Towards a Low-carbon Future
India is the third-largest emitter of CO2 globally. As businesses put in place measures to increase their green presence, policies need to meet economics to help the country become energy efficient
Illustration by Nilanjan Das
India is stuck between the devil and the deep sea as far as meeting net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) is concerned. Net-zero emissions refer to an overall balance between GHG emissions produced and taken out of the atmosphere. Over 100 countries have already pledged to get to net-zero emissions in the next 30 years.
Can India also announce a target year like other countries? That s not that simple since the nation still needs to industrialise rapidly to meet the hopes and aspirations of its own population. Over the next two decades, India s energy demand is expected to grow sharply. Agreeing to a hard deadline could mean cutting back on consumption and economic growth - or raising the cost of production dramatically b
As part of Google Arts & Culture’s
Heartbeat of the Earth, this site by Pentagram puts a visual to the ubiquitous, invisible environmental hazard of microplastics.
Responses by Talia Cotton, designer and developer; Phil Cox, design and data; and Giorgia Lupi, information designer and partner, Pentagram.
Background: Plastic Air is a web-based interactive experience that vivifies a type of pollution most people don’t even know exists: airborne microplastic deposition, the result of ever-increasing global plastic production and consumption. The experience provides a lens through which to see and explore the invisible plastic particles in the atmosphere around us, and to consider the impact they have on our health and our environment.
The packages of measures implemented by governments to drive the post-pandemic economic reactivation are an opportunity to reorient the development pattern towards one that is more sustainable and inclusive, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed today during the inauguration of Climate Week 2021.
The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the opening session of the virtual regional gathering, which is bringing together government representatives as well as private sector and civil society leaders to engage in dialogues aimed at seeking solutions, and to show what climate action is needed, with a view to the next United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, scheduled for this coming November in Glasgow (United Kingdom).
Kinross reports 2021 first-quarter results
Company on track to meet annual guidance Three largest producing mines Paracatu, Kupol and Tasiast deliver lowest costs in portfolio TORONTO, May 11, 2021 Kinross Gold Corporation today announced its results for the first-quarter ended March 31, 2021. 2021 first-quarter highlights: The Company is on track to meet 2021 annual guidance . Production 1 of 558,777 attributable gold equivalent ounces . Production cost …
Company on track to meet annual guidance Three largest producing mines Paracatu, Kupol and Tasiast deliver lowest costs in portfolio TORONTO, May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) (“Kinross” or the “Company”) today announced its results for the first-quarter ended March 31, 2021.