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India calls for concrete action on climate funding, transfer of technology
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
At the COP26 summit in Glasgow in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had committed to an ambitious five-part "Panchamrit" pledge, including reaching 500 GW of non-fossil electricity capacity, generating half of all energy requirements from renewables, to reducing emissions by 1 billion to
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EU set to provide Hungary Euro 920 million in new plan for recovery and re
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The revision of the recovery and resilience plan is a part of the European Union's RePower, part of the Union's plan to diversify away from imported fossil fuels and accelerate the green transition.
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Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate "Sustainable India - 2023" event on Nov 21
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
At the COP26 summit in Glasgow in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to an ambitious five-part "Panchamrit" pledge, including reaching 500 GW of non-fossil electricity capacity, to generate half of all energy requirements from renewables, to reduce emissions by 1 billion tons by 20
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Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) calls for a rapid phase-down of fossil
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 16: A new report by the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), Fossil Fuels in Transition: Committing to the phase-down of all fossil fuels, says that use of coal, oil and gas must be reduced dramatically by 2050, with reductions starting now.
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Climate crisis set to put more lives at risk with no action to phase out f
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A new report from more than 100 scientists and health practitioners has found that the climate crisis is set to put more lives at risk without bold action to phase out fossil fuels, CNN reported.
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As world approaches "irreversible harm," deaths due to heat may rise fivef
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The latest edition of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change has revealed the grave and mounting threat to health of further delayed action on climate change, with the world likely to experience a "4.7-fold increase in heat-related deaths by mid-century."
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Developed nations are responsible for poor environment, India won't budge:
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Those developed nations who lecture us on imposing regulatory norms on the usage of fossil fuels today are responsible for the poor state of the environment. Around 85 per cent of the carbon dioxide load in the atmosphere is because of industrialisation which was started by these developed
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Study helps deploy pioneering method using rhenium as proxy for carbon
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Carbon, the main component of life on Earth, is continuously moving from living things down into the crust and back up into the atmosphere.
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Study emphasises necessity of addressing risk of post-net zero global warm
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Since global warming is an inevitable consequence of burning fossil fuels, the only strategy we have to stop it is to bring human activity's CO2 emissions down to "net zero," or the point at which the amount of CO2 we release into the atmosphere and the amount we take out of it is equal.
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Biodiesel: The Next Big Renewable Story
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8: As the world grapples with environmental challenges and energy security concerns, India's Biodiesel sector is stepping up to provide greener and more sustainable alternatives. This Industry has witnessed unprecedented growth and is on path to create a milestone
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World on track to produce 110 pc more fossil fuels by 2030 in breach of Pa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The fourth edition of 'The Production Gap Report' released on Wednesday has revealed that annual oil and gas production is projected to increase by 27 per cent and 25 per cent by 2030, and by 29 percent and 41 per cent by 2050, respectively.
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Nepal: UN Secretary-General Guterres calls for end to fossil fuel use
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In his address from the Everest region during a visit to Nepal, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the world to end the use of fossil fuels warning of climate catastrophe if this is not done.
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