“I wake up in the night thinking about it,” Maria Morgan says. “We’re guinea pigs.” Maria is on the front line of the UK’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. Her house in Whitby in Ellesmere Port, north-west England, is one of 2,000 homes earmarked to have its supply of natural […]
Carbon Removal in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act – EQ Mag
In the last year, the federal government has committed to spend more than $580 billion to combat climate change through the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Within this $580 billion, there is significant funding supporting development and deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – approaches and technologies […]
Bill Gates: Our grandchildren will pay if we don’t fix climate change – EQ Mag
Bill Gates funds climate adaptation through his namesake philanthropic venture, the Gates Foundation, and he invests in climate tech companies through his investment firm, Breakthrough Energy Ventures. “Getting to zero will be the hardest thing humans have ever done,” Gates writes in his year-end letter published Tuesday. “We need to revolutionize the entire physical economy—how […]
NDC urges govt. to prepare for impact of climate change in the Nilgiris – EQ Mag
The Nilgiri Documentation Center (NDC) has urged the government to incorporate “climate change preparedness” into its Special Area Development Programme plans, to address potential challenges that the Nilgiris could face due to climate change. The NDC had also urged the State Planning Council to form a special cell to study, monitor, and advise the government […]
India has opportunity to take lead in tackling climate change: Union Minister – EQ Mag
Silchar : India can play a big role to tackle climate change globally, said Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education Dr. R K Ranjan. On the sidelines of a programme at Assam University in Silchar on Sunday, he said that at a time when the world is reeling under food and energy […]
What the World Really Needs to Adapt to Climate Change – EQ Mag
From deadly floods in Pakistan to drought-driven starvation in the Horn of Africa, the system-wide effects of the climate change crisis are already here. Even if the world hits its target of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) — which all signs point to us overshooting — many dangerous climate […]
Scatec recognised with ‘A’ score for transparency on climate change – EQ Mag
Oslo : Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy company in emerging markets, has been recognised for its leadership in corporate transparency and performance on climate change by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its annual ‘A List’. Based on data reported through CDP’s 2022 Climate Change questionnaire, Scatec is one of a small […]
Kerala govt releases revised action plan on climate change – EQ Mag
Kerala aspires to become a 100 % renewable energy-based state by 2040 and net carbon neutral by 2050, said CM Pinarayi Vijayan while releasing the action plan. Kerala is very vulnerable to climate-induced disasters owing to its geographical location and therefore, the government has come out with a revised action plan for dealing with climate […]
‘Dispatchable’ renewables in spotlight after upbeat IEA report: Maguire – EQ Mag
LITTLETON : This week’s upbeat renewable energy supply outlook by the International Energy Agency (IEA) contained an important but overlooked lament about the slow roll-out of so-called dispatchable renewable energy sources. The main takeaways from the IEA outlook were that renewable energy development has been supercharged by the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war, and that […]
Indian coal magnate Gautam Adani goes green – EQ Mag
NEW DELHI : Asia’s richest man, Gautam Adani, made his vast fortune betting on coal as an energy hungry India grew swiftly after liberalizing its economy in the 1990s. He’s now set his sights on becoming the world’s biggest renewable energy player, by 2030, by promising to align his investments with the government’s own priorities. […]