India historically contributed to 5% warming: UNEP
1 year, 1 month ago

India historically contributed to 5% warming: UNEP

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Current and historical emissions are highly unequally distributed globally, the United Nations Environment Programme said on Monday referring to India’s example. The bottom 50% of the world population contributed only 12% of total emissions Per capita territorial GHG emissions vary significantly across countries. The bottom 50% of the world population contributed only 12% of total emissions,” UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2023 titled “Broken Record” said on Monday. Historic emissions and contribution to global warming similarly vary significantly across countries and groups of countries, UNEP has said explaining that nearly 80% of historical cumulative fossil and land use CO2 emissions came from G20 countries, with the largest contributions from China, the US and the European Union, while least developed countries contributed 4%. To do so, we must triple renewable energy capacity and double energy efficiencies, tackle methane emissions, and accelerate decarbonization ambitions across heavy emitting sectors by 2030,” the COP28 Presidency said in a statement.

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2024 in review: India’s race for sustainable survival as climate crisis deepens
1 week, 1 day ago

2024 in review: India’s race for sustainable survival as climate crisis deepens

Live Mint  

The year is set to end as the hottest on record, marking the second consecutive year of unprecedented warming after 2023 claimed the same title. Data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that that average global temperature in nine out of the first 11 months in 2024 was already 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The report said 2024 …

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas
1 week, 4 days ago

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas

Live Mint  

Sitting down to write this newsletter, I was thinking about a way to introduce it that would chime in with the fact that we are in December. According to the November data of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average global surface temperature was 1.62 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels. View Full Image In May, a working …

The issue of India’s economic growth versus emissions
2 weeks, 1 day ago

The issue of India’s economic growth versus emissions

The Hindu  

The Indian economy has consistently showcased its robust growth over the past few decades. The claim The claim of India’s decoupling made in the Economic Survey comes from comparing GDP and emissions growth rates between 2005 and 2019. While there has been no absolute decoupling in India, since 1990, GDP in India has grown at a much higher pace than …

India drops two places but remains among top 10 climate performers: Report
1 month ago

India drops two places but remains among top 10 climate performers: Report

Deccan Chronicle  

Baku : India remained in the top 10 on a list of 63 countries assessed for efforts to combat climate change, despite dropping two spots compared to an year ago, thanks to its low per-capita emissions and rapid deployment of renewables, a report said on Wednesday. The Climate Change Performance Index -- published by think tanks Germanwatch, New Climate Institute, …

India drops 2 places, but remains in top 10 climate performers: Report
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1 month ago

India drops 2 places, but remains in top 10 climate performers: Report

India Today  

India remained in the top 10 on a list of 63 countries assessed for efforts to combat climate change, despite dropping two spots compared to a year ago, thanks to its low per-capita emissions and rapid deployment of renewables, a report said on Wednesday. The Climate Change Performance Index, published by think tanks Germanwatch, New Climate Institute and Climate Action …

Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions
1 month, 1 week ago

Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year. Many analysts had been hoping that China — by far the world’s biggest annual carbon polluting nation with 32% of the emissions — would have peaked its …

World nears 1.5°C warming threshold, carbon budget dwindling
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1 month, 1 week ago

World nears 1.5°C warming threshold, carbon budget dwindling

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The world will exhaust in about six years, the remaining carbon budget before the 1.5 degrees C warming threshold is breached consistently, the Global Carbon Project’s science team has projected. The carbon budget is the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that will result in limiting global warming to a given level, in this case, the Paris accord’s target …

Mint Primer: Your two-minute guide to COP29... and dystopia
1 month, 1 week ago

Mint Primer: Your two-minute guide to COP29... and dystopia

Live Mint  

Nations, businesses and civil society are set to discuss ways to tackle the climate crisis at yet another Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, The 29th meet is in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 11-14 November. A massive $2.4 trillion a year—four times what is currently invested—is required for poor and emerging economies to cut greenhouse gas …

India should not be seen as 3rd or 4th-largest GHG emitter due to low per capita emissions: Minister
3 months ago

India should not be seen as 3rd or 4th-largest GHG emitter due to low per capita emissions: Minister

The Hindu  

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said India should not be viewed as the world's third or fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and its low per capita emission should be considered instead. Addressing a session at the Global Renewable Energy Investors Meet and Expo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, he said India is home to 17% of the world's population, but …

Reducing nitrous oxide emissions key for achieving climate goals
6 months, 1 week ago

Reducing nitrous oxide emissions key for achieving climate goals

New Indian Express  

While the world’s efforts are centered around reducing carbon dioxide and methane emissions to keep global warming within 1.5 to 2 degree Celsius rise, there is another more potent greenhouse gas whose emissions are continuing unabated — nitrous oxide. Between 1980 and 2020, nitrous oxide emissions witnessed a sharp increase of 40% largely driven by unsustainable practices in global food …

Need to hasten climate action as temps break records
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Need to hasten climate action as temps break records

New Indian Express  

The unprecedented rise in temperatures across north India—especially in Delhi, which recorded a historical high of 52.9°C on Wednesday—has given a glimpse into the dire future caused by human-induced climate change. The increased emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide produced by human activities are creating the effect of trapping heat and raising temperatures on …

Thinning out, not cooling off: Climate crisis and the dip in global population
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Thinning out, not cooling off: Climate crisis and the dip in global population

Hindustan Times  

For over two centuries, the spectre of overpopulation has haunted global debates about food security, sustainability and the environment. A 2023 study by researchers at the University of Texas in Austin makes a convincing case that “contemporaneous fertility rates are, essentially, quantitatively irrelevant to our climate future.” According to the study’s findings, the difference in long-run temperature rise between population …

India reduced emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005-19, 11 years in advance: Govt report
1 year ago

India reduced emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005-19, 11 years in advance: Govt report

India TV News  

India reduced its GDP emission intensity by 33 per cent between 2005 and 2019, achieving the target 11 years in advance, according to a government report. The report also said India's GDP grew at a cumulative annual growth rate of 7 per cent but its emissions rose by only 4 per cent per year during this period, suggesting that the …

Cause and Effect | At COP28, world leaders are at a crossroads
1 year ago

Cause and Effect | At COP28, world leaders are at a crossroads

Hindustan Times  

World leaders converging on Dubai for the COP28 summit have their task cut out for them: To agree on emissions cut and a phase-out of fossil fuels; operationalising the loss and damage fund; and to ensure action on the new and updated nationally determined contributions. The world is currently headed for 2.5 to 2.9°C warming over the pre-industrial period, said …

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’
1 year, 1 month ago

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’

The Hindu  

Countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released on November 20, 2023. The annual Emissions Gap report, which assesses countries’ promises to tackle climate change compared with what is needed, finds the world faces between 2.5°C and …

India contributed 5% to global emissions, says UNEP in report highlighting gap
1 year, 1 month ago

India contributed 5% to global emissions, says UNEP in report highlighting gap

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: People walk along the Kartavya Path in front of the India Gate amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 13. Current and past greenhouse gas emissions that have led to global warming are unequally distributed globally, the United Nations Environment Programme said on Monday, citing India’s example. Per capita territorial emissions vary significantly across countries since …

India, the world's most populated country, is on track to achieve its climate goals: report
1 year, 4 months ago

India, the world's most populated country, is on track to achieve its climate goals: report

Salon  

A new report submitted by the Indian government to the United Nations offers a glimmer of hope when it comes to the fight against climate change: Over the past 14 years, the world's most populous nation has reduced its carbon emissions by a larger-than-expected 33%. According to the report filed to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, India is …

India succeeds in reducing emissions rate by 33% over 14 years: sources
1 year, 4 months ago

India succeeds in reducing emissions rate by 33% over 14 years: sources

The Hindu  

India's greenhouse emissions rate dropped by a faster-than-expected 33% in 14 years as renewable energy generation rose and forest cover increased, according to two officials privy to latest assessment made for submission to the United Nations. India's rate of emissions intensity - the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions emitted for every unit increase of gross domestic product - fell …

India succeeds in reducing greenhouse emissions rate by 33% over 14 years: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

India succeeds in reducing greenhouse emissions rate by 33% over 14 years: Report

Hindustan Times  

India's greenhouse emissions rate dropped by a faster-than-expected 33% in 14 years as renewable energy generation rose and forest cover increased, according to two officials privy to latest assessment made for submission to the United Nations. The report's findings showed India well on the way to meeting a commitment to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, to reduce emissions …

Climate change: India feels the heat
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change: India feels the heat

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Climate change may be far from an immediate or even long-term concern for many, but the impact of greenhouse gas emissions across the globe is being felt in India too, the Government of India has told the Parliament. Between 1993 and 2017, the total rise in the sea level was a 7.92 centimetres around India, as per the data …

India's contribution to global greenhouse gas emission only 4%: Bhupender Yadav at HT G20 Agenda
1 year, 7 months ago

India's contribution to global greenhouse gas emission only 4%: Bhupender Yadav at HT G20 Agenda

Hindustan Times  

Union environment, forest and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said India has contributed only about 4 per cent of global cumulative greenhouse gas emissions between 1850 and 2019, underlining how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ensured India cut down emissions at all levels – from industry to individual. Union environment, forest and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav at …

India’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — The full extent of the damage from India’s sizzling heat that’s causing more deaths, illnesses, school shutdowns and crop failures is underestimated by lawmakers and officials in the country and slowing the nation’s development, a study Wednesday said. Extreme heat is placing 80% of India’s 1.4 billion population in danger but assessments of how vulnerable the country …

Rich nations must scale up emission cuts: India at meet
1 year, 8 months ago

Rich nations must scale up emission cuts: India at meet

The Hindu  

April 15, 2023 02:12 pm | Updated April 16, 2023 12:22 am IST - New Delhi Meeting the global target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require developed nations to scale up their emission reduction efforts, India said at the G7 Ministers Meeting on Climate Energy and Environment in Japan's Sapporo on Saturday. This will create opportunities for …

Climate scientists deliver final warning: Time is running out
1 year, 9 months ago

Climate scientists deliver final warning: Time is running out

Live Mint  

Consider this the final warning: Climate scientists stated unequivocally today that rising greenhouse gas emissions have to be checked immediately. The Climate Change 2023 Synthesis Report is a culmination of a cycle of reports that started in 2018, which states clearly that in order to limit the effect of global warming to minimum, the world has to cut emissions by …

COP27 | No climate crisis would exist if world's per capita emissions were at India's level: Bhupender Yadav
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | No climate crisis would exist if world's per capita emissions were at India's level: Bhupender Yadav

The Hindu  

There would be no climate crisis if emissions of the entire world were at the same per capita level as India, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said at the ongoing U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Thursday. "Considering per capita emissions, for an objective scale for comparison, India's emissions are, even today, about one-third of the global average. If the …

Heat-Related Deaths Increased By 55% In India, Says Lancet Study
2 years, 1 month ago

Heat-Related Deaths Increased By 55% In India, Says Lancet Study

News 18  

Warning that health is at the mercy of fossil fuels, from 2000-2004 to 2017-2021 heat-related deaths increased by 55 per cent in India, the 2022 Lancet Countdown report said on Wednesday. In the run-up to the UN Climate Conference in Egypt, the new findings presented in the seventh annual global report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change …

69% Indians see severe effects of climate change: Survey
2 years, 3 months ago

69% Indians see severe effects of climate change: Survey

The Hindu  

Around two-thirds of people in India say climate change has already had a severe effect in the areas where they live and it is likely that their families will be displaced from their homes in the next 25 years, according to a new survey conducted for the World Economic Forum. On an average, more than half of all adults surveyed …

69 pc people in India seeing severe effects of climate change: Survey
2 years, 3 months ago

69 pc people in India seeing severe effects of climate change: Survey

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Around two-thirds of people in India say climate change has already had a severe effect in the areas where they live and it is likely that their families will be displaced from their homes in the next 25 years, according to a new survey conducted for the World Economic Forum. On an average, more than half of all …

Explained | What are the takeaways from the latest IPCC report on climate change?
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | What are the takeaways from the latest IPCC report on climate change?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In its latest assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has laid out several scenarios on the steps that ought to be taken to keep temperatures below 2°C. According to the scientists, limiting warming to around 1.5°C requires global greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025 at the latest and be reduced by 43% by …

IPCC report to focus on carbon capture, tech transfer
2 years, 8 months ago

IPCC report to focus on carbon capture, tech transfer

Hindustan Times  

The forthcoming report of the United Nations’ body of climate experts, to be released on April 4, is expected to be significant for India as it will focus on the progress on mitigating the climate crisis and discuss technological options available to reduce carbon emissions. The new report will also document carbon dioxide removal technologies from the atmosphere, reducing emissions, …

How India fares on climate action, in charts
2 years, 9 months ago

How India fares on climate action, in charts

Live Mint  

Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the second part of its Sixth Assessment Report. Large differences exist among Indian states in their climate change mitigation and adaptation, multiple data points show. SDG 13 on climate action includes metrics such as installed renewable energy capacity, CO2 reduction due to LED bulbs, disaster preparedness, human lives lost due to …

The numbers game: The Hindu Editorial on COP26 United Nations climate meeting at Glasgow
3 years, 1 month ago

The numbers game: The Hindu Editorial on COP26 United Nations climate meeting at Glasgow

The Hindu  

The 26th United Nations Conference of Parties in Glasgow, Scotland may not have a significant outcome as yet in sight. Prior to the summit, there was a frantic attempt by leaders of western countries, particularly the United States and summit host the United Kingdom, to have most countries agree on a mid-century net zero goal, or when emissions dip to …

Ahead of COP26, Indian database highlights emissions gap
3 years, 1 month ago

Ahead of COP26, Indian database highlights emissions gap

The Hindu  

A day ahead of the commencement of the 26th United Nations Conference of Parties in Glasgow, Scotland, India has officially endorsed a website, made by Indian climate experts, that lists the historical carbon dioxide emissions of developed countries. The database aims to highlight the disparity between the emissions of developed and developing countries with countries including the United States, Canada, …

A climate change narrative that India can steer
3 years, 3 months ago

A climate change narrative that India can steer

The Hindu  

In a keynote speech on September 8 in a seminar organised by a think tank, R.K. Singh, Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy stated, “Environment is something we are trustees of and have to leave behind a better environment for our children and great grand children.” However, a recent report, “Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region” …

UN report on climate change: Top five things to know
3 years, 4 months ago

UN report on climate change: Top five things to know

India Today  

The UN-appointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a new report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information about global warming. PARIS GOALS Almost all countries have signed up to the 2015 Paris climate accord, which aims to limit global warming to an increase of 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average by the year 2100. SOME HOPE While many …

South India could get 40% more rain due to global warming: IPCC report
3 years, 4 months ago

South India could get 40% more rain due to global warming: IPCC report

India TV News  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that extreme weather and poor air quality is likely to gut Indias poor farmers and low-income workers, unless remedial actions are taken urgently. Consequences for India Ulka Kelkar, Director, Climate Programme, World Resources Institute India, said: "For India, the predictions in this report mean people labouring in longer and more frequent heat …

Indian Ocean warming at faster pace, India to witness increased heat waves, flooding: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian Ocean warming at faster pace, India to witness increased heat waves, flooding: Report

India TV News  

The Indian Ocean is warming at a higher rate than other oceans, the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said on Monday, with scientists warning that India will witness increased heatwaves and flooding, which will be the irreversible effects of climate change. The authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report, "Climate Change 2021: …

India's Contribution to Climate Change in Last 200 Years Just 3%, Says Prakash Javadekar
3 years, 6 months ago

India's Contribution to Climate Change in Last 200 Years Just 3%, Says Prakash Javadekar

News 18  

Unbridled carbon emissions especially by Europe and the US over the last 200 years, and in the last 40 years by China have caused the climate change disaster, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. He also said that India's contribution to climate change in the last 200 years has been only three per cent. "India's contribution to climate …

India's contribution to climate change in last 200 years just 3 per cent: Prakash Javadekar
3 years, 6 months ago

India's contribution to climate change in last 200 years just 3 per cent: Prakash Javadekar

India Today  

Unbridled carbon emissions especially by Europe and the US over the last 200 years, and in the last 40 years by China have caused the climate change disaster, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. He also said that India's contribution to climate change in the last 200 years has been only three per cent. Read | Inspiring, says …

India may have lost 3% of its GDP due to global warming
3 years, 6 months ago

India may have lost 3% of its GDP due to global warming

Hindustan Times  

India may have already lost 3% of its gross domestic product on account of global warming of 1 degree Celsius over pre-industrial levels, and risks losing 10% of its GDP in the extreme scenario of a 3 degree Celsius increase, which would lead to a rise in sea levels, a decline in agricultural productivity, and increased health expenditure, according to …

World Environment Day: What we know about India’s net-zero emissions target
3 years, 6 months ago

World Environment Day: What we know about India’s net-zero emissions target

Hindustan Times  

Soon after the Biden Administration took over and vowed to resume its commitment on climate change, that took a backseat for four years during the tenure of Donald Trump, US President’s special envoy on climate, John Kerry, visited India ahead of the Climate Leaders’ Summit. Recently, Ravi Shankar Prasad, a former additional secretary in the ministry of environment, forests and …

Remember the pandemic greenhouse emissions drop? It’s nearly gone
3 years, 9 months ago

Remember the pandemic greenhouse emissions drop? It’s nearly gone

CNN  

CNN — Global emissions of heat-trapping gases fell dramatically last year as the pandemic forced much of the world to a halt. Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, said the rebound in carbon emissions was “a stark warning that not enough is being done to accelerate clean energy transitions worldwide.” “If governments don’t move quickly with the right energy policies, …

India’s percentage CO2 emissions rose faster than the world average
3 years, 9 months ago

India’s percentage CO2 emissions rose faster than the world average

The Hindu  

India’s percentage carbon dioxide emissions rose slower in 2016-19 than in 2011-15 but was much above the world average of 0.7%, according to an analysis published in Nature Climate Change on Monday. It comes ahead of a “global stock take” that shows how much reduction countries have achieved since signing the Paris Agreement in 2015, which commits the world to …

India has achieved 21% of emissions intensity target, claims Javadekar
4 years ago

India has achieved 21% of emissions intensity target, claims Javadekar

The Hindu  

India was the only major G20 country that was on track towards keeping to its nationally determined commitments to halt runaway global warming. It had achieved 21% of its emissions intensity as a proportion of its GDP in line with its commitment to a 33-35% reduction by 2030, environment minister Prakash Javadekar claimed on Friday. Mr. Javadekar was addressing a …

Carbon emissions in India to come down by 8% in 2020 due to lockdown: Environment Ministry
4 years, 3 months ago

Carbon emissions in India to come down by 8% in 2020 due to lockdown: Environment Ministry

The Hindu  

Due to the COVID-19 lockdown across India this year’s carbon emissions are predicted to fall by around 8%, a senior official of the environment ministry has said. During a virtual session organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday on ‘Paradigm Shift in Business Sustainability — Strategies to Meet the Challenges in the Post COVID-19 scenario’, Sujit Kumar …

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