Tag: carbon emissions
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Microsoft, Qcells colab to curb carbon emissions, power clean energy economy
Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it has partnered with global solar leader Qcells to curb carbon emissions and power the clean energy economy.
January 27, 2023 -
Is eco-shaming enough to save the planet?
A recent UN climate panel report and the Russian attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear plants do not offer much hope. Unless we think of more radical solutions, eco-shaming may not be enough to prevent us from facing a catastrophic future.
March 10, 2022 -
Emissions Trading
India has well-developed complementary infrastructure including fully developed technology within the country to implement an Emission Trading Scheme with minimal additional infrastructure inputs. It however requires a detailed framework for allocation methodology, implementation, compliance enforcement and legal aspects
February 11, 2022 -
China’s carbon emissions growing rapidly with 1,000 coal based power plants
China has a further 105 gigawatts of new coal capacity in the construction pipeline more than the entire generating capacity of the UK from all sources, including nuclear and renewables, the report said.
September 25, 2021 -
Nashik signs ‘Race To Zero’ pledge
Net Zero is an ambitious target where an institution, a city, or a country aims to attain a balance between the amount of greenhouse gas produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere.
August 20, 2021 -
Vedanta Aluminium invites waste-to-wealth partnerships with cement industry
Fly ash can partially replace cement in concrete (or be used to produce blended cement), significantly improving durability and workability of cement.
July 21, 2021 -
Microsoft cuts carbon emissions by 6% in first year
According to Microsoft President Brad Smith, the company has purchased the removal of 1.3 million metric tons of carbon from 15 suppliers across 26 projects around the world.
February 1, 2021 -
Carbon emissions in India drop 26% amidst COVID-19 lockdown
Four blocs, China, the United States, the European Union and India, accounted for two-thirds of the downturn across the first four months of 2020, equivalent to more than one billion tonnes of CO2.
May 20, 2020 -
Studies show air quality improving in countries locked down over Coronavirus
Fei Liu, an air quality researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, noted the change in China, saying: 'This is the first time I have seen such a dramatic drop-off over such a wide area for a specific event.'
March 22, 2020 -
Two-thirds of world’s most polluted cities in India: World air quality report
With climate activists and scientists urging world leaders to reduce carbon emissions to prevent irreversible destruction to the planet's climate, India and China remain major contributors to toxic air.
February 25, 2020 -
India ranks 77th on sustainability, 131st in child flourishing index report released by UN
The report said that the world's survival depended on children being able to flourish, but no country is doing enough to give them a sustainable future.
February 20, 2020 -
India poses bigger problem than China when it comes to fighting climate crisis: Michael Bloomberg
The billionaire businessman said it was "ridiculous" of the Trump administration to take the US out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, as he outlined his approach to tackling climate change.
February 20, 2020 -
India to switch to Euro-VI emission compliant fuels, world’s cleanest from April
The news comes when climate activists and scientists are urging world economies to cut down their reliance on fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions to save the planet from the climate crisis.
February 19, 2020 -
New Zealand ‘on the right side of history,’ as country passes zero carbon emissions bill
The legislation, which was supported on both sides of the political divide, mandates that the country should produce no greenhouse-gases- except methane- by 2050, as part of New Zealand's bid to meet its Paris climate accord commitments.
November 8, 2019 -
‘How Dare You?’ Greta Thunberg lambasts world leaders for failing her generation
"We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth, how dare you?" 16-year-old Thunberg said as she chastised the world leaders for not doing enough to prevent climate change.
September 24, 2019 -
United Nations to welcome Greta Thunberg with 17 sailboats
Greta will arrive in the US ahead of her participation in the United Nations climate summit next month.
August 28, 2019 -
Design for a decarbonised future
Over the next 50 years, unless patterns change dramatically, energy production and use will contribute to global warming through large-scale greenhouse gas emissions in the form of carbon dioxide. Nuclear power could be one option for reducing carbon emissions. This analyses how nuclear power and technology would boost the career for engineers due to the...
May 31, 2018