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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Decline in CO2 emission growth of power plants
The government has a reason to smile. The rate at which Indian power plants are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which had been rising sharply, has receded to 2005-06 levels.
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PM calls for global action to deal with climate change
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday called for a coordinated global action to deal with the challenge of climate change and stressed the proper enforcement of regulatory standards to prevent green damage.
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China Regions To Have Binding CO2 Targets: Official
The Chinese government will impose binding emission targets on its regions as part of its efforts to meet 2020 national carbon intensity goals, a senior Chinese climate official said on Wednesday. Su Wei, the director general of the climate change department at the National Development and Reform Commission, said a working group would be set up to draw up specific targets and policies, Thomson
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Speech by Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Minister Of Environment & Forests, India and Leader of Indian Delegation delivered at Cancun in the Conference of Parties to the UNFCC (COP-16)
Speech by Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Minister Of Environment & Forests, India and Leader of Indian Delegation delivered at Cancun in the Conference of Parties to the UNFCC (COP-16).
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Carbon intensity of crude oil in Europe crude
<p>This report highlights the dramatic disparities in life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of crudes produced from different oilfields, and points to significant reductions that could be achieved by infrastructure improvements, technology upgrades, and other measures.
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Green race is on: low carbon economy index 2010
<p>By the year 2050, the world will need to reduce its carbon intensity by around 88% if it hopes to limit climate change to 2°C of warming. So concludes PwC’s Low Carbon Economy Index 2010, a report assessing the G20 countries’ achievements in reducing their carbon intensity levels—defined as the ratio of emissions to GDP—since 2000, and analysing the distance ea
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Climate change and REDD-plus
Climate change and REDD-plus by Jagdish Kishwan presented at the South Asian Media Briefing on Climate Change, CSE, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 24
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Barack Obamas Smoky Visit
Despite his initiatives on clean energy, the environmental impact of President Obama's trip was rather highPresident Obama discussed a joint initiative with India on clean energy during his trip. But the environmental impact of his trip was rather high
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Update on CO2 emissions
Emissions of CO2 are the main contributor to anthropogenic climate change. Here we present updated information on their present and near-future estimates. We calculate that global CO2 emissions from fossil
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The economics of population policy for carbon emissions reduction in Developing Countries
Female education and family planning are both critical for sustainable development, and they obviously merit expanded support without any appeal to global climate considerations. However, even relatively optimistic projections suggest that family planning and female education will suffer from financing deficits that will leave millions of women unserved in the coming decades.