Page 12 - Carbon Emissions

Railways meets solar power developers for zero carbon emission goal

The railways has developed a mega plan for installing solar plants of 20-GW capacity by utilising its vacant land by 2030

Tech firms offer carbon tracking software to meet oil-investor demands

Top investors, including BlackRock, have put climate change on their agendas, encouraging energy producers to evaluate programs to help track emissions and report on results

What will coronavirus pandemic look like to geologists in the far future?

The pandemic won't leave a direct record of the viruses for geologists of the far future to investigate, as viruses don't fossilise

Apple aims to remove carbon emissions from supply chain, products by 2030

Apple said it aims to achieve 75% of the goal by reducing emissions, with the remaining 25% coming from carbon removal or offset projects such as planting trees and restoring habitats

Needed: An ecosystem to nurture ingenuity

India is drafting a new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

RIL to replace auto fuel with clean energy; aims to become carbon-zero firm

Reliance has proprietary technology to convert transportation fuels to valuable petrochemical and material building blocks

Railways sets target of becoming net zero carbon emitter by 2030

Besides, Indian Railways is trying to produce power from land-based solar installations for running trains

Mukesh Ambani pushes for clean, affordable energy; tech to decarbonise

"It's not only imperative for us to be net carbon zero but I think that we should opt to recycle carbon," Ambani said.

Adani Green Energy wins world's biggest solar bid of Rs 45,000 crore

Becomes India's largest clean energy firm; to set up 8-Gw power plant

Using tech to go virtual, green and smart in the times of the coronavirus

Apart from bringing the office, school, doctor and entertainment home, going virtual has significantly helped us reduce carbon footprint as well

UN aviation body agrees to curb carbon credits decried by climate activists

Developing countries had hoped a global push by airlines to offset emissions would mop up a glut of carbon credits awarded under earlier climate initiatives

India bigger problem than China in climate change fight, says Bloomberg

The billionaire and philanthropist, who announced his presidential run only this year, asserted that the US was making a difference

Coronavirus slashes China carbon emissions as coal, oil demand dips: Study

The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus has led to a drop in demand for coal and oil, resulting in the emissions slump

US, EU, India among 'big emitters', must lead way on climate action: UN

He was responding to a question on which countries and governments are responsible for the failure to improve the climate change situation

Developed nations not taking action to reduce carbon emissions: Javadekar

'We need an open source approach for climate change innovation and should not profit while tackling a disaster', said Javadekar

Amazon workers criticise company on climate change despite risk to jobs

Amazon, which relies on fossil fuels to power the planes, trucks and vans that ship packages all over the world, has an enormous carbon footprint.

My generation will not give up without a fight: Activist Greta Thunberg

We demand that at this year's WEF participants from all companies, banks, institutions and governments: halt subsidies, investments to fossil fuels

US, EU top carbon polluters, must pay 54% of climate action costs: Report

The report examines data on historical carbon emissions to calculate the 'fair share' of responsibility for climate financing

Finland has an app to calculate carbon footprint based on user's purchases

Unlike other carbon-footprint calculators already on the market, the application developed by a Finnish payment services provider does not rely on users inputting the data manually

How paying countries for not cutting down trees reduces deforestation

In 2009, Norway pledged $250 million if Guyana limited its annual deforestation rate to 0.056% between the years 2010 and 2015