Veggie is the most low-carbon diet, right? Well, it depends where you live

As 90% of our energy intake comes directly from the soil, agricultural practices obviously have a big effect on soil health

Not a single cool month in the last 628 months

India, which just experienced one of the hottest Septembers in the last century, loses at least 400 people to heat waves every year

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

Are we finally about to get a global agreement on aviation emissions?

The upcoming meeting in Montreal looks set to approve a mandatory system of carbon offsetting for international flights

Methane emissions from fossil fuels much higher than current estimates

Methane emissions from fossil fuel and natural geological seepage are 60 to 110 per cent greater than current estimates, says a study published …

Netherlands ordered to cut emissions

Activists believe more countries will take action soon

Emission impossible

We need to change the way we farm, we eat and we think as agriculture is the largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions

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

Developing countries need carbon space, says Javadekar

Environment minister hopes that the new climate deal will be fair and just to underdeveloped and developing countries

After Copenhagen: What's on the Agenda? (Part I)

The Centre for Science and Environment recently held a climate change media workshop to brief South Asian journalists on the politics of …

Take Note

Massive exercise underway to map air pollution sources in Delhi

A group of scientists and students are braving heat and dust this summer in the national capital to map all possible sources of air pollution

Why Indian automobile industry needs to walk extra to clean up toxic emissions

By jumping from BSIV to BSVI,  India's not allowing vehicle manufacturers extra time to sell the stock of unsold BSIV vehicles

Entitlements

Two weeks of discussions on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change have just ended. But core problems remain. The world's worst polluters are …

Paying the Carbon Price: The Subsidisation of Heavy Polluters Under Emissions Trading Schemes

Paying the Carbon Price analyses the practice of freely allocating permits in Emissions Trading Schemes (ETSs) 

Pay and pollute?

It is an irony that carmakers get away by paying a meagre 1 per cent of the cost of diesel cars while the emission data nails that they emit 7 to …

A bad bargain

If the atmosphere is a common resource shared by everyone then should the South let itself be bullied into accepting a US diktat on emission …

Environmental duty

In carbon negative Sikkim, emissions are on the rise

A preliminary report by the Sikkim government suggests the green state is carbon-negative, but emissions are on the rise

Diesel cars fail to meet European emission standards, reveals report

Tests carried out under urban driving conditions showed the NOx emissions of diesel cars to be much higher than the prescribed limit

Creative carbon accounting

The Kyoto protocol, agreed in December 1997, was the first step to curtail emissions of the industrialised world. It is now being used to set up …

Electric vehicles are becoming more popular, but which countries are buying them?

A new report by the International Council of Clean Transportation has come out with a new briefing paper on the electric vehicles market. This …

Delhi notifies guidelines for scrapping vehicles, but some issues remain unaddressed

The guidelines should make periodic testing of roadworthiness of vehicles mandatory and link the scrapping process to deregistration of vehicles 

The joker among 'trumps'!

Logging trees to generate power is emerging as the new game to gain carbon credits. But this climate strategy is burning the ecology

United effort