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 …
The Ministry of Power (MOP) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) were tasked to prepare the implementation plan for the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). NMEEE spelt out the following four new initiatives to enhance energy efficiency, in addition to the programmes on energy efficiency being pursued by …
Federal Government is preparing a plan to minimise the adverse impact of climate change on livestock. The plan will focus on provision of shading, improved airflow, reduced crowding, alerted diets and provision for ensuring animal health. According to official sources of Planning Commission, a new national forestry policy with institutional …
The present study focuses on climate policy in Luxembourg on the occasion of national and European elections in June 2009, but it also serves as a case study for how EU member states are tackling their objectives at the national level. Luxembourg has a very particular kind of climate change …
Brazil's securities regulator has recommended that carbon credits be treated as investments separate from derivatives since they are used mainly as instruments to trim greenhouse gas emissions. In a decision published late on Tuesday, the Rio de Janeiro-based securities regulator, known as CVM, said it would consider some carbon credit …
A dual system of both national emissions caps and carbon trading schemes should play a central role in cutting global greenhouse gas emissions, a report commissioned by the British government said on Monday. At the government level, national caps on emissions should ensure countries take responsibility for limiting their own …
COME December and developed and developing countries will meet in Copenhagen to deliberate the issue of climate change. The issues are also well known. At the base is the Kyoto Protocol under which signatory countries agree to peg their carbon emission levels at or below some historical level, namely, 1990. …
The emergence of a global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen in December hinges on the United States passing its own climate bill before then, analysts at Point Carbon said on Wednesday. "The probability that an international agreement with quantative targets will be signed in Copenhagen in December …
Brazil wants historic emissions to be the basis for greenhouse gas pollution targets, slated for discussion during December climate talks in Copenhagen, Brazil's top climate negotiator said in an interview. Jose Miguez, who heads Brazil's Interministerial Commission on Global Climate Change, said Brazil is not yet proposing targets for emissions …
In this paper, 'Climate Change: An Opportunity for Sustainable Development', the Author examines the various aspects of climate change and Delhi Metro's comparative advantage in being able to address them. He brings out that if left unabated, climate change would most certainly reverse the hard-earned development gains; and the poorest …
Paper industry requires large amounts of energy in the form of heat. The energy requirement is met with captive and national grid power. Substantial portion of the energy requirement is met through the generation from the fossil fuels.The industry is also offering tremendous potential to save energy and such savings …
This paper states the basic concept of Carbon Trading and methodologies. It describes the first step to start with and up to trading the carbon credits in the carbon market. It also reviews the present scenario of generating carbon credits through Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects and trading in the …
India and Europe need to work together towards restructuring global political and economic structures, within the context of tackling climate destabilisation. Both India and the member states of the European Union recognise the vital importance of the rule of law in a world that is threatened by lawlessness, and which …
India and Europe need to work together towards restructuring global political and economic structures, within the context of tackling climate destabilisation. Both India and the member states of the European Union recognise the vital importance of the rule of law in a world that is threatened by lawlessness, and which …
With the world going for alternatives to reduce carbon emission, India too is undertaking initiatives to fulfill green dreams. Taking note of it Energetica India conducted interview of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Secretary Deepak Gupta.
This article proposes and investigates a project-based crediting mechanism which based o a national CO2 emission intensity standard for new power plants to be added in the electricity sector from 2013-2020 in developing countries. Under this mechanism, the power plant emission intensity standard is used as a basis for issuing …
The objective of this report is to explore the topic of carbon sinks in forest ecosystems, focusing on the issue of REDD. The report covers different angles: an overview of existing financial and methodological initiatives that currently invest in preparation and capacity building of potential REDD host countries, but also …
This Guide has three main objectives: to provide information to all those interested in CDM project activities; to detail the specific regulations governing the submission of CDM project activities in Brazil; and to facilitate an understanding of the process and, consequently, promote the development of CDM projects in the country. …
It was the biannual gathering of over 100,000 Protestants in Bremen, a small town in Germany. As the articulate minister for environment, Sigmar Gabriel, came to participate in a discussion on energy security for a climate-secure world, many stood up. Soon the hall was full of blue placards, held high, …
