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 …
Despite current weakness in global energy markets and the slowdown in China’s growth, demand for energy will continue to grow over the next 20 years and beyond as the world economy expands and more energy is required to power the higher level of activity. According to the 2016 edition of …
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches are efforts to reduce the atmospheric CO2 concentration. Here we use a marine carbon cycle model to investigate the effects of one CDR technique: the open ocean dissolution of the iron-containing mineral olivine. We analyse the maximum CDR potential of an annual dissolution of 3 …
Global aviation experts agreed on Monday to the world’s first carbon dioxide emissions standards for new and existing aircraft programs, in a deal that environmental groups said does not go far enough. The new standards, aimed at makers of small and large planes alike, will apply to all new aircraft …
Abrupt climate change and extreme events are a bigger cause of concern as a small change in temperature is detrimental not only to human beings but the whole life on earth. Dr Ashwani Kumar, Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) stated this while speaking at the …
On 8 February 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) finalized a proposed performance standard for new aircraft that will mandate improvements in fuel efficiency and reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The standard, the first ever to impose binding energy efficiency and CO2 reduction targets for the aviation sector, …
An eagerly awaited aircraft CO2 emissions standard made further and important headway today at the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The new environmental measure was unanimously recommended by the 170 international experts on ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), paving the way for its ultimate adoption by the …
Gurgaon: A CNG crematorium built in DLF Phase III at a cost of Rs 85 lakh in May 2012 has been lying unused even as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Union environment ministry and Delhi government to initiate programmes to provide alternative modes of cremation of …
The Indian corporate debt market saw a new opening for clean energy funding with Hero Future Energies coming out with the country's first certified 'climate bonds' to secure Rs 300 crore for funding expansion of its wind power portfolio. According to company MD Rahul Munjal, the certification is an assurance …
Human emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are causing the Earth to warm. We know this, and we have known about the heat-trapping nature of these gases for over 100 years. But scientists want to know how fast the Earth is warming and how much extra energy is …
Scientists can now make better predictions on the impact of future climate change with the help of maps covering the world's natural landscapes, according to a study. The design of forests, grasslands and other types of productive ecosystems can enable scientists to determine how atmospheric carbon is reused and recycled …
This is the 4th joint report of the European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA) Greenpeace International and SolarPACES since 2003. Greenpeace developed a global energy vision – the Energy [R]evolution scenario – which provides a practical blueprint for rapidly cutting energy-related CO2 emissions in order to help ensure that greenhouse …
The Copenhagen City Council is expected to approve a proposal to drop all investment in fossil fuel holdings. If the proposal is approved on Tuesday by the finance committee, the Danish capital will sell off its stock and bonds in coal, oil and gas, which is thought to be worth …
Rising carbon dioxide concentrations in seawater are set to make fish drunk and disorientated, researchers have warned. Experts from the University of New South Wales say fish could become intoxicated from the increase in CO2 decades earlier than previously thought, and that this has the potential to have "massive implications …
A new U.S. Forest Service report, edited in partnership with Duke University, projects that drought will have far-reaching impacts on U.S. forests and grasslands in coming decades. While the effects have been most pronounced in the West, this new assessment finds virtually all U.S. forests and grasslands are now experiencing …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recognizes ‘poverty eradication along with green growth’ as central to India’s sustainable development narrative. This vision also embodies the cogent definition of green growth by the Thirteenth Finance Commission of India as a narrative that enables rethinking growth strategies with regard to …
You don't have to worry about burning a hole in your wallet for LED (light emitting diode) bulbs. You can now snap one up at Rs 99 with a few clicks of the mouse, with the government joining the etail bandwagon to take its Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) to …
New research published Monday adds to a body of evidence suggesting that a warming climate may have particularly marked effects for some citizens of the country most responsible for global warming in the first place — namely, U.S. East Coasters. Writing in Nature Geoscience, John Krasting and three colleagues from …
CUTTING pollution from ships is the aim of a new pilot program being launched in the Yangtze River Delta, the Ministry of Transport said yesterday. The first phase of the emission-reduction scheme, which is intended to improve air quality in Shanghai and its neighboring cities by reducing PM2.5 particles — …
Australia's carbon emissions are unlikely to peak until after 2030 despite a commitment to cut its 2005 greenhouse gas level by up to 28 percent over the next 15 years, according to a study out on Monday. An independent probe into government emissions data by carbon consultancy firm RepuTex has …
Global temperature targets, such as the widely accepted limit of an increase above pre-industrial temperatures of two degrees Celsius, may fail to communicate the urgency of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The translation of CO2 emissions into regional- and impact-related climate targets could be more powerful because such targets are …
