Green coal: Can it tackle twin challenges of reducing emission, waste management?

NTPC has recently opened a green coal manufacturing plant in Varanasi; plants are planned in Madurai and Bhopal as well

Long live Freddy: Cyclone which travelled across Indian Ocean, has survived for 32 days courtesy climate change

Warming due to human-induced greenhouse gases is absorbed by the oceans, increasing their heat content; this helps strengthen cyclones

Carbon tax: Kenya to charge motorists ‘traffic jam fee’ to curb emissions

Under the plan, the government seeks to introduce a fee on automobiles driven in zones marked as heavy traffic areas

Ozone layer to recover in 4 decades but aerosol injection may undo gains: UNEP

The success of the Montreal Protocol can inspire climate action, say scientists

National Green Hydrogen Mission will establish India as global market leader: Experts

Target of 60-100 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyser capacity by 2030, heavy investment needed

Union Cabinet approves National Green Hydrogen Mission

The initial outlay for the Mission will be Rs 19,744 crore

2022 too short, too far: How close did the world move towards the clean energy dream?

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Whopping $1.6 tn investment can be created for green cooling solutions in India by 2040: World Bank

Around 34 million people in the country might lose their jobs because of heat stress and subsequent decline in productivity

Third of Amazon rainforest lost or degraded: Report

Climate change is a growing global concern that jeopardises the Amazon’s biodiversity

‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27 climate summit

There are 636 lobbyists from the oil and gas industries registered to attend the UN event in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

COP27: Report sees slight rise in 2022 global emissions; highest in India

World may cross 1.5°C rise in 9 years if current emissions continue  

COP27: Russian invasion of Ukraine released 8 million tonnes carbon till September, says report

At least 1.4 million tonnes of GHG emissions have been released due to the movement of refugees, both within Ukraine and to Europe due to the …

NASA spots 50 methane super-emitters on Earth

Most of these sites have ties with agriculture and fossil fuel industries

Methane emission to rise 13% by 2030 without global pledge, claims Kerry

India, not a part of the pledge, is among top 5 methane emitters globally

Hot century ahead: India can’t beat the heat even if global warming is capped at 2°C

Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat to experience extremely hot days (over 51°C) every year through 2100

Green fuel targets for NCR industries: Here are some learning points from Alwar, Bhiwadi

Almost half the industries in Alwar moved to cleaner fuels, a survey by the Centre for Science and Environment shows

Cost of climate action: Africa needs $2.8 trillion from 2020-2030 to meet goals, says report 

About 90% climate finance is likely to be external

India used 2% of COVID-19 stimulus funds on green projects, spent more on coal subsidies: Study

Stimulus funds gave countries an opportunity to push toward greener economies. Yet, many governments have failed to make the switch, the authors …

Why the cost of mitigating climate change can’t be boiled down to one right number, despite some economists’ best attempts

Precise predictions raise the risk of conveying too much certainty in a constantly changing world

How surging oil prices threaten world’s climate goals

Over half carbon dioxide emitted from fussil fuel burning in 2020 was from oil, natural gas

CoP26 report card: Methane’s role in global warming in sharp focus for the first time

105 countries signed pledge to cut emission, 3 biggest emitters didn't join

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

Heads of oil industry had been privately informed by their leaders that their products would alter the climate of the planet long ago; they …

More children believe in climate emergency than adults in G20 countries, UNDP survey finds

Conservation of forest land and transition to renewable sources of energy were among policies that received the most approval

COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed climate change: UN

Unless urgent climate action is taken, the world could be in for catastrophic changes, according to a UN report  

More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: The world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news

Especially troubling is the unprecedented surge in climate-related disasters since 2019