The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
This Greepeace report is a documentation of 10 successful case studies from across India on how communities and individuals have used decentralised renewable energy to energise and empower their lives. Asserting the fact that renewable energy holds the key to India’s energy future, Greenpeace released the report Taking Charge: Case …
To date, land use related climate policy and programs have tended to separate forestry and agriculture. In reality, the interface between these sectors is highly diverse and dynamic. With the influx of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) finance, and the rising attention to agriculture within climate change …
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is a carbon reduction technology that offers permanent net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. The benefits inherent within this technology are currently receiving increased attention from policy makers. To facilitate the development of appropriate policy incentives, this paper reviews the treatment of …
‘Such plants burn waste, creating more greenhouse gas emissions and toxic pollution' Representatives of waste pickers' organisations, citizens groups, environmental organisations and residents' welfare associations held a protest dharna in front of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lodhi Estate here on Monday. The protestors were demanding the immediate end …
Global climate talks in South Africa next month will not produce a "big bang" capable of producing a new and binding pact to slash greenhouse gases, but steady progress could be made, a senior European climate official said on Tuesday. Jos Delbeke, director general for climate action at the European …
As energy is the source of all life, so modern energy can be the source of a better life for all. The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) has focused attention on modern energy access for a decade, providing the international community with quantitative, objective analysis. This report, a …
Solar energy has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years due to both technological improvements resulting in cost reductions and government policies supportive of renewable energy development and utilization. This study analyzes the technical, economic and policy aspects of solar energy development and deployment. While the cost of solar energy has …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing a National Programme on Solar Water Heating aimed at peak shaving, conservation of electricity and fossil fuels and providing a clean, non-polluting solution for water heating in housing, institutional, commercial and industrial sectors. Over 4 million sqm of collector area has …
This paper looks at the ways in which clean energy is being governed in India. It analyses and seeks to explain the nature of governance arrangements and policy-making processes around the development of energy sources and technologies defined as ‘clean’ both by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and beyond. Such …
As the world gears up for the next round of United Nations climate-change negotiations in Durban, South Africa, in November, evidence has emerged that a cornerstone of the existing global climate agreement, the international greenhouse-gas emissions-trading system, is seriously flawed. Critics have long questioned the usefulness of the Clean Development …
Earns Rs.47 crore carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail and rail-based system in the world to get “carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions” and helping in reducing pollution levels in the …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has become the world's first Metro mode of transport to be certified by the United Nation (UN) for earning carbon credits by cutting down on pollution and emission of green house gases as part of its fight against climate change. And all thanks to …
Lanco Infratech Limited (LITL), has announced that Lanco Tanjore Power Company Limited (Formerly known as Aban Power Company Limited) has won the Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award for Clean Technology for the year 2009-2010 in recognition to its contribution to cleaner production as well as its commitment towards environmental pollution control …
China needs to set absolute restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions if it is to fulfill its aim to set up a carbon market over the next five years, a cabinet office think tank said in a paper published on Thursday. "It is only under an absolute emissions cap that carbon …
Forests are the natural treasure chests of the world, providing a host of ecosystem services that – and this needs to be said very clearly and up front – are paramount to ensuring economic progress and human well-being, not only locally but also at global scale. This new study asserts …
The UNDP has launched report that provides a step-by-step guide to developing countries in setting up national climate funds and in making informed decisions on climate financing options. This guidebook is based on UNDP’s experience with 750 funds comprising over US$5 billion in resources from various donors. The guide aims …
The governance of forests in India has been a complex realm to unravel. Due to the multiple claims to ownership, jurisdiction and management of forests through India's modern history, forests have remained a subject of intrigue for all those trying to understand the complex legalities that have operated within a …
This second annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets tracks, reports, and analyzes trends in global transactions of emissions reductions generated from forest carbon projects. The data and analysis that follow cover forest carbon activity in compliance carbon markets as well as voluntary carbon markets—such as the voluntary Over-the-Counter (OTC) …
This recent Wikileaks cable from US Consulate in Mumbai has evidences to show that despite the risk and uncertainty of qualifying for carbon credits Indian businesses have pumped USD 25 billion into unilaterally developing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to generate carbon credits.
An Agreement of Collaboration has been signed between the UNEP Risoe Centre in Denmark and Ministry of Housing and Environment on capacity building for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The activities under this collaboration will consist of strengthening capacity of Maldives to participate in the Global Carbon Market, through a series …
