Reform of support for fossil fuels is often identified as a priority for a country’s fiscal consolidation efforts and for climate action to align financial flows with low-carbon pathways. Its implementation, however, remains elusive for many countries as they face seemingly irreconcilable policy agendas of economic growth and sustainability coupled …
The difference between the position of the Australian and the United States governments on climate change looks stark. Last week members of the Australian government celebrated the passing of a bill dismantling the carbon price, while last Wednesday US president Barack Obama delivered a speech arguing strongly for the need …
The United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands will float a plan this week requiring new coal-fired power plants to meet a carbon pollution standard in order to receive public funding from the world's wealthiest countries, according to a draft seen by Reuters. The countries will present the plan to the …
PRESS RELEASE Anlarop has acquired equity interest in the W2E Technologies Corp. The company focuses on a completely innovative waste-to-energy technology named Organic Cavitator, dedicated to municipal waste and any kind of organic waste which will aid minimizing the evergrowing decline of the planet earth through toxic amounts of refuse …
ExxonMobil, one of the oil companies whose stance on climate change disclosure has been under scrutiny from investors, has revealed that it expects the implied cost of CO2 emissions to reach $80 per metric ton [tonne] in 2040 in developed economies. It comes as major institutional investors backed a shareholder …
Global carbon emissions are set to rise by 29% by 2035 as a result of a 41% increase in energy consumption, according to BP's Energy Outlook report. The annual report predicts that although the rate of growth of emissions declines over the period, emissions are nearly double the 1990 level. …
India ranks 69th in the Global Energy Architecture Performance Index 2014, that analyses how well energy systems in countries promote economic growth, sustainability and access to energy. The Index, prepared by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Accenture, analysed the energy systems of 124 countries before ranking them. Within …
This report offers a comprehensive snapshot of key environmental trends in OECD member countries since the early 1990s. It is organised by issues such as: climate change, air pollution, biodiversity and water resources, waste. The report reveals big differences in environmental trends in different countries. It confirms that much more …
Study finds cost of alternatives such as feed-in tariffs, industry regulation and subsidies can be ‘substantially higher’ Carbon taxes and emissions trading systems are the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions and should be “at the centre of government efforts to tackle climate change”, according to the Organisation for Economic …
Wind power could generate up to 18% of the world's electricity by 2050, compared with 2.6% today, according to new IEA research. The Technology Roadmap: Wind Energy — 2013 Edition finds that nearly 300 gigawatts of current wind power worldwide must increase eight- to ten-fold to achieve the roadmap's vision, …
Global spending to combat climate change fell last year and remains far below the level needed to prevent its most dangerous effects, a report by the Climate Policy Initiative said on Tuesday. Investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency and adaptation to climate change totaled $359 billion, $5 billion less than …
The world must eliminate emissions from burning fossil fuels in the second half of this century to lower the economic cost of climate change, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. Leading economist and climate change expert Nicholas Stern has said that investment equivalent to 2 …
Despite being a signatory to Ban Amendment of Basel Convention, the United Kingdom has dumped more than 600,000 kilograms of potentially hazardous plastic scrap in Pakistan during June 2013. Approximately 2,100 metric tons of potentially hazardous plastic scrap was released from different dry ports of Lahore, Islamabad and Multan during …
China will remain self-sufficient in the main food crops, though output will slow in the next decade under increasing resource and rural labor constraints, according to a new forecast by two international agencies. China will import more oilseed and livestock, for both the meat and dairy sectors, as consumption growth …
Residents of the Indian capital, who thought they had conquered air pollution a decade ago, are once again choking on exhaust fumes and dust and New Delhi has regained its status as one of the world’s dirtiest cities, according to environmental campaigners and official air quality data. Scientists have sounded …
OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Air pollution is set to become the biggest environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades, overtaking even such mass killers as poor sanitation and a lack of …
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Urban air pollution is set to become the biggest environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades, overtaking even such mass killers as poor …
Increasing misuse of chemicals is causing health and environmental damage especially in emerging economies and governments must do more to carry out a promised clean-up by 2020, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. Production and use of chemicals - from plastics to pesticides - is shifting to developing nations …
Strong expansion of nuclear power as a carbon-free energy source in Asia is expected to press ahead despite the Fukushima accident in Japan that soured sentiment in some countries, a benchmark report said on Thursday. An earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant in February 2011, leading to the closure …
Mismatch In Favour Of Production 1st Time Since ’04-05, Prices Drop 25% In 4 Months New Delhi:Strange things are happening in the world of oil. Crude prices have dropped more than 25% in the past four months. Global oil consumption has dropped below global production for the first time since …
The global economy started recovering in 2010, but along with that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions saw an unprecedented rise. They rose by 5.8 per cent, says a new report by the Washington-based research organisation, Worldwatch Institute. Interestingly, although China was the world's largest overall emitter in 2010 (followed by the …
