New Delhi : India is the only country in the group of G-20 countries which is moving fast towards achieving its climate goals, Prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, asserting that it is giving equal emphasis to environmental security as to national security. Modi said India has also made a move towards electric mobility […]
Significant Progress Made by India in Meeting Its NDC Targets While Staying Committed to Meeting Its Climate Goals Under the Paris Agreement: Shri RK Singh
India has already achieved emission reduction of 28% over 2005 levels; all set to exceed its NDC commitments before 2030 India already has achieved 38.5 % installed capacity from renewables Power Minister urges G20 nations with per capita GHG emissions above the world average to reduce their emissions G20 Energy and Climate Joint Ministerial Meeting […]
EU Launches Green Bond Framework to Help It Meet Climate Goals
Green Bond Standard aims to be ‘gold standard’ Aligned with bloc’s sustainable finance framework Third-party checks on bonds to be backed up by regulator The European Commission on Tuesday proposed a new European Green Bond Standard to drive money into projects that will help the bloc meet its mid-century climate goal of net zero carbon […]
Equinor to Spend More on Renewables, Sets Medium-Term Climate Goals
Equinor will increase the share of investment it dedicates to renewable energy and so-called low-carbon solutions as it seeks to broaden its business, the Norwegian oil and gas producer said in a strategy update on Tuesday. The company will increase its dividends and introduced a new share buyback initiative, it said. Equinor will increase the […]
China Warns Two-Thirds of Regions For Missing Energy Targets
The worst offenders were the eastern province of Zhejiang, the provinces of Yunnan and Guandong and the Guangxi region in southern China, which received red ratings, the lowest, for both their consumption and intensity targets. BEIJING : China’s state planner on Thursday warned provincial and regional governments against missing their energy consumption and efficiency targets […]
Biden Climate Goals to Take Backseat in Biggest U.S. Power Grid
The power grid serving nearly 20% of the U.S. population is about to throw a roadblock in President Joe Biden’s plan to decarbonize the electricity sector. PJM Interconnection LLC, which keeps the lights on for 65 million people from Chicago to Washington, D.C., is expected to clear a fleet of new natural gas plants– and […]
Hydrogen project pipeline tops $300 billion—report
Most of the world’s planned hydrogen projects and the biggest chunk of related investments this decade are expected to be in Europe, an industry report said on Wednesday, as the continent races to scale up the low-carbon fuel to meet climate goals. The European Union has made hydrogen a key plank in its aim to […]
Europe pulls ahead in race for hydrogen, as global project pipeline grows -report
Most of the world’s planned hydrogen projects and the biggest chunk of related investments this decade are expected to be in Europe, an industry report said on Wednesday, as the continent races to scale up the low-carbon fuel to meet climate goals. The European Union has made hydrogen a key plank in its aim to […]
California Adds New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Along Highway 99, Creates Climate Corps
The Central Valley is playing a role in two new programs designed to push forward California’s climate goals. Caltrans has installed 22 new electric vehicle charging stations along Highway 99 and Interstate 5 from Madera to the Grapevine. Chargers have been placed at nine locations approximately 40 miles apart on 99 and one at Kettleman […]
Apple boss Tim Cook calls for stricter climate goals
Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple (APPL) has urged governments and businesses to carry out stricter climate targets starting from next year. Speaking at the United Nations’ Climate Ambition Summit, Cook revealed that Apple is planning to assist 95 of its suppliers to transition to renewable energy, up from the 70 the iPhone maker disclosed […]
