Parts of Germany will phase out coal-fired power by 2030, war in Ukraine notwithstanding: EU MP Matthias Ecke
As a response to the natural gas crises, Germany has built LNG terminals near ports to import fuel from elsewhere, says Ecke
Reviewing Punjab’s new EV policy: Will it help achieve desired fleet electrification?
All in all, it is a policy enabling supply side of the value chain, as well as supporting buyers of EVs with the ‘feebate’ incentive …
Less than a quarter of emission targets from Paris climate agreement met in 7 years
World is not on track to achieve forest goals of ending and reversing deforestation by 2030
UNEP calls Nord Stream methane leak ‘biggest-ever’; plume over Europe fading
Earlier this year, UNEP showed that oil and gas fields worldwide have been causing massive methane leaks, mostly due to faulty equipment
Climate goals at stake: State support for fossil fuels almost doubled in 2021
51 countries doubled the amount of expenditure on fossil fuels, according to an analysis by OECD and IEA
How did James Webb telescope detect CO2 in a giant Jupiter-like planet? Experts tell us
Detecting CO2 allows experts to understand the history and evolution of planets
New report puts a $759 billion price tag on decarbonising global petrochemicals sector
BloombergNEF study explored how to cut emissions from fossil fuel’s non-energy uses
The dreaded rainforest shift
The implications of the world’s largest rainforest competing with human-generated greenhouse gases are alarming
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
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
Heads of oil industry had been privately informed by their leaders that their products would alter the climate of the planet long ago; they …
COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed climate change: UN
Unless urgent climate action is taken, the world could be in for catastrophic changes, according to a UN report
‘The expectation that burden of US inaction will be borne by developing countries is unfair’
Given its economic capacity and carbon debt it owes the world, US should not emit any carbon in the future at all.
Airports globally saved 320,000 tonnes CO2 in 2018
Three Indian airports are rated carbon neutral under the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme
Consenting adults in a hot world
Since we are all humans, and all equal, the question comes down to whether in the process of climate negotiations we are going to act like a …
Factsheet: Who is emitting what
As per the latest data, China, comprised of 19.2 percent of the world’s population, was the world’s leading emitter of …
Factsheet: Who is emitting?
As per analysis of the Washington DC-based global research organisation World Resources Institute (WRI) for 2011, China, comprising almost 20 per …
Global environmental change alters grasslands
Grasslands store 30 per cent of the world's carbon making them crucial in combating climate change
Road expansion, deforestation shrinking wildlife in Congo Basin: Study
Accelerating deforestation could also leak carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect
US EPA scraps Obama-era plan limiting coal emissions
The new Affordable Clean Energy rule by Trump administration claims will reduce CO2 emissions by 35% below 2005 levels
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
More nitrogen may help offset effect of climate change on wheat: study
IIT-Kharagpur scientists find wheat yield improves with increasing levels of nitrogen application despite elevated CO2 conditions
Africa Climate Week: Cyclone Idai highlights urgent need of climate finance
The cyclone is already being touted as one of the worst natural disasters in the southern hemisphere
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
The e-vehicle paradox
In spite of the change technology promises, the change on ground is so miniscule that the reality of dirty energy and dirty vehicles swamps the …
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