climate change

EU Votes To Ban Sales Of CO2 Emitting Combustion Engine Cars and Vans by 2035

The European Union has mandated a ban on vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2035. The EU Parliament has voted in favour of cars and vans with zero emissions and stipulated 2035 as the deadline to achieve the mammoth target. EU Heralding EV Revolution The judgement has come at a time when giant […]

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Google Has Invested $3.5 B In RE Projects, Will Invest More Worldwide

Google is going to pursue new technologies that advance the clean energy mission and run 24/7. It will invest in onsite green energy, battery storage, and micro grids, according to We Mean Business Coalition. Google has signed contracts to procure at least 3,000 megawatts across 26 projects and three continents investing $3.5 billion since 2007. […]

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These Four European Countries Have Set a 150 GW Offshore Wind Target

Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark signed an agreement in Esbjerg on 18 May to produce offshore wind energy and green hydrogen equivalent to 65 GW by 2030 and 150 GW by 2050. Declaring their intention of becoming the Green Power Plant of Europe, the joint agreement aims for a tenfold increase in offshore wind […]

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India says BRICS countries should explore cooperation in solar energy, climate resilience

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav has suggested to the BRICS countries to explore cooperation in areas of solar energy, infrastructure, industry transition and climate resilience. Interestingly, the BRICS grouping, besides having the world’s no. 2 and no. 2 emitter in the form of China and India, is also notable for […]

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UN Secy Gen Calls Renewable Energy A Lifeline To World

UN Secretary-General António Guterres raised an alarm on May 18 that while time is running out to prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, there is a ‘lifeline’ of renewable energy right in front of us. A video message by UN Secretary General said, “We must end fossil fuel pollution and accelerate the renewable […]

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Tata Motors emerges lowest bidder for electric buses in CESL tender

Tata Motors has emerged as the lowest bidder in the mega tender for 5,450 electric buses floated by Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) under the remodelled FAME II scheme, the government said on Tuesday. Discovered prices of the Grand Challenge tender are between 15 per cent and 48 per cent lower than the price discovered […]

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Samsung Elec to join renewables pledge as S.Korea shifts gears on green energy

Samsung Electronics plans to join as soon as next month a group of global corporations committed to 100 per cent renewable energy, a person familiar with the matter said, as partners such as Apple Inc push it for action against climate change. Samsung, the world’s biggest chipmaker, is late to the green power pledge: It’s […]

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India will need $12.4 trillion to meet long term net zero goals: Report

India will require $12.4 trillion to transition to net zero and help the world in its efforts to stave off the worst of climate change, according to a latest study by Standard Chartered. It said that emerging markets, overall, would need an additional $94.8 trillion – a sum higher than annual global GDP – if […]

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‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN Panel

UN climate experts said Monday that humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon emissions and less than a decade to slash them by nearly half. They warned that the world faced a last-gasp race to ensure a “liveable future”. That daunting task is still — only just — possible, […]

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