The practical way to meet India’s growing energy requirements is to continue the dependence on thermal power (like coal, gas, diesel etc), which is the case now and is likely to continue for the next few decades. At the same time, not losing sight of our clean energy commitments will be imperative As I write […]
Climate Change
UN Refugee Agency sounds the alarm on climate change pounding refugee communities
Devastating extreme weather events and natural disasters are shattering many refugee and other displaced communities worldwide, worsening their plight and in some cases forcing them to move onwards and start from zero once again. This is what UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has observed with a series of catastrophic floods, earthquakes, cyclones, storms and heatwaves […]
Maharashtra govt wields bamboo in fight against climate change
MUMBAI: Climate change found a place for the first time in the state budget on Friday, when finance minister Ajit Pawar announced that bamboo will be planted on 10,000 hectares of private land across the state under Atal Bamboo Samriddhi Yojana. The scheme is being seen as a way to mitigate the effect of climate […]
Rich nations should provide climate finance to developing countries: Bhupender Yadav
New Delhi : Developed countries historically responsible for maximum carbon emissions should come forward and own the responsibility of providing finance to developing countries to address the climate crisis, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Friday. Climate finance will be at the centre of the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the world […]
COP28 faces debate over controversy-mired carbon credits
PARIS : Controversial credits bought by corporations to offset their carbon emissions will be in the spotlight at UN climate talks in November. These credits allow them to label everything from shampoo to air travel as “carbon neutral”. Carbon credits have been debated since their inclusion in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. But their reputation was […]
Biden’s green hydrogen plan hits climate obstacle: Water shortage – EQ Mag
The Biden administration’s climate agenda is facing an unexpected challenge in drought-prone Corpus Christi, Texas, where a proposed clean hydrogen hub would require the installation of energy-intensive, expensive and potentially environmentally damaging seawater desalination plants. The Gulf Coast port is in the running for up to $1 billion available under President Joe Biden’s 2021 Infrastructure […]
Oil giants drill deep as profits trump climate concerns – EQ Mag
LONDON : Oil and gas companies have intensified the hunt for new deposits in a long-term bet on demand, as they reinvest some of the record profits from the fossil fuel price surge driven by the Ukraine war, according to data and industry executives. The exploration revival – on the part of European majors in […]
Four North American cities now near worst air quality in the world – EQ Mag
New York; Washington, D.C.; Montreal; and Toronto have some of the worst air quality in the world, according to an AQI tracking service. Canadian wildfires have sent smoky air around much of North America over the last few weeks. The effect of the wildfires has been significantly worsened by climate change, researchers have found. Four […]
Global Challenge: Effective Recycling of Solar Panels Emerges as Key to Averting Ecological Disaster
As the world takes leaps toward a more sustainable future, the emergence of a new environmental challenge looms large—solar energy recycling. Solar energy plays an instrumental role in combating climate change and decelerating carbon emissions, however, the life span of solar panels—roughly 25 years—introduces a significant problem: the inevitable disposal and replacement of billions of […]
Climate change: It’s all about money – EQ Mag
It is abundantly clear that the world is being battered by extreme weather events because of climate change. It is also equally clear that the burden of these devastations is disproportionate — they hit the poor in the poorest countries hardest. Climate finance is not just payment or reparations needed to mitigate and adapt to […]