Last year saw the biggest drop in CO2 emissions; here’s why that’s not enough

Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to grow 4.8% as the economy rebounds after COVID-19 pandemic: Global Energy Review 2021 

How smartphones are killing the planet

The energy used to build a single smartphone is equal to the energy required to operate it for about a decade

Union Budget 2019-20: Govt makes major push for easy adoption of e-vehicles

The sops include tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh on loans taken to buy e-vehicles, more charging station in smart cities, highways 

IPCC’s new report on climate change is a call to action

The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises …

IEA’s push for climate ambition must start at home

International Energy Agency's latest carbon dioxide numbers try to greenwash biggest historic polluters

Technology advancement not matching energy demand, leading to emissions: report

In the last two years, higher economic growth was not met by higher energy-productive and lower-carbon emission options as it did not scale fast …

Chinese goods a death knell for environment, says study

Goods manufactured in China are associated with high carbon dioxide emissions owing to the country’s outdated manufacturing processes and …

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future – not skyscrapers

Densely built, low-rise environments are more space and carbon efficient, while high-rise buildings have a drastically higher carbon impact

EU cannot use ‘nature-based solutions’ to make up for lack of emissions cuts

Over-estimating the potential of such solutions is bad for biodiversity and the climate

‘The Earth is revealing the carbon cycle to modern science’

Balz S Kamber speaks to Down To Earth about the effect of anthropogenic emissions on the global carbon cycle

Just a year left, India has met less than 2% of its e-vehicles target

The aim was 15-16 million e-vehicles by 2020; As of May 2019, country had only 0.28 million

IEA report recommends radical near-term reductions in energy sector CO2 emissions

Over the coming decades, the demand for oil will be generated from freight, aviation and petrochemicals sectors where alternatives are scarce

Delhi’s 13.2 million vehicles are now the primary source of its winter pollution: CSE

Delhi needs to urgently work on public transport, walking and cycling infrastructure and parking facilities to reduce traffic congestion, CSE says

Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050 – new research

CoP26 will put a much needed spotlight on the shipping sector. At a subsequent meeting in November 2021, the IMO will discuss plans for revising …

CoP26 Diary (Nov 3): Activists outrage at not being able to access event

A round-up of what went on at the Glasgow summit

Global emissions can decline 10% this decade if refineries clean up their act: Report

CO2 emissions from oil refineries were 1.3 Gt in 2018 and could reach up to 16.5 Gt from 2020 to 2030, if low carbon measures are not adopted

Why e-rickshaws have emerged a winner in transition to electric mobility race

E-rickshaws have proliferated because most of them remain unregistered; there is a need to regulate their operations 

Economic Survey 2018-19: Increasing access to charging points key to boost electric vehicle sales

Only 0.06 per cent of the total cars in India are electric, while China has two per cent and Norway has 39 per cent

Global carbon emission remained static in 2016, but India registered significant rise

Slowdown in emissions is attributed to decreased use of fossil fuels, especially coal, and increasing popularity of renewables

Landmark human rights case against 47 'carbon majors'

Petitioners in the Philippines have asked its human rights panel to investigate the role of carbon majors in causing climate change which has …

We need to get serious about ‘negative emissions’ technology—fast

Sometime soon we'll need to take more carbon out of the atmosphere than we emit—but how?

Only 25 cities responsible for 52% of global urban GHG emissions: Study

Cities in the developed world show higher per capita emissions, according to the study

Why Shell being asked to cut emissions is a big move on Big Oil

Fossil fuel companies are notorious for greenwashing their intentions and this legal challenge can set a precedent for other courts

Closing the loop on fashion

Advanced recycling of textile and agricultural waste is needed to transition to circular economy in apparel industry

Environmental governance: India's changing scenario

The department of environment came into existence on November 1, 1980 followed by state departments