading system. Scheduled for final approval from the European parliament, the scheme will come into effect from 2005. The plan aims to cap the amount of carbon dioxide that …
if you don't wince at the prospect of using a toilet that boasts of a macerator, a bioreactor and an ultraviolet steriliser, not to mention washing hands with recycled wastewater, then read on. Engineers from QinetiQ, the commercial arm of the uk's defence research agency, have come up with the …
Over the next 50 years, unless patterns change dramatically, energy production and use will contribute to global warming through largescale greenhouse gas emissions
wildfires that scorched parts of Indonesian forests in 1997 spewed as much carbon into the atmosphere as the planet's biosphere absorbs in a year. This claim has been made by researchers of uk-based University of Leicester. According to them, the forest fires released about 2.6 billion metric tonnes of carbon, …
norway has withdrawn the permit issued to a carbon dioxide sequestration study following appeals from environmental groups such as Greenpeace Nordic and World Wide Fund for Nature, Norway. The permit for conducting the study was issued by Norway's pollution control agency. In an official statement Borge Brende, the Norwegian environment …
future commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are likely to be among the most contentious issues at the eighth climate conference of parties (cop-8) to be held later this month in New Delhi. Several industrialised countries, including Denmark, Canada, Japan, Norway and the uk have indicated that they want to …
a nail-biting climax to the closely contested German elections saw the Gerhard Schroeder-Joschka Fischer led Social Democratic Party-Green coalition emerge victorious. Schroeder's Social Democratic Party (sdp) and Fischer's Green Party won 306 of the 603 seats in Parliament. The Christian Democratic Party (cdu)/Christian Social Union (csu), in alliance with the …
controversy about the viability of using carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery was once again in the forefront recently with the starting of a Canadian project's new phase in which around 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide would be injected into a reservoir located in Rejina for recovering oil. With …
Global warming could tip the Earth into a completely new climate state in which cycles of freezing and thawing are switched off, assert two Belgian scientists. If true, this would crash the hopes of all those escapists who peddle another ice age as a reason for not worrying about the …
It was an experiment that sought to clear the air, but by jeopardising marine life. No wonder it encountered severe turbulence in the form of protests by global environmental groups, and had to be summarily aborted. The project was based on the premise that dumping carbon dioxide (co2) in liquid …
The Indian government has sent the right signals before the World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) by approving the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. After the cabinet meeting which gave the go-ahead for the approval of the protocol, Union minister for information and broadcasting, Sushma Swaraj said the move will …
in a bid to meet carbon dioxide emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol, Japan has taken up a project to repair thermal power plants in Kazakhstan. This is Japan's first agreement under the clean development mechanism (cdm) within the Kyoto Protocol. cdm allows industrialised nations to invest in environment-friendly energy …
in a move that is likely to clear the air on the intentions of key signatories, Japan and all the 15 member-states of the European Union (eu) have ratified the Kyoto Protocol. The international treaty seeks to cut the emission of greenhouse gases. Both the groups have urged the us …
the government will soon open for trading the right to emit harmful greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (co2). The scheme is expected to be launched in 2005. The main reason for introducing a quota-based emissions trading system is to stimulate further cost effective action. The proposal will allow companies currently …
FARMERS in Karnataka are now enjoying the fruits of labour in more ways than one. Not only are they earning from their produce, even carbon dioxide (CO2) trapped by the plants they grow is being sold by them. And, in the process, they are providing an economical option to developed …
