greenhouse gas emissions
Breakthrough agenda at COP27 to accelerate decarbonisation
November 12, 2022
Governments of representing over half of global GDP have reached agreement on a 12-month action plan to help make clean technologies cheaper and more accessible everywhere. They launched a package of 25 new collaborative actions to be delivered by COP28 to speed up the decarbonis...
Read MoreCop-27 at Sharm El Sheikh is no guarantee for Africa
October 14, 2022
At the ongoing United Nations General Assembly’s annual sittings in New York, there are several issues that have been on the centre-stage, ranging from of course the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the energy and food crisis which is partly linked to the conflict, ...
Read MoreGreen energy supply must double in 8 years to curb global warming, warns WMO
October 12, 2022
A new multi-agency report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that unless the supply of electricity from clean energy sources is doubled between now and 2030, there is a risk that climate change, more extreme weather and water stress will undermine our energy sec...
Read MoreIndia to face brunt of climate change, warns IPCC report
March 1, 2022
Yet another report on climate change and global warming has warned that world is firmly on its way to a catastrophic situation within the next three decades in absence of any serious action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to mitigate the impact of climate crisis on the most v...
Read MoreCan India achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050?
July 17, 2021
If India commits to a net-zero goal, it will join countries like the UK and France, and possibly the USA under the Biden Administration, that have enacted laws to achieve this scenario by the middle of the century. In 2020, leading members of the Indian industry, such as Siemens ...
Read MoreLondon climate change meet on December 12 set to flop
October 1, 2020
2020 was supposed to have been a crucial milestone in the battle to save the climate. But like a familiar story, it is pretty much certain to be yet another washout. Five years ago, the famed meeting in Paris in December 2015 was also headed towards an embarrassing collapse. But ...
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