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Govt notifies first legally binding emission cut targets for 4 sectors
October 11, 2025 2:50 am
The Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity Target Rules have been notified for 282 cement, aluminium, paper and pulp and chlor-alkali units.
Top 10 countries that waste the most food: India discards 3 times more food than US; see its rank
September 30, 2025 6:50 pm
Top 10 countries that waste the most food in 2025: According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), more than $1 trillion’s worth of food is thrown away every year, while around 783 million people struggle with hunger.
First time, India’s CO2 emissions from power sector dip in Jan-June
September 18, 2025 4:34 pm
This is the first time that emissions from any sector in India over half-a-year period have dropped, outside of the Covid years. The relatively milder summer temperatures and good monsoon rainfall were an important contributory factor.
Chandigarh: Joint teams of CPCC, traffic police, transport department to begin vehicle emission checks
September 06, 2025 10:49 pm
To tighten enforcement, the AQMC also called for strict implementation of the firecracker ban during festivals and rigorous compliance with the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Policy, 2022
The Hague: Countries obliged to take climate action, liable for compensation if they don’t
July 24, 2025 4:48 am
The ICJ ruling is not binding on the countries, but sets an important precedent for the thousands of climate lawsuits that have been filed in recent years across the world
Tyre particles: How EVs are a climate solution with pollution problem
May 24, 2025 7:47 am
The study, published in Soft Matter, a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has shown that EVs, on account of their greater weight, experience higher wear and tear in their tyres compared to conventional vehicles, and release substantially larger numbers of small plastic particles in the atmosphere.
Shifting to rail transport can help environment, economy
May 21, 2025 10:49 am
A modal shift from road to rail is crucial for India, which is one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, with 14 per cent coming from the transport sector alone
How draft Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity Targets aim to help India meet climate goals
April 29, 2025 12:01 pm
What do the Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025, say? Why are they needed, and how will these targets help India’s carbon credit trading market?
What breaching 1.5°C warming threshold means for the Earth, in 2025 and beyond
January 12, 2025 1:14 pm
It’s official: 2024 was the first year to breach the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold. With global emissions continuing to grow, this was very much expected. The planet will only get warmer in the coming years
Greenhouse gas levels hit a new record high in 2023: World Meteorological Organization
October 29, 2024 12:21 pm
According to the WMO, the last time the earth had a similar CO2 concentration was 3-5 million years ago, when temperatures were 2-3°C higher and sea levels were 10-20 metres higher than they are now
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