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 

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Goods manufactured in China are associated with high carbon dioxide emissions owing to the country’s outdated manufacturing processes and …

‘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

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?

Environmental governance: India's changing scenario

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

Global CO2 emissions from energy use to grow at rate lower than previous estimates

Instead of last year’s estimate of 29 per cent, the rate will be 25 per cent between 2013 and 2035, says British company BP’s Energy …

Only 13 of 132 largest energy cos committed to net zero emissions: Study

The research reveals that the global energy sector has hardly achieved any progress in achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, four …

Transforming land use can make world carbon neutral by 2040: Study

Immediate measures on agriculture, forestry, wetlands and bioenergy can cut down a third of the emissions to keep temperatures below 1.5°C

Rising CO2 emissions may affect labour productivity in developing countries: Study

Agriculture, mining and quarrying, manufacturing and construction — sectors which account for 73 per cent of output in poor countries' are …

CSE study exposes massive environmental dumping of old and used vehicles in Africa, South Asia

Urgent global intervention is needed to stop the unregulated dumping and reduce health and climate risks

IEA projects rapid increase in installed solar capacity by 2040

However, it expects carbon dioxide emissions to continue rising for decades

No rise in CO2 emissions globally for second year in a row: IEA

For the year 2015, global CO2 emissions stood at 32.1 billion tonnes, essentially the same as levels in 2013

Highest carbon concentration in atmosphere in 3 million years: WMO

The new WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin says CO2 concentration in atmosphere has breached all recent records

How technology can help in capturing carbon

The technologies, a type of geoengineering, been debated over their ethical and safety concerns   

Countries must up climate ambitions to achieve Paris commitments: Experts

The world is paced for a 3°C rise, according to the current nationally determined contributions 

US Supreme Court puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold

The Plan requires at least a 32-per cent cut in CO2 emissions from the power sector compared to 2005 levels by 2030

No action, just a war of words at COP 21

Developed countries only want CO2 reduction comitments, but backtrack on finance

Cochin airport becomes the world’s first to operate on solar power

The project is expected to help the airport avoid more than 300,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions over the next 25 years

Public protests hold back growth of tar sands industry in Canada

Tar sands contain more carbon and toxic substances than conventional oil