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 ...
10 Dec, 2023, 02.53 PM IST
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
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...
02 Dec, 2023, 10.44 PM IST
At UN Climate talks, oil companies pledge to combat methane; Environmentalists call it "smokescreen"The announcement by Sultan al-Jaber, president of the climate summit known as COP28 and head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., comes as he...
02 Dec, 2023, 06.52 PM IST
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...
02 Dec, 2023, 09.04 AM IST
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...
28 Nov, 2023, 10.55 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
US federal agency funds methane capture project IndiaAccording to the press release, the USTDA-funded feasibility study will develop recommendations on extracting, gathering, compressing, and ...
10 Mar, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
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...
09 Nov, 2022, 07.32 PM IST
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...
26 Oct, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
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 ...
26 Oct, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
Oil and gas methane emissions could be solved this decade, experts sayCurrently, oil and gas extraction, processing and distribution is responsible for 23% of global methane emissions, according to a 2021 asse...
04 Oct, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
There is scope to slash methane emissionsGlobally, 32% of anthropogenic methane emission is from livestock; but since the Indian diet is primarily plant-based, our emission reducti...
12 Nov, 2021, 11.41 PM IST
Fears for farming and trade stopped India signing COP26 forest, methane pledgesAt the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders on Tuesday pledged to stop deforestation by the end of the decad...
04 Nov, 2021, 12.20 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
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...
18 Oct, 2021, 08.23 AM IST
Joe Biden convenes meeting of major emitters to boost swift and bold climate actionPM Modi will not be attending the meeting, Environment Minister Yadav to represent India. Countries to be asked to step up efforts to drast...
17 Sep, 2021, 04.15 PM IST