As the issue of unemployment looms large this election season while the country aspires to ensure a just transition, CarbonCopy looks into the Centre’s Suryamitra scheme—launched in 2015—to skill India’s…
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Experts link climate change to heavy rain, flooding in Kenya; more than 200 killed so far
Natural phenomena such as El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole found to have very little to do with the current extreme weather in the region, according to data More…
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Is India’s general election seeing its last summer?
While the Election Commission of India has constituted a ‘task force’ to help voters deal with the massive heatwave during the ongoing general elections, whispers are slowly turning into demands…
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G7 nations planning a doubling of renewables capacity by 2030, not tripling as pledged: Report
While the G7 members signed on to the pledge to triple renewable capacity at COP28, their collective targets would only deliver a doubling, says the report G7 nations are currently…
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Asia is world’s most disaster-prone region: WMO report
Asia is warming faster than the global average. The warming trend has nearly doubled since the 1961–1990 period, says the report According to a new report from the World Meteorological…
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India to show highest growth in market potential in Asia for green hydrogen electrolysers by 2050: Report
New report highlights a $180 billion opportunity for hydrogen electrolysers in key Asian markets by 2050, with India achieving highest growth at $78 billion by 2050 According to a new…
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Asia added most new RE capacity in 2023, region’s share now 50% of the global total: Report
Solar capacity expansion in Asia was 237.7 GW in 2023, more than double from 2022 figures, with 91.2% of the solar expansion occurring in China and India, says the report …
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India’s Green Credits programme: Choosing creative accounting over credibility?
The final methodology for green credits for tree plantation activities seems to legitimise greenwashing, raising questions about the programme’s tangible environmental benefits India’s Green Credit Programme (GCP), currently under construction,…
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Out of seven major cities, only Varanasi meets national standards for PM2.5 in winters : Study
An analysis has looked into the PM2.5 level trends in seven Indian cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, during the previous season of winter for the past two years A recent…
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Destruction of mangrove forests can emit 50,000% more carbon by the end of century: Study
Mangroves in regions such as southern India, southeastern China, Singapore and eastern Australia are particularly affected, finds the study According to a new study published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental…