India will ban the export of carbon credits to companies until they meet its climate targets, power and renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh told lawmakers debating changes to the country’s energy conservation law on Monday. “Carbon credits are not going to
In a bid to increase green footprint in the country, NTPC is striving to augment its green portfolio through the implementation of renewable projects. These projects will play a significant role in the progress of the nation and will help to boost
The Ministry of Steel has asked the stakeholders to develop a time-bound action plan to lower emissions in the steel industry, which would be in line with the government’s COP26 commitments. The Steel Minister, Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, in a meeting, urged
The Glasgow Climate Pact—a commitment to reach a global net-zero emissions target by 2050—was adopted at the conclusion of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November 2021 at Glasgow, Scotland with the focus on keeping a 1.5o C global warming target
Much before the urgency of transitioning to renewable energy dawned upon us to combat global warming and climate change, the idea of harnessing the sun to generate electricity had taken root in a small village called Tilonia, about 50 km northeast of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sprang a surprise at the climate change conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, last November by announcing that India will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. Since then, the government has taken a series of steps in that direction.
To achieve the target of restricting the rise in global warming to not more than 1.5o C by 2030, the emission of greenhouse gases all over the planet needs to come down by 7.5% annually for a decade, starting in 2020, according
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has listed its milestones of the year 2021. In a press release, the ministry shared the progress made in the areas under sustainable development goals (SDGs) 12, 13, 15 mapped majorly to the
Union Minister of State, Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has the requisite technologies to help protect small island states from inundation due to rising temperatures. Under Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS),
According to His Excellency Freddy Svane, every individual living on our planet is responsible for the pollution and climate change that have reached critical levels. He is optimistic, though, as India has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, as announced
