In the dark

Climate change will make energy a vulnerable sector and hit power generation

Germany’s emissions-free trains: Is hydrogen fuel really a better alternative for transport?

CO2 emitted by grey hydrogen is same as that emitted by petrol & 1,000 times more than natural gas burnt directly

UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering from fossil fuels amid global energy crisis

Calls for windfall tax to fund fair policies and sustainable energy solutions  

Europe hypocrisy: Amid shift to coal, what about climate goals?

Europe is buying coal, firing up plants amid Russian sanctions to meet electricity demand pushed up by heatwaves

Global wind energy sector needs four-fold higher growth to meet 2050 Net Zero goal: Report

Offshore wind market showed highest growth in 2021

Planning to install rooftop solar panels? How about some grass beneath it

Integrating green roofs and solar PV systems can enhance their functions and effectiveness through cooling and shading effects

As told to Parliament (March 18, 2021): India has 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

All that was discussed in the House through the day

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, …

How does the Budget score on energy front?

The government has approved Rs 2,000 crore as initial outlay for providing LPG connections to poor women 

Solar energy could be the largest source of electricity by mid-century

Increased use of solar technologies could prevent the emission of more than six billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2050

Biofuel dreams for wastelands

Centre now has a policy¤ but where’s the wasteland?

Carbon credit earns profit

To keep afloat biomass plant owners have shifted their gaze to the international carbon credit market

European Commission sets up fund for green projects

'Let's put our cards on the table'

Veteran UN negotiator and head of the UNEP during the Rio summit, Mostafa Tolba, reasons why developing countries always suffer at the hands of …

World's biggest trade fair

The US used partnerships to counter multilateralism

Battle of the brackets

The Plan of Implementation is a list of vague expressions

Smokestacks lightening?

Emissions are bound to increase. The power sector improves, but others will spew more, especially iron and steel

WSSD: dialogue of the deaf

The needs of many were once again compromised to accommodate the demands of a powerful few. Given the alarming tilt towards self-interest and …

Response: Equity is not the only way

Here at the Centre for Science and Environment we have received some responses to Equity Watch and its articles. 

Small country, big example

St. Lucia shows the way at a meeting of politicians and NGOs that was sponsored by the Global Commons Institute, GLOBE, CSE, Climate Network …

'Fossil fuel subsidies should be deemed as negative climate finance'

Experts cite examples of many countries which have begun diverting fossil fuel subsidies towards development projects

India announces its INDC, pledges to cut emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent by 2030

All countries are required to submit voluntary climate action plans as contribution. These will form part of the outcome of Paris climate summit

‘India’s ambitious renewable energy target now seems achievable’

 International energy research organisation says interest shown by leading renewable energy firms will catapult India towards target

Largest hybrid renewable energy system to be set up in Jamaica

80 kiloWatt installation will generate more than 106,000 kiloWatt hours of energy every year

Solar power plants' output high, but varying widely

Larger projects under National Solar Mission doing better than smaller ones