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Biofuel breakthroughs bring 'negative emissions' a step closer

The right kind of algae can be converted to biofuel, and there are potential side benefits for carbon capture

Why reducing emissions from deforestation, forest degradation remains a challenge

Fund constraints and lack of clarity on implementation derails the progress of REDD+

It’s banned and depletes ozone layer, still China uses it

The Environmental Investigative Agency has found that CFC-11, a gas banned under the Montreal Protocol, is being used extensively in East Asia, …

Inking solutions to pollution

Two Indian startups are converting polluted air particles into inks and paints

Rising CO2 level can lead to drier Amazon and bring more rain in African and Pacific forests

Large-scale changes in rainfall can happen based on how tropical forests respond to excess CO2 in the atmosphere

Climate change in news on April 16

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around climate change

Four Indian companies among 100 global businesses with highest carbon footprint

Coal India tops the list with 2,014 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emission, which is about 86 per cent of country’s total CO2 emission

Three ways nanomaterials could help combat climate change and prevent pollution

Researchers are looking to tiny materials to clean up air, water and land

If you thought global emissions had peaked you were wrong

Study warns that current emission trajectory will lead to warming well beyond 1.5 °C mark

Smartphones would be environmentally the most destructive device by 2020: study

85 per cent of their emissions impact comes from production because it needs a lot of energy to produce chip and motherboard of smartphones

Growing maritime traffic major source of air pollution in East Asia

Contributed 16 per cent of carbon dioxide in the region in 2013 compared to 4-7 per cent during 2002-05

Extreme droughts weaken trees' ability to soak up carbon

Forests take longer than expected to rebound from droughts, diminishing their role as global carbon sinks

Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees: really hard, but not impossible

It's still possible to hit the more ambitious of the two Paris global warming goals, according to a new estimate of global carbon budget

Countries are progressing too slowly on green growth, says OECD

No country is performing well on all green growth dimensions and most of the countries studied are yet to fully disconnect economic growth from …

CO2 levels cross 400 ppm even in Antarctica; experts voice concern

This time, rise in CO2 concentration may remain irreversible even if we cut emissions

US, China and India: Top carbon emitters to face the biggest economic losses

India, which emits more than 2.4 billion metric tonnes of CO2, is already bearing an economic loss of $206 billion

India, China lead climate actions, but US inaction will still cause rise in global emissions

While China and India have reduced growth of their emissions, some of the other largest emitters will fail to honour their commitments

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For China, climate change is no hoax – it's a business and political opportunity

Chinese leaders believe cutting carbon emissions will generate economic and political payoffs at home and abroad

Harley-Davidson to pay $12-million fine over emission violation

The company will also spend additional $3 million to reduce air pollution on US roads

US scraps CO2 monitoring programme that doesn’t cost more than a battle tank

NASA's Carbon Monitoring System provides data on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stocks to help countries evaluate their progress towards …

Climate negotiations and the invisible hand of carbon chaos

According to experts, carbon markets only shift responsibility from the polluters to the invisible hands of the market and fail to decrease …

India, please don't make the same mistakes we made in industrialised world: Swiss President

President Leuthard urged India to explore the possibility of close collaboration between research institute and policymakers on clean energy

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