Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse

The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others …

‘Anti-coal lobbying detrimental to developing economies, needs a check’

Some participants at Japan symposium talked about the need to a form a new alliance to tap the resource  

Japan symposium demands another chance for coal

Participants bat for clean coal in energy mix as Asia’s energy needs are set to double

World’s largest companies are failing on climate action, new report shows

A heavy reliance on carbon offsetting helps companies shirk accountability for a majority of their emissions

After Paris, UK's latest 'carbon budget' just isn't ambitious enough

British people will still be able to emit 60% more than their fair share

World’s largest steel maker to use rabbit microbe to turn emissions into fuel

The project will annually produce fuel that is enough to run half a million cars

On hold

This tool can help companies track digital carbon footprint of stored data

Data carbon ladder enables organisations to see environmental impact of stored data at various stages

Carbon budget target 2030: How it ends

What is the carbon budget that remains — the amount of carbon dioxide we can emit going forward if we are to limit temperature rise to 1.5&…

Global energy transition too slow, needs a ‘low emissions revolution’: IEA

Current climate pledges will raise temperatures by 2.1 degrees above pre-industrial levels and more action is needed in the energy sector, says …

Bio-CNG projects as carbon credit generators

Carbon credits obtained through the production of a tonne of Bio-CNG varies between 16 and 25, depending on the type of feedstock used  

Climate change first ‘went viral’ exactly 70 years ago

Throughout the 50s and 60s US, Swedish, German and Soviet scientists were examining the issue

Stripping carbon from the atmosphere might be needed to avoid dangerous warming — but it remains a deeply uncertain prospect

Proponents argue carbon removal is required at a massive scale to avoid dangerous warming

Next stop net zero: Indian Railways plans to become a net zero emitter by 2030; here’s how

Instead of going the usual offset route, the Indian Railways plans to source the bulk of its energy needs from renewable sources to become a net …

Plastic production accounts for much larger carbon footprint than previously thought

Global carbon footprint of plastic doubled since 1995, reaching two billion GtCO2-tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015 

Fixing cheap carbon

Genetically improved plants in Vietnam to help Australia meet its Kyoto target as cheaply as possible

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 …

Ghana is behind the curve on climate change laws: expert suggests a way to get corporations on board

Ghana is currently lacking the political will as well as technical capacity to establish a strong climate change regulator 

When the pot calls the kettle black

Involuntarism

The Great Carbon Capture: All about India's carbon market

India’s lucrative carbon market is worth over $1.2 billion. It will only grow as the crisis of climate change becomes more urgent and …

Deep sea carbon reservoirs once superheated the Earth – could it happen again?

At the end of the last glacial era, about 20,000 years ago, carbon dioxide was released into the ocean from geologic reservoirs located on the …

What is carbon pricing?

Carbon pricing works by putting a monetary value on carbon, which makes the cost of emitting carbon explicit to those polluting

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 

Missing green growth: 11 rich countries like Germany, UK will need 2 centuries to meet Paris goals

Emission reductions highly insufficient for Canada, Australia and 9 European countries; calling it ‘green growth’ is misleading …