Aid
CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets
Ranjit Devraj Climate change action demands stricter emissions control of Asia Pacific’s coal burners, say analysts. With coal-based energy responsible for 40 per cent […]
Tag: emission
Cities
Cities need net-zero commitments as climate induced internally displaced people keeps increasing
Women and girls make up over half of the world’s IDPs, 5 million IDPs are living with disabilities, an estimated 2.6 million are elderly, […]
Cities
How Air Pollution Could Be Harming Your Brain
Kasra Zarei According to one expert, “The risk of air pollution on the brain is a much broader risk factor than we’ve given it […]
Climate
Australia not to hit its 5% 2020 emissions reduction target till 2030
Stephen Howes A report released last month by the Department of the Environment and Energy shows that Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 are estimated to […]
Sustainable Business
Travel Tourism Must Transform to Survive Climate Change
The travel and tourism sector accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions that are contributing to climate change The travel and tourism […]
Cities
Time for an airshed approach in Delhi NCR
Polash Mukerjee Air pollution knows no political boundaries, and this severe problem in the national capital region needs a coordinated airshed approach by all […]
Climate
New records of Greenhouse gas concentrations in atmosphere: WMO
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization. This continuing long-term trend […]
Sustainable Business
HSBC CEO Slammed For Coal Double-Standard at Climate Finance Summit
Activists hijack twitter feed and confront HSBC over discriminatory coal policy Activists continued their campaign against HSBC’s CEO John Flint and his bank’s double […]
Climate
Paris pledges only a third of what is needed to avoid worst impacts of climate change
Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met, according to […]
Climate
The new UN deal on aviation emissions leaves much to be desired
David Hodgkinson and Rebecca Johnston International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) chose a global carbon offset scheme to deal with international aviation emissions Emissions fron international flights – a […]
Data & Reports
Most people breathe in polluted air: WHO
A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits “The […]
Sustainable Business
A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs
The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries around the […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.