Carbon dioxide levels have hit a record high yet again despite the slowdown caused by the coronavirus lockdowns globally.
Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme a large social security programme being implemented in India, with an average annual investment of US$ 7 billion.
In recent years, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have achieved a remarkable power conversion efficiency of 25.
Almost 10 per cent of the total GHG emissions in India come from its transport sector.
Meeting India’s short- and long-term climate commitments made at COP26 entails a complete economic transformation, which can have considerable developmental tradeoffs.
India’s aviation market is the third largest worldwide, after the United States of America (USA) and China.
While carbon taxes can disproportionately hurt the poor, governments can plough back some of this revenue to mitigate inequities, while incentivising low-carbon technological alternatives.
At the recently concluded 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), India submitted its long-term strategy to achieve zero emissions by 2070.
The growth of the Indian petrochemical industry can be made sustainable only by mitigating the emissions from it.
The National Green Hydrogen Mission envisions India to be a leading manufacturer and a major hub for green hydrogen in the world.
At the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference held in New Delhi in May, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, said that the demand for petrochemicals is expected to nearly triple by 2040 in India.
The Indian Railways, one of the biggest train networks worldwide, transports over 24 million passengers and 3 MT of freight daily.
Over the past two decades, India has seen growth in forest and tree cover despite developmental activities.
In 2021, Hanson — a subsidiary of Heidelberg Cement in the United Kingdom — substituted 100% of thermal energy with energy from alternative fuels in one of its cement kilns by using a mixture of hydrogen (39%), glycerine (49%), and meat and bone meal (MBM; 12%) instead of coal.
Until a few years ago, working on biofuels called for constant justification in the face of electric vehicles (EVs) taking over the world.
