China’s carbon emissions may have risen in 2015, contrary to previous assumptions, says new research from Norway’s CICERO institute
China’s coal consumption and carbon dioxide emissions may have gone down in both 2014 and 2015 – or maybe not. Uncertainties in China’s energy statistics are often higher than the total energy consumption of many countries. Can we trust the data…Read More
An expert evaluates the important board meeting of the fund that is supposed to provide the main ammunition in the combat against climate change
With its clean and green spaces, and futuristic skyline, the Songdo Business District of South Korea isn’t exactly a place to imagine the perils of climate change. However, it became the centre of attention in early March as the 12th board meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) took place…Read More
Meeting for the first time since the Paris summit, Brazil, South Africa, India and China said they would sign the Paris agreement, but would oppose a proposed aviation cess, an issue postponed at the climate meet
The BASIC group of countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) is worried about a European Union proposal to tax carbon emissions caused by flying. The vexed issue had flared up a few…Read More
Mexico’s capital used to be the most polluted city in the world. But this is how it turned its fortune around
Red alerts, curfews and health crises resulting from air too hazardous to breathe – for those who lived in Mexico City in the 80s and 90s, its recent pollution problems are all too familiar. Back then, lead, ozone, carbon and sulphur were so rife in the atmosphere that residents claimed they were causing birds to fall out of the sky. The city authorities…Read More
Climate change will flood Kolkata’s streets more often, and the drainage function of its wetlands will be more vital; but civic apathy, hunger for real estate and unregulated industrialization are destroying this ecosystem that also feeds the city and cleans its sewage every day
Ask a Kolkata resident about the wetlands along the city’s eastern fringe and you’ll usually get a blank stare. Some may describe it as a…Read More
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