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Global fossil fuel emissions underestimated: Study

The study used data collected from 20 observatories world-wide.

27 Feb 2018 6:39 PM IST

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Air conditioning could add to global warming woes: Study

Air quality is a big issue for public health.

4 July 2018 8:53 PM IST

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At UN, Modi vows to more than double India's green fuel target

Monday's announcement during his speech at the global climate summit goes well beyond the pledge of 175 GW.

24 Sept 2019 1:52 AM IST

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, right, celebrates passing the global stocktake with United Nations Climate Chief Simon Stiell, left, and COP28 CEO Adnan Amin during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)

Indranil Banerjie | COP28 and wages of greed: Planet is at breaking...

The urgency of action on climate control has been reiterated endlessly in recent times

18 Dec 2023 12:54 AM IST

To hold COP-28 in a petroleum producing state under the chairmanship of the head honcho of a fossil fuel firm and decide to hold the next one in another, in Azerbaijan, might not be such a bad thing if the idea was to take the ticklish subject of fossil fuels head-on. (AFP Photo)

AA Edit | Rich nations must pay for decarbonisation

World has acknowledged that a climate deal should involve transitioning away from fossil fuels

15 Dec 2023 11:57 PM IST

COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (C) and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Simon Stiell (L) and other officials attend a plenary session during the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 13, 2023. (AFP)

COP28 seals deal on fossil fuels

The historic document called on countries with an eight-point plan to achieve the goal

14 Dec 2023 2:40 AM IST

Estimates suggest health savings from reduced air pollution may be between 1.4-2.5 times greater than cost of climate change mitigation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Health savings outweigh costs of limiting global warming: study

Health costs from air pollution include medical treatment, patient care, and lost productivity.

3 March 2018 10:03 AM IST

The situation calls for policy change to induce a faster alternate energy development programmes in the techno-economic paradigm, and quicker switchover to local renewable energy sources including EVs nationwide.

Hurry! Line up fossil fuel alternatives

For India Biomass-based energy generation has to be the major focus area of renewable energy programme.

30 Sept 2018 5:49 AM IST