Page 12 - Carbon Emissions

Green, sustainable: Google's new campus searches for carbon-free future

Google envisions its latest campus as the embodiment of a grander ambition to run its operations entirely free of carbon

Developed nations must enact laws for zero-emission goal by 2030: India

Developed countries must take measures and legislate for net-zero emissions by the current decade itself, India demanded on Friday.

Google will show cloud customers their carbon footprint: Report

Google will tell customers about the carbon footprint of idle or abandoned projects that continue to run on its servers

Energy crisis sets stage for record global carbon dioxide emissions

The trajectory poses a new threat to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature increases to 1.5°Celsius

BS Views of the Week: Hypocrisy on Pandora papers and India's net-zero path

Getting to grips with net-zero

India has unleashed a variety of policies and measures to reach the net-zero goal

ONGC, RIL among likely winners in Asian markets from China's energy crunch

More than half of China's mainland provinces are limiting electricity use, forcing factory shutdowns that are reverberating through global supply chains.

Reducing cyclone impacts: Double benefits of climate protection

Increasing global warming from currently one to two degrees Celsius by mid-century might put about 25 per cent more people at risk of tropical cyclones, a new study has found out.

Boeing showcases eco-friendly tech as aviation industry faces pressure

Aviation produces up to 3% of man-made CO2 emissions and 12% of CO2 from transport, the industry says. It has pledged to reduce net carbon emissions to 50% of 2005 levels by 2050

How a new method to produce green hydrogen could help Indian industry

Green hydrogen, made using renewable energy, has the potential to decarbonise major greenhouse gas emitting sectors, such as steel.

Delhi Metro earns Rs 19.5 crore from sale of 3.55 million carbon credits

Delhi Metro has earned Rs 19.5 crore from sale of 3.55 million carbon credits which it had collected over a period of six years, in its bid towards gaining greater energy efficiency, DMRC said

Top carbon emitters fall short on climate risk disclosure, says report

The report follows high-profile investor campaigns for better disclosure and analysis of the risk at energy companies and other heavy emitters such as miners.

Climate change could move more than 200 million people by 2050: Report

Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions

Central banks must stop pussyfooting on climate

Ignoring climate risks will complicate macroeconomic management, just as overlooking financial risks eventually led to the global financial crisis

Shipping industry proposes levy to speed up zero carbon future

With about 90% of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accounts for nearly 3% of the world's CO2 emissions and the sector is under growing pressure to get cleaner.

Carbon neutrality powered by AI

Countries like India, which are leading the adoption of climate change measures, will have to encourage energy companies to embrace higher levels of AI usage

BMW to reduce carbon emissions in car life cycle by 40% before 2030

BMW has been reluctant to set a hard deadline for phasing out fossil-fuel cars

'It'll be mandatory for automakers to offer biofuel vehicles in 6 months'

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said India will make it mandatory for auto manufacturers to offer vehicles running 100 per cent on bio-fuels in the next six months

For growth and investments, Modi's green new deal might actually work

If the government can reduce investment risk in greener sectors and make them attractive investment propositions, it might well turn around its economic record.

'India must develop disruptive tech to meet decarbonisation goal by 2050'

Clean energy supply would rise 120 to 140 times, and this increase has to come primarily through solar, wind, and nuclear. Share of electricity would go up primarily for e-mobility, said Kakodkar