The Indian government has issued a list of projects that would be eligible to earn carbon offsets for the purpose of selling them in international carbon markets. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, a total of 13 activities have been identified as … [continued]
At this year’s COP27 held in Egypt, the BloombergNEF (BNEF) research company released its study for the 2022 Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook. The ZEV Factbook shows that the adoption of zero-emission vehicles has accelerated over the past year across almost all markets and vehicle segments. The finding from the ZEV Factbook … [continued]
Contrary to Shakespeare’s existential question, to buy or not to buy an internal combustion car is a very simple question with an even simpler answer. No! In the comments section of this and other websites I see often the discussion about what to do when there is no good fully … [continued]
The costs of climate change are multiple. This article will limit itself to a few big budget items associated with the consequences of burning fossil fuels and partly with forestry and land use change. The type of costs of climate change are: The costs of damage, health costs and cleaning … [continued]
The transformation to a zero emissions society will necessarily be disruptive. But innovation, especially from the cleantech sector, is creating momentum and making what once seemed impossible within reach.
Energy and environment ministers at the Group of 20 meeting of industrialized nations that took place in Naples, Italy, late last week failed to come to a consensus on several key commitments to tackle climate change in their final communique. There were two points in particular that were not agreed … [continued]
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement would create 8 million jobs by 2050, a new analysis published in the journal One Earth found. Currently, 18 million people globally work in the energy sector, which the study defines as only those within the energy system, not adjacent sectors like energy efficiency or … [continued]
President Biden will pledge to cut U.S. climate pollution to 50% of 2005 levels by 2030, according to reports. The goal, known as a Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, would nearly double the cuts targeted by the Obama administration in 2015. The White House said an official decision had … [continued]
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Rachel Cleetus President Biden has brought the US back into the Paris Agreement and has announced a Leaders’ Climate Summit, now set for April 22 — Earth Day. The administration has said it will develop and submit its nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement ahead … [continued]
Here’s a quick review of the ways Trump and other Republicans tried to stack the deck against renewables, electric vehicles, and other clean technologies, and look at why they failed.
