Significant strides made in renewable energy sector: Union Minister Pralhad JoshiIndia has significantly advanced in renewable energy, achieving a 175% growth in capacity since 2014. The renewable energy capacity now exc...
08 Oct, 2024, 12.00 AM IST
Lowest emission nations hit hardest by unprecedented heat in June-August period: AnalysisThe three-month June-August 2023 season was the warmest on record globally and the analysis by Climate Central indicates that human-caused ...
07 Sep, 2023, 08.44 PM IST
UAE oil giant raises climate goal ahead of key UN summitAbu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has brought forward its net-zero carbon emissions target to 2045, five years earlier than previously...
31 Jul, 2023, 03.56 PM IST
India ranks lowest among 180 countries in environmental performance indexDenmark topped the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) published recently by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and th...
07 Jun, 2022, 04.03 PM IST
View: How India can achieve its net-zero emissions goalFive aspects of the solution space must be considered. First, acknowledging that climate action needs financing. India puts in about $100 b...
04 Apr, 2021, 11.54 PM IST
Going green: Google Maps will now suggest 'eco-friendly' routes to driversThe feature would launch later this year in the U.S. and eventually reach other countries.
30 Mar, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
Delhi air pollution: PM2.5 levels on Diwali will be lowest in 4 years"Under 'zero-firecracker' scenario, the level of PM2.5 is likely to be the lowest in the past four years as not so calm surface winds in De...
12 Nov, 2020, 05.13 PM IST
India to top U.S. as 2nd-largest carbon spewer from power: IEACarbon dioxide emissions from India’s power sector are expected to rise nearly 80 percent by 2040 as power use almost triples, driven in pa...
13 Nov, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
India ranks 75th in environmental impact survey: ReportAfrica as a continent topped the charts and featured strongly in its use of green energy, low CO2 emissions and low levels of air pollution...
18 Jun, 2017, 12.28 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
India will set Climate Change conference agenda: PM Narendra Modi"I am surprised that the world is scolding us even though our per capita gas emission is the lowest...," he said while addressing a recepti...
14 Apr, 2015, 11.36 AM IST
India will set Climate Change conference agenda: PM Modi"I am surprised that the world is scolding us even though our per capita gas emission is the lowest...," Modi said.
14 Apr, 2015, 05.04 AM IST
Emission impossible: Weather's turning on climate changeAre we too late? Or is there time to arrest the rollercoaster ride to doomsday predictions? Either way, has the science of climate change e...
05 Jun, 2013, 06.33 AM IST
- India readying to take on absolute emission reduction cuts
The government is likely to commission four studies including one assessing by when India’s emissions will peak in absolute terms.
10 Apr, 2013, 04.49 AM IST
- India proposes new steps to combat climate change
India has proposed steps, including 'climate proofing' of public infrastructure investments, food security and water resources that the dev...
14 Apr, 2008, 12.57 PM IST
- India concerned over climate change burden
India has voiced concern over developing countries bearing an inordinate share of burden of climate change due to high level of emissions o...
25 Sep, 2007, 06.40 PM IST