Renewable Energy

These Are the Cities Doing the Most to Combat Global Warming

May 16, 2019 Anand Gupta

Cities, which are home to more than half the world’s population, are stepping up efforts to slash pollution, often wresting the fight against climate change away from national governments. That’s the conclusion of CDP, a non-profit group that pushes institutions to detail their greenhouse-gas emissions. Often able to move faster than their national counterparts, metropolitan […]

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Glasgow eyes to become Britain’s first carbon-neutral city

May 15, 2019 Anand Gupta

Glasgow aims to become the first city in Britain to be carbon-neutral in a drive to tackle climate change. Glasgow City Council, working with Scottish Power, has pledged to make Britain’s third-biggest city the first to reach a “net zero” carbon emissions target and beat a 2045 overall target set out by the Scottish government […]

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PVH announces ambitious sustainability targets

May 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

PVH Corp, the company behind Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, has announced a new set of corporate responsibility goals ahead of the Copenhagen Fashion Summit, where CEO Emanuel Chirico is expected to provide more details. Named ‘Forward Fashion’, the new targets are based on three focus areas: reducing negative impacts to zero, increasing positive impact […]

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Energy investment reaches $1.8 trillion in 2018: IEA

May 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

Global energy investment totalled more than $1.8 trillion in 2018, a level similar to 2017 — ending three consecutive years of decline. Capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply increased, while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. The power sector attracted more investment than […]

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‘Step-change’ in energy investment needed to meet climate goals: IEA

May 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

At the same time, investment in new renewable power of all kinds dipped by about two percent. Paris: The world must double spending on renewable power and slash investment in oil and coal by 2030 to keep the Paris climate treaty temperature targets in play, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday. For that to […]

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Australian islanders to lodge landmark UN complaint on climate change

May 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

Eight residents of the Torres Strait Islands, a group of more than 270 low-lying islands between Australia and Papua New Guinea, are set to lodge a complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland KUALA LUMPUR: A group of indigenous people will file an unprecedented legal complaint against Australia on Monday, lawyers […]

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Bosch targets carbon neutrality at over 400 plants worldwide by 2020

May 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

Bosch is to be fully climate-neutral as early as next year. Its over 400 locations worldwide, and their engineering, manufacturing, and administrative facilities, will no longer leave a carbon footprint. This will make Bosch the first major industrial enterprise to achieve this ambitious goal in a little over a year. “We see climate action as […]

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UN chief Guterres says world ‘not on track’ with climate change

May 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

In a strong message for action on climate change, Guterres said international political resolve was fading and it was the small island nations that were “really in the front line” and would suffer most Wellington: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched a brief South Pacific tour in New Zealand Sunday, warning the world was “not on track” to limiting […]

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Renewable Energy: A Potent Tool For Women Empowerment In Rural India

May 9, 2019 Anand Gupta

While otherwise enjoying a phase of robust economic growth, India, unfortunately continues to be plagued by energy poverty. This is more pronounced in the rural regions, which are home to close to 70% of Indians. Though the government has focused attention on rural electrification, there are still around 41 million houses implying approximately 300 million […]

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Ex-aide reveals how Barack Obama won over PM Modi on Paris climate deal

May 7, 2019 Anand Gupta

Obama used race, personal chemistry, Jan 26 visit according to his former top personal and national security aide Benjamin Rhodes. WASHINGTON: Former US president Barack Obama made an exceptional use of his race, went out of his way to develop a personal chemistry with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and moved the State of the […]

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