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Amazon signs $30 million deal to buy carbon credits from Indian rice farmersAmazon has signed a $30 million (around ₹280 crore) agreement with the Good Rice Alliance, backed by Bayer, Temasek’s GenZero and Shell, to...
Two waste sites in India among top methane emitters globally, says reportTwo Indian waste sites in Telangana and Maharashtra are identified as major methane emitters globally. A new report by UCLA highlights thes...
World will miss Paris climate target as nitrous oxide rises, report saysFailing to control nitrous oxide emissions jeopardizes achieving the Paris climate goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. ...
Methane: a powerful gas heating the planetGlobal forum in Geneva shifts focus to methane emissions, a significant contributor to rising greenhouse gases. Efforts to cut methane from...
COP28 pledges meet only 30% of needed energy emission cuts: IEAThe COP28 climate summit pledges fall short of reducing energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by the necessary amount by 2030, according ...
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...
COP28: 117 countries agree to triple renewable energy, to push out fossil fuelsThe pledge was among a slew of COP28 announcements on Saturday aimed at decarbonizing the energy sector - source of around three-quarters o...
COP28: Calls for more nuclear and less 'destructive' methaneWashington has announced it will tighten curbs on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. The new standards would phase in elimina...
US lays out plan at COP 28 to slash climate 'super pollutant' from oil and gasThe rules, two years in the making, were announced by U.S. officials at the United Nations COP28 climate change conference in Dubai. The Un...
COP28 lines up new climate pledges - but do they work?Among the expected pledges at COP28 are a goal to triple renewable energy capacity and initiatives on methane and coal power. These volunta...
UAE climate talks: Focus on fast action to reduce methane emissionsThe UN climate talks in the UAE are expected to see intense negotiations on methane. The UAE, hosting this year's climate talks (COP28), is...
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...
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...
COP27: Oil & gas emissions 3 times higher than figures being reported, data showsThe top 14 sources of emissions in the world are oil and gas fields, with the Permian Basin in Texas, the US, being the largest emitter, th...
UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the UN weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “om...
UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021Of the three main types of heat-trapping greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - the biggest jump from 2020 to 2021 ...
Climate: offshore methane gas leak spotted from spaceThe findings add a crucial tool to an expanding space-based arsenal for pinpointing previously invisible methane plumes from the oil and ga...
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...
G20 Rome summit aims to set agenda for COP26 climate talksThe developed nations are upping the ante and aim to finalise an ambitious climate action plan at the G20 heads of nations summit in Rome o...
Global warming: Time is running outIn the last year, global carbon dioxide emissions had increased by around 36 gigatonnes, and this level had remained roughly steady over th...