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With a supercrop, this Pune entrepreneur is part of a global effort to save the planet

September 03, 2024 2:53 pm

According to Carbon Brief, an organisation that covers climate science, energy and policy, specialising in clear, data-driven articles to improve the understanding of climate change, India is the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the US.

India succeeds in reducing emissions rate by 33% over 14 years: Report

August 09, 2023 3:17 pm

India's greenhouse emissions rate dropped by a faster-than-expected 33% in 14 years as renewable energy generation rose and forest cover increased, according to two officials privy to latest assessment made for submission to the United Nations.

World should shut nearly 3,000 coal plants to keep on climate track: study

October 28, 2021 1:12 pm

TransitionZero said there are currently more than 2,000 GW of coal-fired power in operation across the world, and that needs to be slashed by nearly half

Here is a guide to climate jargon you may come across next week

October 27, 2021 5:38 pm

Decades of climate talks have spawned a host of acronyms and jargon. Here is a guide:

World 'way off track' in halting warming, UN warns ahead of COP26

October 26, 2021 10:37 am

WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said the current rate of increase in heat-trapping gases would result in temperature rises "far in excess" of the 2015 Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average this century.

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record in 2020: UN

October 25, 2021 7:25 pm

The global average of carbon dioxide concentrations hit a new high of 413.2 parts per million last year, according to the WMO report.

Fossil fuel use could peak in just a few years. Still, major challenges loom.

October 13, 2021 5:11 pm

The International Energy Agency now projects that humanity’s emissions of carbon dioxide will reach a peak by the mid-2020s and then drop slowly in the decades thereafter.

For many, hydrogen is the fuel of the future. New research raises doubts

August 13, 2021 9:38 pm

Today, very little hydrogen is green, because the process involved — electrolysing water to separate hydrogen atoms from oxygen — is hugely energy intensive.

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Boris Johnson announces $446 million funding to cut greenhouse gases

July 22, 2020 1:50 pm

The UK is trying to decarbonize its economy by 2050 to meet its own legally-binding “net zero” target, and both Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak have pledged to ensure the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is a “green” one.