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 …
As nations across the globe negotiate how to reduce their contributions to climate change, researchers at Penn are investigating just how the coming changes will impact the planet. What's clear is that the effect extends beyond simple warming. Indeed, the very physics and chemistry of the oceans are also shifting, …
“WE’VE shown what’s possible when the world stands as one,” declared Barack Obama after UN climate talks in Paris ended with an agreement on December 12th. “Our collective effort is worth more than the sum of our individual effort,” said Laurent Fabius, France’s foreign minister, who oversaw the talks. “I …
Until the 1960s, forest-clearing accounted for most anthropogenic carbon emissions. Now it causes around 10%—a decline that led many at the UN climate summit in Paris to focus their efforts elsewhere. Though Norway, Germany and Britain said they would make a billion dollars a year available for averting tropical deforestation …
NEW DELHI: Freshwater lakes across the world are rapidly warming due to changing climate change, a new study supported by NASA has found. This could have serious impact on freshwater supplies and ecosystems. The study used satellite temperature data and long-term ground measurements to monitor 235 lakes, representing more than …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as India’s role in clinching the historic Climate Change agreement at Paris has been hailed by world leaders, a novel initiative in Odisha is already showing the way for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. While the agreement calls upon all nations to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) by developing new …
They pump out about 10 times more methane than thought The world’s rivers and streams pump about 10 times more methane into our atmosphere than scientists estimated in previous studies, new research suggests. Do not underestimate the babbling brook. When it comes to greenhouse gases, these bucolic water bodies have …
Do not underestimate the babbling brook. When it comes to greenhouse gases, these bucolic water bodies have the potential to create a lot of hot air. According to a new analysis in the journal Ecological Monographs, by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and colleagues, the world’s rivers and streams …
Brazil plans to meet the majority of its growing electricity demand with new hydropower plants located in the Amazon basin. However, large hydropower plants located in tropical forested regions may lead to significant carbon dioxide and methane emission. Currently, no predictive models exist to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions before …
Less than a week since signing the global climate deal in Paris, Japan and South Korea are pressing ahead with plans to open scores of new coal-fired power plants, casting doubt on the strength of their commitment to cutting CO2 emissions. Even as many of the world’s rich nations seek …
Everybody knows that burning of fossil fuels is the biggest of climate change. But, another important factor that is often brushed under the carpet is meat consumption. Scientists have estimated that about 15% of all emissions come from worldwide livestock, mostly reared for consumption of meat or milk. That's a …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that explores key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and technology usage related to model year 1975 through 2015 light-duty vehicles sold in the United States.
Paris — Cross River known for its support for forest conservation wants the review of the REDD scheme to meet community aspirations. The state also plans to establish green police to grow new trees and safeguard existing forest. BOTHERED that the implementation of the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation …
Increasing the durability and expanding the lifespan of items of clothing by nine extra months could reduce carbon, waste and water footprints by 20-30% each and cut resource costs by £5bn, a new report from WRAP has found. The organisation's Sustainable Clothing report, developed with the help of companies signed …
The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) has released a briefing paper on the role of soil organic carbon (SOC) in offsetting climate change. The paper reviews recent research on SOC and concludes that actions to reverse the loss of soil organic matter could …
PARIS: "France has seen a lot of revolutions. Today, we have seen the most beautiful and most peaceful of revolutions," French President Francois Hollande said as delegates, including ministers, from across the globe stretched themselves on Saturday night to seal a legally binding universal deal which will eventually take the …
PARIS/NEW DELHI: World leaders on Sunday welcomed the climate deal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as a victory of "climate justice" while the pact evoked mixed reactions from environmentalists. "This agreement represents the best chance we've had to …
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M;), the country’s leading sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufacturer and the company likely to be worst affected by the National Green Tribunal’s directive to ban the registration of new diesel vehicles in Delhi, has questioned the wisdom of targeting only diesel vehicles to solve all the …
The report analyses the evolution of the transport sector (freight and passenger) and its pressures on the environment since 2000, including the impacts of the economic recession in 2008. It makes use of the latest available data in order to assess key trends, measures and overall progress in meeting policy …
Scientists from the United States, Japan, and China are racing to perfect satellite technology that could one day measure greenhouse gas emissions from space, potentially transforming the winner into the world's first climate cop. Monitoring a single country's net emissions from above could not only become an important tool to …
PARIS: Hours after the French presidency of the climate summit (COP21) came out with the first draft of the Paris agreement, India on Wednesday said that there were "many points of departure" in the text and much work was needed to reach a point of convergence. The biggest group of …
