Fossil fuels

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City Where The Promise Of Good Health Turns To Ash

India’s air pollution kills more than 2 million people a year. The heavily industrialised city of Panipat, around 80km north…

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The Nuclear Debate Powers Ahead

Navigating expanded nuclear power generation will require stronger and better safeguards while making sensible use of new technologies. As the…

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Opinion: Why Is India Weakening The Global Plastics Treaty?

"Humanity has exceeded a planetary boundary related to environmental pollutants including plastics” — announced an international team of researchers in…

3 months ago
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New Coal Mines Add Question Mark To India’s Climate Commitments

At COP28, on 9 December, 2023, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence”…

3 months ago
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Your Aircon Could Make 2024 The Hottest Year On Record

Last year, 2023, was the hottest on record, marked by heatwaves across North America, China and Europe. It is likely…

4 months ago
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Will The “Transition Away” From Fossil Fuels Really Happen By 2050?

At the global climate summit COP28, global leaders have pledged to ultimately move away from fossil fuels cutting a wide…

4 months ago
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A Landmark Consensus Amidst Contradictions & Lobbying At COP28

COP28 achieved historic success by incorporating fossil fuel in the final draft, agreeing to operationalise the loss and damage fund…

4 months ago
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COP28 Offers Climate Action A Lifeline But No Finish Line

For the first time, countries have agreed to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst consequences of the…

4 months ago
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Climate Goals: Developed Countries Need To Deepen Emissions Cuts

Developed countries, particularly the richest among them, have reduced their emissions by only 7.4% to 8.8% over the last two…

5 months ago
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COP28: What Does A ‘Loss And Damage’ Fund Mean?

Early on, the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to compensate…

5 months ago
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COP28: Pledges Are A Drop In The Ocean

The first day of COP28 climate conference reached a consensus to operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund, a crucial milestone.…

5 months ago
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The Path To Net-Zero Emissions Runs Through Industry

As government leaders and climate negotiators gather in Dubai for the COP28 United Nations climate conference, an enormous challenge looms…

5 months ago
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Oil, Gas, Coal Are Destabilizing All 9 Planetary Boundaries

It’s well known that the fossil fuel industry made the industrial age possible and raised much of humanity’s living standard,…

5 months ago
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Climate Damage: Who Pays And How?

COP28 will take stock of the step change in ambition needed, but the gulf in climate finance promises and realities…

5 months ago
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COP28: Poor Countries Eye Disappointment At Dubai Summit

At the COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, an agreement to establish a loss and damage fund was hailed as…

6 months ago
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Why We Delayed Climate Action For So Long…

We now have a very narrow window to significantly and rapidly slash greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most disastrous…

6 months ago
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The Global Biofuels Alliance: An Aspiration That Needs Careful Direction

The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA), formally launched at the G20 Summit in Delhi in September, has intensified the discussion on…

6 months ago
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Will Gaza Jeopardise India’s Energy Resilience?

India’s renewable energy transition has been commendable, but the nation still relies heavily on fossil fuels. It is the world’s…

6 months ago
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Investments In Renewables Need To Triple To Meet Demand

India’s energy demands will exceed that of every country in the next three decades. Its emissions are also projected to…

6 months ago
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COP28: We Need Accountability, Not Leadership From Oil Companies

In his masterful polemic, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, the American journalist Anand Giridharadas takes…

6 months ago
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COP28 And What It Means For South Asia

COP28 is this year’s crucial UN climate summit, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention…

6 months ago
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Four Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters

Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the…

7 months ago
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Decoding Energy Governance

As the world moves towards a green energy transition, effective, equitable and efficient energy governance is crucial for ensuring that…

8 months ago
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How India Can Help Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

India is an emerging economy at the cusp of sizeable growth: over the next three decades, its gross domestic product…

9 months ago
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Replace Fossil Fuels? The Earth May Hold Huge Stores Of Natural Hydrogen

Hydrogen comes in an ever-increasing range of colours. Green hydrogen, made by cracking water into oxygen and hydrogen. Blue hydrogen, made from…

10 months ago

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