Page 17 - Carbon Emissions

Significance of China's net-zero target

Its carbon pledge is a massive financial and technological undertaking. India must prepare for energy transition too

India's energy plan aims to improve lives with less carbon footprint: PM

The world's third biggest oil importer has implemented a series of reforms in recent years, including setting up a gas trading exchange and granting marketing freedom to producers, to boost its local

Covid-19 impact: India's GDP may contract 10.3% in FY21, says IMF

IMF now expected the world economy to fall less severely by 4.4 per cent than 5.2 per cent it projected earlier for 2020

$5 trillion investor group to lower portfolio carbon targets by 29%

All members of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance are aiming to align their portfolios with the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change

Honda to withdraw from Formula 1 at end of 2021 to attain carbon neutrality

Honda is the engine supplier for the Red Bull and AlphaTauri teams. It had resumed competition in F1 in 2015.

China's Jinping, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060.

Net carbon zero economy possible by 2050 at low cost, says ETC report

The report said the impact of achieving a zero-carbon-emission economy on human welfare in 2050 will be hugely positive

Covid-19 impact: WFH turns out cheaper and greener for IT companies

Indirect emissions account for a major chunk of emissions by Indian IT firms

Climate change did not stop for Covid: Brace for warmest 5 years on record

1.7 billion people to face severe water shortage due to the decline in glacier runoffs in Central Europe and Tibetan Plateau between 2030 and 2050

Western Railway saves Rs 3 cr by generating solar power at 75 stations

These rooftop solar plants generate a whopping 8.67MW

Energy companies go green, change tack from coal to renewables

Covid has brought to fore the need for sustainable development. A two-part series examines the shift in energy sector

Railways meets solar power developers for zero carbon emission goal

The railways has developed a mega plan for installing solar plants of 20-GW capacity by utilising its vacant land by 2030

Tech firms offer carbon tracking software to meet oil-investor demands

Top investors, including BlackRock, have put climate change on their agendas, encouraging energy producers to evaluate programs to help track emissions and report on results

What will coronavirus pandemic look like to geologists in the far future?

The pandemic won't leave a direct record of the viruses for geologists of the far future to investigate, as viruses don't fossilise

Apple aims to remove carbon emissions from supply chain, products by 2030

Apple said it aims to achieve 75% of the goal by reducing emissions, with the remaining 25% coming from carbon removal or offset projects such as planting trees and restoring habitats

Needed: An ecosystem to nurture ingenuity

India is drafting a new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

RIL to replace auto fuel with clean energy; aims to become carbon-zero firm

Reliance has proprietary technology to convert transportation fuels to valuable petrochemical and material building blocks

Railways sets target of becoming net zero carbon emitter by 2030

Besides, Indian Railways is trying to produce power from land-based solar installations for running trains

Mukesh Ambani pushes for clean, affordable energy; tech to decarbonise

"It's not only imperative for us to be net carbon zero but I think that we should opt to recycle carbon," Ambani said.

Adani Green Energy wins world's biggest solar bid of Rs 45,000 crore

Becomes India's largest clean energy firm; to set up 8-Gw power plant