World Forest Day 2024: Indian forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide due to climate change
While increasing CO2 levels can initially boost photosynthesis, the warming sun acts like a cruel twist, hindering enzymes crucial for the process
New centre for carbon capture, utilisation at IIT Bombay
New centre to help India meet climate goals
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Carbon capture essential to our future
To allow recovery of the atmosphere, storage of CO2 is necessary for 10,000 years
India unlikely to meet carbon sink commitment
The current rate of afforestation is lower than what is needed to achieve the target
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
In the carbon muddle
Norway revokes a carbon sequestration study permit
The world is warming and we don't know how much carbon can it take
While questions have been raised about the inherent imprecision of the concept of carbon budget, its most important function is to convey the …
Human presence has accelerated snow melting in Antarctica: Report
Black carbon-impacted areas seeing snowpack shrinking by up to 23 millimetres water equivalent every summer
Paris Agreement: Five years on, it’s time to fix carbon trading
Setting the rules that govern emissions trading, financing and support for developing countries over 2021 will be critical
Protecting peatlands can help attain climate goals
Peatland degradation can trigger release of stored carbon. A UN report underlined ways to map and monitor them
Pollutant levels drop in central London 17 years after carbon tax introduction
Marylebone, Bloomsbury and Westminster had lower levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide in 2020, compared to 2003, a …
Study finds increased concentration of black carbon in Gangotri region during tourist seasons
A study finds remarkable increase in concentration of black carbon in the atmosphere near the pilgrim town of Gangotri in Uttarakhand during two …
Mangroves protect coastal communities, accountability in governance is need of the hour: Experts
Mapping and quantifying human-driven stress factors can help achieve accountability, notes experts
What happened at CoP26: A complete report card
Glasgow Climate Pact dismisses climate justice as a concept that is important only for some
‘Land squeeze’: New pressures emerging from carbon and biodiversity offset projects
In India, the top 10% own 45% of farmland
Is natural gas actually cleaner than coal? Growing evidence says maybe not
Methane releases from natural gas are a key factor in creating parity between the overall GHG emissions from gas and coal
COP28: Relying on carbon capture and storage to reach Net Zero would be economically damaging, shows Oxford report
A high-CCS pathway to decarbonisation to potentially mitigate half of today’s emissions in oil and gas industry will cost an additional $30 …
Carbon dioxide levels breach another record: NOAA
CO2 levels now spiked more than 50% than at the commencement of the industrial age
The truth sinks in
Amazon forests release more CO2 than what they absorb
Richest 1% emitted as much as poorest 66%, enough to cause 1.3 million heat deaths: Oxfam report
Annual global emissions of the super-rich 1% was cancelling out the carbon savings from almost a million onshore wind turbines, it shows
‘Planet wreckers’: 20 countries led by US to emit 90% carbon dioxide through 2050
5 countries in the global north — the United States, Canada, Australia, Norway and the United Kingdom — would contribute the majority …
How not to solve the climate change problem
Most effective way to address the climate change problem is to decarbonize the economies of the world’s nations
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 …
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