Harley-Davidson to pay $12-million fine over emission violation
The company will also spend additional $3 million to reduce air pollution on US roads
US, China and India: Top carbon emitters to face the biggest economic losses
India, which emits more than 2.4 billion metric tonnes of CO2, is already bearing an economic loss of $206 billion
How not to solve the climate change problem
Most effective way to address the climate change problem is to decarbonize the economies of the world’s nations
India’s compressed biogas sector needs a big push, says ETAC report
India should target a 10 per cent blend of CBG in natural gas by 2030, notes Energy Transition Advisory Committee
India, China lead climate actions, but US inaction will still cause rise in global emissions
While China and India have reduced growth of their emissions, some of the other largest emitters will fail to honour their commitments
For China, climate change is no hoax – it's a business and political opportunity
Chinese leaders believe cutting carbon emissions will generate economic and political payoffs at home and abroad
Delivering climate action: The road ahead for India after CoP26
We need many more important and concrete measures to drastically reduce emissions.
‘We won’t deliver financial stability if we don’t manage climate risks’
UK’s climate envoy talks to Down To Earth about their efforts to combat climate change and partnerships with India for a sustainable future
EU to contain greenwashing by 2026; finalises draft banning misleading advertisements
The rule will impose stricter guidelines on environmental and climate-neutral claims, mandating verifiable proof
US scraps CO2 monitoring programme that doesn’t cost more than a battle tank
NASA's Carbon Monitoring System provides data on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stocks to help countries evaluate their progress towards …
India should focus on protecting its existing mangroves
An alarming 50 per cent of the world’s mangrove forests have disappeared in the last five decades due to coastal developments
Climate negotiations and the invisible hand of carbon chaos
According to experts, carbon markets only shift responsibility from the polluters to the invisible hands of the market and fail to decrease …
India, please don't make the same mistakes we made in industrialised world: Swiss President
President Leuthard urged India to explore the possibility of close collaboration between research institute and policymakers on clean energy
Mortgaging our ecological future
A climate change narrative lost in rhetoric and catchy metaphors
5% rise in India’s GHG emissions since 2016, driven by energy & industrial sectors
Around 75% of overall greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 came from energy sector, while the industrial sector contributed to 8%
Seabed trawling’s impact on the climate may be wildly overestimated — new study
While preventing bottom trawling from disturbing the seabed could reduce the emissions driving climate change, how much CO₂ it would prevent is …
Bio-CNG projects as carbon credit generators
Carbon credits obtained through the production of a tonne of Bio-CNG varies between 16 and 25, depending on the type of feedstock used
Six-fold rise in renewable energy adoption must to keep global warming below 2°C: IRENA
Under the current and pledged policies, the world will exhaust its energy-related CO2 emission budget in less than 20 years.
Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?
However, tinkering with the atmosphere is likely to affect rainfall and drought patterns and may have other unintended consequences, such as&…
New climate targets to limit emissions from 28 companies
Hewlett Packard, Levi Strauss, Unilever, Vodafone & Mahindra Group are among the 28 companies who vowed to limit temperatures to below 1.5°…
Record ocean warming in 2021, coastal communities should be on alert: Study
This heating will continue until we reach net-zero carbon emissions, say experts
Australia comes up with a weak climate action plan, calls it ‘serious and ambitious’
The proposal has drawn heavy criticism from both home and abroad
Voluntary carbon market governance body proposes regulations to stamp out greenwashing
Exaggerated claims of offset, opaque market practices, conflict of interest and the appropriation of credits for greenwashing have been …
A tonne of fossil carbon isn’t the same as a tonne of new trees: Why offsets can’t save us
Avoiding the worst of climate change means stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels; offsets will not save us
Why India needs to see climate change as urgent political issue
Privatising energy and agricultural sectors will bring India closer to its economic goals — but at the cost of its climate ones