According to data from the International Energy Agency (2020) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (2018), it is estimated that more than 90% of CO2 emissions from the transport sector is from road transport.
India’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are 2.
Every year, India’s energy consumption from fossil fuels is worth approximately Rs 7 trillion.
For millions of years before human activity, the extent of heat radiated away from the earth remained largely unchanged, thus ensuring global climate patterns remained stable.
The compounded effects of urbanization and climate change are taking a serious toll on rapidly growing urban spaces around the world.
Meeting India’s short- and long-term climate commitments made at COP26 entails a complete economic transformation, which can have considerable developmental tradeoffs.
Several parts of India reeled under a heatwave in April with temperatures soaring from 43 Degree Celsius to 46 Degree Celsius - the highest since 1901.
India needs to grow a lot more food, and do it sustainably to be able to meet its future food security and also keep its climate commitments.
Year after year, the many days marked for environmental awareness push for concrete actions to protect our planet.
We are witnessing the first signs of the climate crisis.
We began ‘Climate On Our Mind’ on World Environment Day with the word Resilience.
Globally, as countries look for options to reduce emissions and achieve climate targets, hydrogen is emerging as the frontrunner for decarbonisation strategies.
At the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the Government of India revised its non-fossil energy targets for 2030 from 450 GW to 500 GW.
The push for clean energy transition as an effective climate action strategy is intensifying.
The Ministry of Power (MoP) recently came out with renewable purchase obligation (RPO) targets for up to 2030.
