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Japan launches energy policy review amid global push for greener powerBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 14, 2020
Japan on Tuesday launched its latest three-yearly energy policy review, with the country grappling with a need to cut greenhouse gas emissions even as the... Read more.. |
Clean hydrogen can cut 34 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050: BNEFBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 26, 2020
Deploying clean hydrogen could cut up to 34 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and industry by 2050 at a manageable cost, according to a latest report by researcher firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). The report titled ‘Hydrogen Economy Outlook’ added that... Read more.. |
Electric cars help limit climate change despite blackspots in India, PolandBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 24, 2020
Plug-in vehicles emit less greenhouse gases than petrol and diesel models over a car’s lifetime – that includes the mining of metals or lithium for batteries, manufacturing, driving 150,000 kilometers and finally scrapping, a study published in the journal Nature... Read more.. |
Study finds shock rise in levels of potent greenhouse gasBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 22, 2020
Efforts to reduce levels of one potent greenhouse gas appear to be failing, according to a study. Scientists had expected to find a dramatic reduction in levels of the hydrofluorocarbon HFC-23 in the atmosphere after India and China, two of the main sources, reported in 2017... Read more.. |
COP25 climate summit opens in Madrid; Paris pact, multilateralism in focusBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 4, 2019
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) opened here in the Spanish capital on Monday, where delegates are discussing measures to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement amid unclear prospects and challenges to multilateralism. The opening ceremony began with a warning from... Read more.. Subject Tags: carbon tax , COP , greenhouse gas emissions , Paris Climate Agreement , The United Nations |
UN report: India on track to meeting greenhouse gas emissions targetBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 27, 2019
Global emissions of greenhouse gases, which are responsible for global warming, are growing rather than declining as they should. Even if all countries meet the unconditional commitments they made at the Paris conference in 2015, GHG emissions will be way more than what they... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate targets , greenhouse gas emissions , Paris Agreement , United Nations Environment Programme |
ACC Commences Initiative to Dispose Modern-Day Ravana ‘Plastic Waste’ to Support the “Swachhata Hi Seva” MissionBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 11, 2019
ACC, one of India’s foremost producers of cement and ready mix concrete, is playing a lead role in the “Swachhata Hi Seva” (SHS) 2019 mission of the government – a countrywide awareness and mobilisation campaign with special focus on plastic waste awareness and management.... Read more.. Subject Tags: greenhouse gas emissions , plastic waste , plastic waste awareness , Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) |
India to gradually replace coal with renewable energy'By : Sustainability ..., Oct 1, 2019
Reduction of coal consumption is not a one-day process and India has a long-term plan to gradually replace coal with renewable energy, a top environment ministry official said on Monday. Union Environment Secretary C K Mishra said coal based plants will continue using coal... Read more.. |
Climate change will cripple economies regardless of countries' wealth: ReportBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 23, 2019
Climate change will damage the economies of countries whether they are rich or poor, hot or cold by the year 2100, economists said in a new report, dispelling the notion that impoverished, warm... Read more.. |
Rapid Urbanisation and Deforestation are Warming up the State of Odisha, finds studyBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 18, 2019
It is no secret that the planet's temperature is increasing. If it continues unabated, India will be among one of the worst-hit countries with frequent floods and droughts. Most parts of... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Change , deforestation , global warming , greenhouse gas emissions , ISRO , Sustainable Development |