COP28 pledges meet only 30% of needed energy emission cuts: IEAThe International Energy Agency has stated that the COP28 climate summit's pledges will only reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions...
10 Dec, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
India refrains from signing COP28 health & climate declarationThe Health Day also did not see any participation from the Indian Health Ministry delegation even though India extended support to the mini...
04 Dec, 2023, 01.08 AM IST
China & US join hands to intensify climate effortsThe joint announcement came on the eve of a summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in San Francisco. Cooperation between the wo...
16 Nov, 2023, 12.41 AM IST
China says 'positive results' reached in climate talks with USChina and the US concluded "positive" climate talks in California, achieving positive results on bilateral climate cooperation. Both nation...
09 Nov, 2023, 10.21 AM IST
Hindustan Zinc to use LNG-fuelled trucks of GreenLineHindustan Zinc Ltd in India plans to reduce its carbon footprint in its supply chain and transportation operations by utilizing the LNG-pow...
04 Oct, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
India's NTPC mining arm to explore battery minerals overseasState-run NTPC's mining arm is looking to source battery minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel from overseas, news agency Reuters report...
18 Sep, 2023, 11.20 AM IST
India may need up to 28 GW in new coal-fired plants: Central Electricity Authority"It is seen that apart from under-construction coal-based capacity of 25 GW, the additional coal-based capacity required till 2031-32 may v...
12 Sep, 2022, 02.38 PM IST
US court signals red for green actionA clean, low-waste, efficient approach to resources, together with India's advantage of scale and human capital with its capacity for innov...
03 Jul, 2022, 11.22 PM IST
Nearly 90 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissionsNearly 90 countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30% by 2030 from 2020 lev...
02 Nov, 2021, 11.04 AM IST
US, EU, China, India among 'big emitters', must lead way on climate action: UN chiefUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, however, noted that awareness of the risks is growing and in "some good news", announcements of clim...
05 Feb, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
Greenhouse gases: India fourth biggest emitter, but lags far behind top threeThough the data cannot be used as an excuse by India for not acting against its emission, but will give it an upper hand while negotiating ...
25 Jun, 2015, 01.50 PM IST
- Greenhouse gases: India fourth biggest emitter, but lags far behind top three
World Resources Institute , a global research organization, has come out with its latest analyses of the country-wise emissions of greenhou...
25 Jun, 2015, 06.38 AM IST
Abandoned oil wells 'super-emitters' of greenhouse gas methaneKang, now a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford, said the lack of documentation made it hard to tell when the wells were originally drilled.
14 Dec, 2014, 02.44 PM IST
China pledges to cut carbon intensity by 45 per cent by 2020The central government said local governments and departments should recognise the significance and urgency in dealing with climate change.
19 Sep, 2014, 06.32 PM IST
- India third biggest greenhouse gas emitter: Government
India is the third biggest greenhouse gas emitter with its contribution standing at 5.3 per cent behind countries like China and the USA, t...
07 Aug, 2011, 04.19 AM IST
- Fukuda's envoy to visit India to discuss climate change
The Japan government plans to send Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's special envoy to India next week for talks on climate change, which will b...
22 May, 2008, 02.05 AM IST
- China to shut down coal stations
China would shut down its power stations with a capacity of 13 mn kilowatt during 2008 as part of its twin goals to save energy and reduce ...
29 Jan, 2008, 04.31 PM IST