Page 14 - Carbon Emissions

Panel on energy efficiency, low carbon tech to be set up: R K Singh

RK Singh said a committee will be set up having members from all relevant Ministries for implementation of the Roadmap on Energy Efficiency and low carbon technologies

Best of BS Opinion: The real oximeter, why poor are leaning right & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday

Your Netflix habit has a carbon footprint, but the show can go on

Industry-backed study shows one environment impact of streaming is smaller than some estimates in the past.

Carbon emission by Indian IT down 85% due to WFH, digitisation: Study

Pandemic has propelled India's $194 bn outsourcing industry towards carbon neutrality with hybrid working models, e-mobility and digital disruption for campus hiring

Working to become world's largest green railways says Indian Railways

The railways is working in mission mode to become the largest Green Railways in the world and is moving towards becoming a 'net zero carbon emitter' before 2030,national transporter said on Friday.

Airship Airlander 10 takes a page out of history for short-haul flights

HAV, which is marketing its Airlander 10 airship and aims to operate these flights by 2025, says it has a client in Swedish travel firm OceanSky Cruises, which will offer cruises over the North Pole

TCS aims to reduce emissions by 70% in 2025, bring down to zero by 2030

Company has set forth this new carbon reduction goal after having achieved the previous target of reducing its specific carbon footprint by half by 2020

HDFC Bank announces plans to become carbon neutral by 2031-32

The lender is also working on a framework for issuing green bonds.

Tata Consultancy Services targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2030

In FY 2021, TCS' specific carbon footprint across scope 1 and scope 2 was lower by 61.6 per cent compared to baseline year FY 2008.

India unlikely to accept IEA's call to stop new fossil fuel investments

"We do not think the report by IEA has been vetted by the member countries as a position document", said a senior source in the government

Asia snubs IEA's call to stop new fossil fuel investments for the world

Energy companies in Australia, the biggest carbon emitter per capita among the world's richest nations, and officials in Japan and the Philippines said there were many ways to get to net-zero

Coal India carbon emissions less than 1 per cent of India's in FY20

State-owned Coal India Ltd on Wednesday said that the PSU accounted for only 0.65 per cent of the country's total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 2,616 million tonnes (MT) during FY2019-20

Global carbon emissions set for second-biggest increase in history: IEA

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are on course to surge by 1.5 billion tonnes in 2021

Carbon emissions: ReNew Power set to become a Net Zero company by 2050

The company said this aligns with the 'Race To Zero' campaign, a global alliance committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions

Cloud over climate action

India may have to handle the new goalpost of carbon neutrality

John Kerry to push India on net zero target ahead of global climate meet

India, the world's third-biggest emitter, has come under pressure to make a net-zero pledge ahead of this year's global climate talks in Glasgow in November

India is vulnerable to climate change, should join the race to net zero

If rises to challenge, it can serve as a model for other developing countries

Rich nations can't force Net Zero emission target on others: R K Singh

Developed world has occupied 80 per cent of the carbon space already, says union minister

Google Maps set to direct drivers to 'eco-friendly' routes based on traffic

Google, an Alphabet unit, said the feature would launch later this year in the US and eventually reach other countries as part of its commitment to help combat climate change through its services

ArcelorMittal seeks partners, subsidies for cleaner steelmaking in Germany

The company would close a blast furnace in each of the two plants and build electric arc furnaces for scrap smelting