Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
There is a growing concern among policy makers about how electricity is generated and consumed in the context of energy security and global climate change. In such a scenario, renewable energy sources, especially solar and wind energy, are likely to play a significant role in providing reliable and sustainable electricity …
This policy brief highlights the significance of ‘mineral resource security’ for India in delivering its ambitious plans for development and economic growth. It emphasizes the linkage between a secure supply of minerals (as a raw material inputs) and domestic manufacturing with a purview of recent policies and programs announced by …
The Center for American Progress proposes that federal agencies and state governments adopt the private-sector practice of proxy carbon pricing when evaluating long-term government decisions and investments. This practice would apply to decision-making with respect to both direct government action, such as investment in transportation infrastructure, and indirect government action, …
Even the most efficient coal plants are not compatible with the global climate change goals, a new study reveals. As world leaders prepare to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change next week, a report from Ecofys shows that any coal-fired power generation will take the world off course from …
The purpose of this study is to compare the generating efficiency and CO2-intensity of fossil-fired power plants for Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway aggregated), South Korea, United Kingdom and Ireland (aggregated), and the United States. This is done by calculating separate benchmark …
This report seeks to describe the landscape of opportunities for the private sector and other relevant stakeholders, with insights pertaining to the Paris Agreement, commitments made by countries to decarbonise economies, India’s approach to tackle climate change and a look into the future market. The report presents a snapshot of …
The December 2015 Paris climate conference was another — and perhaps final — chapter in decades of climate policy-making failure. It set the world on course for more than 3°C of warming and all but precludes a less-than-2°C future without radical climate interventions. Commentators say “deadly flaws” in the Paris …
BEIJING: China's carbon emissions, by far the world's highest, may have peaked in 2014, according to a study published on Monday, potentially putting Beijing under pressure to toughen climate pledges perceived as too lax. China has promised to bring greenhouse gas emissions to a peak by "around 2030" as part …
Australian Conservation Foundation report shows a 3.2% jump in emissions by the country’s biggest polluters despite Coalition’s climate target claims. Australia’s biggest climate polluters increased their emissions in the year to July 2015, according to the latest data from Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator. Some of those companies have themselves called …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Carbon Emission, 01/03/2016. The goal of reducing the emissions intensity of GDP by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level as included in the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) pertains to the period 2021-2030. The INDC target will be achieved by implementing …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Emission of Methane, 01/03/2016. As per India’s first Biennial Update Report (BUR) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 22nd January 2016, methane emissions in 2010 was 19.776 million tonnes which is around 22.03 % of the total Green …
This brief examines the expected impact of China’s power sector on water and climate in 2030. Building on plans announced at COP21 in Paris and earlier analyses by China Water Risk and IRENA, it assesses the impact of different options for China’s power mix in 2030 on water use and …
The idea of a global carbon price has been a recurrent theme in debates on international climate policy. Discarded at the Conference of Parties (COP) of Copenhagen in 2009, it remained part of deliberations for a climate agreement in subsequent years. Unfortunately, there is still much misunderstanding about the reasons …
Countries, including members of the G20, should strengthen the credibility of their pledges to limit or reduce annual emissions of greenhouse gases in order to build confidence in the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to a new report published by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the …
Global energy demand will increase 25 percent between 2014 and 2040, driven by population growth and economic expansion, ExxonMobil said in the 2016 edition of The Outlook for Energy. At the same time, energy efficiency gains and increased use of renewable energy sources and lower carbon fuels, such as natural …
The United States will need new legislation to achieve its long-term target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 80 percent by 2050. In this issue brief, show how a national carbon price—in the form of either a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade program—can help the United States …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Reduction in carbon intensity of GDP, 21/12/2015. India is a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). All Parties to UNFCCC have been requested to submit their Indented Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) towards addressing climate change. Accordingly, India has submitted …
In some circles in India, the World Bank has a bad reputation for acting in the name of the poor but in the service of the global business elite. Anyone who believes that this is always the case should read Shock Waves, by Stephane Hallegatte and co-authors, published by the …
In some circles in India, the World Bank has a bad reputation for acting in the name of the poor but in the service of the global business elite. Anyone who believes that this is always the case should read Shock Waves, by Stephane Hallegatte and co-authors, published by the …
The Climate Change Performance Index is an instrument supposed to enhance transparency in international climate politics. Its aim is to encourage political and social pressure on those countries which have, up to now, failed to take ambitious actions on climate protection as well as to highlight countries with best-practice climate …
