CO2 emissions from building sector highest in 2019: UNEP
The sector’s decarbonisation progress also slowing down, notes report
Coal crisis: Why Delhi’s coal stock is critical & what other states are doing
Delhi generates 1,107 megawatts of electricity and imports 4,154 MW from neighbouring states
If your city is sinking, why not make it float?
Floating cities are emerging as a possible solution for residents of many of the world's sinking megacities, if they can be built and operated …
Public-private partnership: Way forward for India's critical minerals value chain?
India needs to gear up by setting up joint ventures with the global OEMs and mining companies to make its lithium value chain resilient and …
Supreme Court okays Agra waste-energy plant; will that make the city cleaner
The city administration is looking forward to the technology, but with limited understanding of it; the recycling infrastructure remains severely …
Union Budget 2020-2021: Solar units to be set up on fallow, railway lands
Move may affect afforestation to meet India's international commitments
Small step, wrong direction
CDM ensures that the first step taken in Kyoto towards a climate change convention was actually in the wrong direction. The Kyoto Protocol, the '…
Sloppy govt attitude stands in way of toilet-linked biogas plants in Gujarat
The administration is dragging its feet over the project and technology that can manage faecal waste as well as generate clean fuel
COVID-19: Solar power capacity addition falls short of targets, flags report
India added 989 MW of solar power generation capacity first quarter of 2020 — a third of total target supposed to be commissioned&…
COP28 diary (December 4): Developing countries reject GGA draft, vote of support for rechanneling Special Drawing Rights
New Global Stocktake text to be published December 5, World Bank announces 5 new initiatives
As told to Parliament: Assam, Bihar, Odisha get flood hazard atlases
All that was discussed in the Houses through the day
Survey highlights gap between climate emergency perception, action in India
73% Indians are optimistic about avoiding climate crisis in their lifetime according to a survey by Epson; 4.1% don’t believe there is a …
Climate finance is not going to Global South where it is needed the most: CSE
Report launched right before the international summit on New Global Financial Pact in Paris
Economic Survey projects 6.5% growth in next financial year
India's agriculture sector has been witnessing an average annual growth rate of 4.6% over the last 6 years
Lutzerath protests: Climate activism watershed or Germany’s ticket to energy security?
What the protests against Garzweiler lignite mine expansion mean for global energy politics
‘India not joining the Oil & Gas Methane Partnership is a missed opportunity’
Manfredi Caltagirone, head of the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), on the Methane Alert and Response System
New Battery Waste Management Rules make producers accountable for recycling
But they need to be more holistic in design to enable sustainability standards
How construction material derived from agro-waste can pave way for sustainable living
Agro-based biocomposites help in carbon sequestration, control air pollution and reduce global warming
Too much fossil fuel output planned to cap global warming: UN report
Global production of coal, oil and gas should decline annually by 11%, 4%, and 3% to be consistent with the 1.5°C pathway, according to The …
Book Digest: Tales of tradition from Himalayas, cultural influences in COVID-19 world and more
Prospects of fossil-free future to politics of climate change, DTE tracks new books on environment and development from leading authors
CSE praises NTPC’s fly ash transfer move from its Rihand plant
Such steps, if replicated, can help address the issue of overabundance of fly ash piling up in major power-producing states of India
MPs can drive home policy changes — by asking the right questions
Question on non-compliance by thermal power plants in Rajya Sabha should have driven home a bigger point. Problem, however, was the question …
Nuclear Madness
Even as the world abondons nuclear power, the Indian government and industry are pushing for it
G7 nations drag heels on coal phaseout despite responsibility to lead transition
G7 failed to set concrete, reliable commitments in line with GST’s historic call on countries to transition away from fossil fuels
Clean(er) cooking in India: Country should explore e-cooking but address these challenges before switching
Lack of a reliable power supply is a major challenge to e-cooking adoption