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The EU proposes to start emissions trading in 2005

Why this California town has declared ‘climate emergency’

Calls upon its residents to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

Uncle Sam coming around?

Windmills of change

White paper with grey areas

Carbon trading mega-project in Brazil

Rat race

Emissions reduction projects go to large developing nations

Aggressive expansion of carbon offset deals in Africa, island states raises crucial questions

Projects covering 10% of Zambia & Liberia’s land have been signed with a UAE-based company  

Lessons from PAT scheme can shape Indian carbon market

Carbon Credit and Trading Scheme must set ambitious targets and robust framework; compliance must be timely and with real penalties  

World EV Day: Busting the myths surrounding electric vehicles

Ahead of World EV Day, Centre for Science and Environment tries to answer some questions on electric vehicles

Current emissions targets could keep the planet below a 2°C temperature rise but a turbocharged effort is needed

Delivering on long-term promises requires decarbonisation efforts at unprecedented speed and scale

Methane emissions from wetlands rose 5-6% since 2000-2006: Study

Methane is responsible for roughly 30 per cent of the rise in temperature since the pre-industrial period

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 …

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

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

‘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.  

Canada’s latest climate plan bets on expensive and unproven carbon capture technologies

Bill C-12, if passed, commits Canada to “binding” targets every five years as of 2030 with the goal of achieving net-zero emissions …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: India must release its 2005 baseline emissions data

This will enable much high quality policy-relevant analysis of India’s road to sustainability

Saving coral reefs like these can save other ecosystems

Limiting greenhouse gas emissions, rebuilding fish stocks and improving quality of water can help protect reefs

African leaders meet to draw plan for a climate-resilient continent

They noted that while Africa contributed the least to global emissions, it is the first in line of suffering the dramatic consequences of them

Here is a solution for crop residue burning problem

Happy Seeder — a tractor-mounted device — will eliminate air pollution and reduce green house gas emissions from on-farm activities …

South Africa’s carbon tax: Aim to ensure zero waste to landfill

The tax launched June 1, 2019, aims to cut emissions by a third next year, 42% by 2025  

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

Vehicular fumes escalate deaths and illness: New global study

Diesel vehicles responsible for nearly half the world's premature deaths. Delhi ranks sixth

Will Costa Rica's ambitious plan to negate climate change work?

The Central American country does not have any law restricting use of fossil fuels, but it has stepped up its ambition to fully …