Why this California town has declared ‘climate emergency’
Calls upon its residents to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
Excessive personal consumption has serious global consequences
Those who accumulate the most wealth are also the main emitters of greenhouse gases
EU cannot use ‘nature-based solutions’ to make up for lack of emissions cuts
Over-estimating the potential of such solutions is bad for biodiversity and the climate
Uncle Sam coming around?
Windmills of change
White paper with grey areas
Carbon trading mega-project in Brazil
Rat race
Emissions reduction projects go to large developing nations
Aggressive expansion of carbon offset deals in Africa, island states raises crucial questions
Projects covering 10% of Zambia & Liberia’s land have been signed with a UAE-based company
Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future – not skyscrapers
Densely built, low-rise environments are more space and carbon efficient, while high-rise buildings have a drastically higher carbon impact
New report puts a $759 billion price tag on decarbonising global petrochemicals sector
BloombergNEF study explored how to cut emissions from fossil fuel’s non-energy uses
Canada’s latest climate plan bets on expensive and unproven carbon capture technologies
Bill C-12, if passed, commits Canada to “binding” targets every five years as of 2030 with the goal of achieving net-zero emissions …
‘The expectation that burden of US inaction will be borne by developing countries is unfair’
Given its economic capacity and carbon debt it owes the world, US should not emit any carbon in the future at all.
World EV Day: Busting the myths surrounding electric vehicles
Ahead of World EV Day, Centre for Science and Environment tries to answer some questions on electric vehicles
Lessons from PAT scheme can shape Indian carbon market
Carbon Credit and Trading Scheme must set ambitious targets and robust framework; compliance must be timely and with real penalties
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India must release its 2005 baseline emissions data
This will enable much high quality policy-relevant analysis of India’s road to sustainability
Dietary changes can reduce greenhouse emissions by up to 25%
Dietary shift from rice to coarse cereals, pulses, and leafy vegetables can not only overcome nutritional deficiencies, but also reduce India&…
Current emissions targets could keep the planet below a 2°C temperature rise but a turbocharged effort is needed
Delivering on long-term promises requires decarbonisation efforts at unprecedented speed and scale
Methane emissions from wetlands rose 5-6% since 2000-2006: Study
Methane is responsible for roughly 30 per cent of the rise in temperature since the pre-industrial period
Reviewing Punjab’s new EV policy: Will it help achieve desired fleet electrification?
All in all, it is a policy enabling supply side of the value chain, as well as supporting buyers of EVs with the ‘feebate’ incentive …
Saving coral reefs like these can save other ecosystems
Limiting greenhouse gas emissions, rebuilding fish stocks and improving quality of water can help protect reefs
African leaders meet to draw plan for a climate-resilient continent
They noted that while Africa contributed the least to global emissions, it is the first in line of suffering the dramatic consequences of them
Here is a solution for crop residue burning problem
Happy Seeder — a tractor-mounted device — will eliminate air pollution and reduce green house gas emissions from on-farm activities …
South Africa’s carbon tax: Aim to ensure zero waste to landfill
The tax launched June 1, 2019, aims to cut emissions by a third next year, 42% by 2025
Just a year left, India has met less than 2% of its e-vehicles target
The aim was 15-16 million e-vehicles by 2020; As of May 2019, country had only 0.28 million