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Electric Vehicle Adoption Overshadowed By SUV Boom

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 17, 2019

There are now 200 million SUVs on the roads globally, up from 35 million in 2010, according to data the International Energy Agency (IEA). In fact, 60 percent of the increase of the global vehicle fleet since 2010 came from SUVs. Because SUVs are significantly less fuel...

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India Pitches For Financial Support By Nations Ahead Of UN Climate Summit

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 2, 2019

In the run up to two key UN summits on Climate Change, India has raised the pitch for finance and technology support to developing nations to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of keeping a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius. Union...

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CSE does first-of-its-kind environmental rating of the Indian fertilizer industry under its Green Rating Project (GRP)

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 7, 2019

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar releases rating report in New Delhi. This is the 7th industrial sector to be rated by GRP. GRP is a unique programme that rates Indian industry for its...

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India's energy subsidies down by 36 percent to Rs 1.51 lakh crore in FY 17

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 21, 2018

India's total energy subsidies amounted to Rs 1,51,480 crore in financial year 2017, a 36 per cent decrease since FY14, according to a new report released Thursday.

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'Kerala rains match climate change forecasts'

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 27, 2018

Once-a-century rains that have pounded Kerala and displaced 1.3 million people are in line with the predictions of climate scientists, who warn that worse is to...

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India's carbon-dioxide emissions will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030: Study

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 27, 2018

India's carbon-dioxide emission will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030 not 3.8-4.9 gigatonnes as was projected earlier, which is consistent with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)...

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African cities pledge to cut climate emissions to zero by 2050

By : sustainabilityo..., May 18, 2018

Africa is sometimes better known for its vulnerability to climate change than its action on the problem - but a set of African cities intend to change that. 

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India to see 15-fold jump in demand for power to cool homes, says IEA report

By : sustainabilityo..., May 18, 2018

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that India will lead the world in terms of the power consumed for residential cooling. The agency estimates that India’s cooling-related...

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India, France sign pact to deepen cooperation in environment field

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 12, 2018

India and France today signed a pact to deepen their cooperation in the field of environment while affirming their commitment to lead the fight against climate change.

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Hyderabad planners' body calls for preparing climate change policy

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 5, 2018

The National Town and Country Planners Congress has recommended that climate change policies be prepared at the city level, adding that while preparing policies, local planning agencies, state...

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