Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
Carbon Intensity
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Technology roadmap: electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
<p>The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released an updated version of its “Technology Roadmaps - Electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EV/PHEV)” report, which indicates that forecasted manufacturing of electric and hybrid vehicles is behind national targets.
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GHG-framed mitigation actions by Developing Countries
<p>Forty-one developing countries have submitted mitigation actions under the UNFCCC in line with the 2010 Cancun agreements.
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India’s low carbon strategies: are they good enough?
The ‘expert group on low carbon strategies for inclusive growth’ which was set up under the Planning Commission to develop a strategy for India’s 12th Five Year Plan has released its interim report recently.
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Expert group to evaluate impact of economic growth on environment
Targeting a 9% plus growth rate in the Twelfth plan period, the Government has initiated an exercise to assess the impact of economic growth on the environment. An expert group, headed by environmental economist Partha Dasgupta, will provide a road map for Green National Accounting (GNA) system to evaluate impact of economic growth on environment by 2015.
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Low carbon strategies for inclusive growth - An interim report
<p><font face="Arial">This interim report prepared by the expert group set up by Planning Commission under leadership of Kirit Parikh highlights policies needed for the low carbon growth. The main sectors examined in this report are power, transport, industry, buildings and forestry & the recommendations made in this report are to be included in the 12th five-year plan (2012-17).</font></p>
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Proper implementation of policies can reduce carbon emission: Panel
An expert group constituted to plan a low-carbon growth for the country has concluded that India can comfortably reach its target of 20-25 per cent reductions in its emission intensity by the year 2020 compared to 2005 levels, even while pursuing a growth rate of 9 per cent. This expert group, led by former Planning Commission member Kirit Parikh, was constituted in the wake of the 2009 climate
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India must reduce petrol, coal import: low carbon strategy report
An interim report on
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The effectiveness, efficiency and equity of market-based and voluntary measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the agri-food sector
<p>Most scientists agree that human activity that releases carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere is the dominant cause of climate change. The current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is around 380 parts per million (ppm), up from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Green investing 2011: reducing the cost of financing
<p>The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, has created a series of reports as part of its Green Investing project. This year's report, Green Investing 2011: Reducing the Cost of Financing, builds on two previous reports, Green Investing: Towards a Clean Energy Infrastructure and Green Investing 2010: Policy Mechanisms to Bridge the Financing Gap.