Europe keeping dirty fuels alive; will spend $68 billion in hidden subsidies by 2040
Spain, Poland, Belgium, Ireland and the UK are making the biggest spending for subsidising fossil fuels
Climate Change: Fossil firms risk US $2.2 trillion as investment in non-viable projects
If companies across the world continue fuel production in a business-as-usual scenario, UN action to achieve the climate goal will stall …
Green energy surge still isn’t enough for 1.5 degrees. We’ll have to overshoot, adapt & soak up carbon dioxide
Economic sectors that produce large volumes of emissions, such as concrete and steel making, are difficult to decarbonise and will take longer
Biomass pellets: CPCB’s revised grants highly inadequate to close demand-supply gap
CPCB has underestimated the cost of setting up a pellet manufacturing unit, say experts
Trump’s remark on India’s coal usage highly misleading
This is the second time that US has blamed India and China for pulling out of the climate agreement
Why Trump is a bad businessman
By pulling out of Paris Agreement, US loses an opportunity to expand clean energy markets and create jobs
Pet coke conundrum
We are buying the world’s dirtiest fuel as if we have no worries of air pollution. This needs to change
How do your favourite fashion brands score on climate card? Quite bad
Sports brands fare better than fast fashion ones on climate commitments as well as switch to low-carbon materials in manufacturing
Green hydrogen can drive India’s transition to clean energy, combat climate change
By 2030, the cost of green hydrogen is expected to compete with that of hydrocarbon fuels
Factsheet: Climate change FAQs
Climate change refers to a change of climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global …
Change the climate now
Now that the rich are also being hit by climate change & the “attribution” is clear, the targets for the world’s anger will …
A renewable energy future for India
The challenge before India is how to meet its energy requirements without compromising the ecology of the country. In addition, we have to be …
COVID-19: Daily electricity demand dips 15% globally, says report
There is, however, a spike in residential demand for electricity, because of people staying and working from home
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 …
Act now : How climate action in this decade can prevent catastrophic global warming later
There is scientific consensus that rapid and deep cuts to emissions in this decade, and not later, will avoid scenarios of uncontrollable warming …
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
What's in store for US climate agenda after Obama?
The success of Paris Climate deal depends largely on the political willingness of one of the largest emitters in the world
Act locally, benefit globally
This is a real life story of the world’s three wicked problems, one opportunity and a new way to confront global challenges
Once again, US walks away from global climate agreement
Without the US being held accountable for reducing its share of emissions, the world cannot keep warming “well below 2°C”
Reassess consents for upcoming coal power plants to prevent pollution norm violation
Some 95 per cent of the upcoming power stations have not made any plans to meet new pollution norms due to loose enforcement
UK leads G-7 on emission cuts and growth since Rio, says study
The average Briton’s carbon footprint is now 33 per cent less than in 1992 while being more than 130 per cent richer, says the report
Managed decline of fossil fuel production needed to meet climate change target
Carbon emissions from the oil, gas and coal in the currently operating fields and mines are enough to take the world beyond 2°C of warming
Coal is all about energy security, says coal minister Piyush Goyal
Government bats for using the best technology available for sourcing energy from coal so that the adverse consequences on environment are …
World breached safe atmospheric CO2 levels 33 years ago
Global consumption of fossil fuels, the primary source of CO2 emissions, has gone up by 78 per cent in last three decades
At COP23, anti-coal protesters disrupt US government event on promoting fossil fuels
Demonstrators, protesting the Trump administration's support for fossil fuels and intention to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, …