The race is on to decarbonize the 50,000-plus ships that carry our stuff around the world
International shipping produces as much CO2 as aircraft. Here’s what we can do about that
Centre launches e-Mobility Programme; 10,000 e-vehicles to be procured this year
Govt focussing on charging infrastructure and policy framework to ensure more than 30% of new vehicles in 2030 are electric
Parts of US, Europe and Asia still grappling with problem of high level of ozone pollution
Parts of southern Europe, South Korea, Japan and China are experiencing more than 15 days a year of ozone levels above 70 ppb
Paris Climate Deal: ambitions and actions on the ground
National pledges on emission reduction made by countries under Paris Agreements will only account for one-third of what is needed to avoid the …
Antarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought
Analysis of 12,000-year-old Antarctic ice reveals that methane leaks from fossil fuel extraction play a larger role than previously thought
Shadow of Dieselgate: alarmingly high emissions from diesel cars, SUVs on Indian roads
The first ever real world emissions testing of BSIV cars in India shows alarmingly high real world emission from diesel cars on road, explodes …
Pongamia power enables Adilabad villagers to export carbon credits to Germany
When Gond tribals of Chalpadi village in Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh agreed this April to export 900 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in …
Article 6.2 of Paris Agreement in action: A growing number of countries are entering carbon market partnerships
Over two dozen bilateral agreements have been signed since 2020
World’s two biggest polluters-China and US-strike deal to cut carbon emissions
Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment warns the deal will push the world to catastrophic increase in average global temperature
GWP100 or GWP*: Meat, dairy lobby pushing for new methane metric. How this will enable greenwashing
New method takes current methane emissions as baseline to present minor reductions as negative emissions or cooling
Africa Climate Summit 2023: African Carbon Markets Initiative to benefit fossil fuel companies, financial brokers, says report
Initiative has already attracted investors from the United Arab Emirates which has committed to buy $450 million of carbon credits
EU’s top 10 emitters are all coal plants — and 7 of them are repeat offenders
Poland, Germany dominate Europe’s emissions; long-term trend of coal power emissions shows a decline
Annual investments of $260 billion required to halve agrifood emissions by 2030, achieve Net Zero by 2050: World Bank
New report claims twice the amount spend on agricultural subsidies; suggests India replace diesel irrigation pumps with solar
Forests are vital to protect the climate, yet the world is falling far behind its targets
Global climate targets, sustainable development goals and forest commitments depend on each other
Carbon removal: Why ambitious ‘no nonsense’ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2°C
A decade provides a realistic window to develop the processes needed to reach net zero
Italy’s Mount Etna volcano erupts; spews ash, smoke
Flights from Catania suspended due to lack of visibility
Trading in emissions
The UK could earn up to US $1 billion in the sale of surplus emissions
Checking Emissions
Need to change course
Emissions of the shipping sector are extremely high
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Let’s discuss food’s climate impact
More than any other economic sector, agriculture creates a divide between the world that emits for survival and the one that emits for luxury
Why we need to look beyond the farm to achieve sustainability in agri-food systems
Time is ripe to start focusing on the whole agricultural value chain to tackle the three-fold challenges of rural livelihoods, climate adaptation …
A milestone: India to regulate real driving emissions from new vehicles today onwards
Vehicles will get tested for real driving emissions in real traffic conditions from today onwards to ensure durable emissions performance and to …
Emissions trading: ‘Permanence of carbon credits, human rights protection needs focus at COP27’
Jonathan Crook, policy officer at Carbon Market Watch, on carbon market negotiations in the first week of COP27
Net Zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption
While renewables are making major inroads, the world’s overall primary energy use keeps risin
