China rushes to build out solar, and emissions edge downwardChina's carbon emissions have decreased by 1% in the first half of the year, signaling a potential peak well before the 2030 target, driven...
21 Aug, 2025, 08.37 AM IST
China emissions fall in March, may have peaked: ReportChina's carbon dioxide emissions fell in March for the first time since its economy reopened after pandemic restrictions, suggesting the co...
28 May, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
China, India lead Asia's biggest hydropower crunch in decadesHydropower generation in Asia has experienced its fastest decline in decades, leading to a greater reliance on fossil fuels to meet electri...
22 Sep, 2023, 12.14 PM IST
US climate envoy John Kerry holds talks in ChinaUS climate envoy John Kerry has held four hours of talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, in Beijing. The talks aim to revive dip...
17 Jul, 2023, 12.06 PM IST
China unlikely to pay for climate change despite being 'biggest annual emitter of greenhouse gases': Report25 Nov, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
Russia's €158 billion in fossil fuel revenues outstrip cost of Ukraine invasion: CREAThe largest Russian fossil fuel importer was the European Union (EUR 85 bln), followed by China (EUR 35 bln), Turkey (EUR 11 bln), India (E...
06 Sep, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
China and India funnel $24 billion to Putin in energy spreeIndia’s increase in spending after the war has been far more dramatic, as it doesn’t share a land border with Russia and its ports are norm...
06 Jul, 2022, 03.09 PM IST
Russia earns $98 billion from fuel exports in 100 days of Ukraine warEarlier this month, the EU agreed to halt most Russian oil imports, on which the continent is heavily dependent. Though the bloc aims to re...
13 Jun, 2022, 10.08 AM IST
China to double wind, solar energy capacity by 2025The country's central economic planner said 33 percent of power supply to the national grid will come from renewable sources by 2025, up fr...
02 Jun, 2022, 03.45 PM IST
How China got blue skies in time for OlympicsBeijing's air still has a long way to go, but is measurably better than past years when smog often made it difficult to see nearby building...
08 Feb, 2022, 04.51 PM IST
Smog causes an estimated 49,000 deaths in Beijing, Shanghai in 2020: TrackerThe economic impact was calculated by estimating factors like work absences and years lost due to illness. Measured on a per capita basis, ...
09 Jul, 2020, 01.24 PM IST
India CO2 emissions fall, first in 4 decadesFor the first time in four decades, emissions of toxic carbon dioxide have declined in the country - thanks to an economic slowdown, growth...
13 May, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
India home to 3 of the largest NO2 emission hotspots: Greenpeace29 Oct, 2018, 10.41 PM IST
Unlike Beijing, Delhi has no time-bound targetsExperts said Beijing and other polluted provinces have recorded a consistent improvement in air quality in line with the targets set for th...
13 Nov, 2017, 08.36 AM IST
China's coal consumption falls for 3rd year in a rowThe National Bureau of Statistics said the consumption of coal fell by 4.7 percent last year, according to preliminary calculations.
28 Feb, 2017, 03.27 PM IST
China’s future-ready plan better?Greenpeace’s air quality campaigners recently analysed how Beijing and Delhi’s alert systems would play out in 2016 using RStudio — an open...
26 Jan, 2017, 12.19 PM IST
Choking smog: If Delhi was Beijing, it would shut 29 of 30 daysWhen air pollution hits a certain danger mark in Beijing, the government issues a red alert that automatically puts curbs on factories, con...
11 Dec, 2015, 11.28 AM IST