In the run-up to two key UN summits on Climate Change, India has raised the pitch for finance and technology support to developing nations to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of keeping a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said […]
India will overachieve Paris pact targets by 60%: IEEFA
India would significantly exceed its 2015 Paris Agreement target of a 40 per cent share of installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. New Delhi: India would significantly exceed its 2015 Paris Agreement target of a 40 per cent share of installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, the US-based Institute […]
Japan sets carbon-neutral goal as UK plans climate laws
Japan has joined Britain in pledging to become carbon neutral later this century, as the world races to prevent catastrophic climate change, but critics blasted Tokyo’s plan as unambitious. While Britain on Wednesday outlined plans for fast-track legislation that would reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, Japan’s policy only pledges to meet the […]
UN chief Guterres says world ‘not on track’ with climate change
In a strong message for action on climate change, Guterres said international political resolve was fading and it was the small island nations that were “really in the front line” and would suffer most Wellington: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched a brief South Pacific tour in New Zealand Sunday, warning the world was “not on track” to limiting […]
Paris, We Have a Problem: World’s Largest Economies Not Getting Policy Mix Right to Avoid Worst of Climate Change, IHS Markit Says
Carbon-pricing mechanisms, including carbon taxes and emission trading systems, are falling well short of levels needed to achieve low-emission targets Carbon prices in the G20 (through September 2018). Source: IHS Markit HOUSTON: Despite potentially game-changing shifts in energy use and supply patterns during the coming decades, the world may not be able to reach a […]
