Carbon Emission
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GMR-run Delhi Airport becomes first Indian airport to achieve Net-Zero Carbon Emission status
Delhi | August 14, 2024 21:09 ISTDelhi Airport's remarkable achievement of Level 5 certification underscores its leadership in sustainability and carbon management. By achieving Level 5 certification, Delhi Airport has demonstrated significant progress in reducing its Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 90 per cent.
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India's per capita emissions less than half of global average in 2022, US tops the list: Report
World | December 05, 2023 19:11 ISTThe US is also the biggest CO2 emitter since the Industrial Revolution. Over the entire period 1850–2022, the US' cumulative emissions amounted to 115 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (Gt C) (24 per cent of the world total), the EU's to 80 Gt C (17 per cent) and China's to 70 Gt C (15 per cent).
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Schneider Electric launches 'Green Yodha' initiative in India
January 20, 2022 15:43 ISTFrance-based Schneider Electric is ranked the world’s most sustainable corporation in 2021 by Corporate Knights.
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Delhi airport to become net zero carbon emission airport by 2030, says DIAL
India | November 23, 2021 21:08 ISTThe announcement about the 2030 target was made by Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, CEO, of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL).
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IIT Guwahati, IIM Bangalore teams make breakthrough in pricing carbon risk
Science | July 26, 2021 21:35 ISTIn their paper, the researchers found a mathematical relationship between the carbon risk premium and the value of the future risk.
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Innovation key to tackling carbon emissions: Bill Gates
World | February 15, 2021 9:42 ISTInnovation is a key to tackling carbon emissions, and governments should be encouraged to invest more than what they have done, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said.
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Elon Musk announces USD 100 million prize for developing technology to capture carbon dioxide emissi
World | January 22, 2021 12:09 ISTTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced to donate $100 million towards a prize for the best carbon capture technology.
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World's oceans continue to warm, despite reduced carbon emissions
Science | January 16, 2021 12:59 ISTDespite reductions in global carbon emissions due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the world's oceans in 2020 were the warmest in recorded history, according to a new study.
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Study: World carbon pollution falls 17% during pandemic peak
World | May 20, 2020 8:12 ISTThe world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found.
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CO2 emissions cost India USD 210 billion every year: Study
World | September 26, 2018 13:34 ISTPrevious research has focused on how rich countries benefit from the fossil fuel economy, while damages accrue primarily to the developing world
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Barack Obama hails world climate deal, says it's our best chance to save planet
World | December 13, 2015 7:17 ISTParis: US president Barack Obama has hailed the adoption of the landmark climate change deal in Paris as a 'turning point' for the world adding that the pact represents the "best chance" for mankind to
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China builds world's largest coal mine gas unit to make power
World | January 02, 2015 14:29 ISTBeijing: China has built the world's largest facility to turn excess methane gas from coal mines into electricity, which could help the communist giant reduce its emissions.Lu'an Group - which completed the facility at Shanxi
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US power plants world's worst polluters: Report
World | September 20, 2014 10:34 ISTWashington: America's power plants are among the leading global sources of carbon emission than the entire economies of Russia, India, Japan or any other nation put together besides China, a latest report said on Friday."US
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Japan to offer green tech to India to cut carbon emissions
World | June 18, 2014 6:30 ISTTokyo: Japan is set to offer its cutting-edge green technologies to India to combat climate change and help reduce emissions which would earn Japanese firms carbon credits, a report has said.Japan plans to sign an
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Internet emits 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
World | January 06, 2013 16:36 ISTMelbourne,Jan 6: Internet and other components of information communication and technology (ICT) industry annually produces more than 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas, and is expected to double by 2020,
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