India will be the main driver of rising demand for energy over the next two decades, accounting for 25% of global growth, and is set to overtake the European Union as the world's third-biggest energy consumer by 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
South African power utility Eskom said it would implement scheduled power cuts from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning to replenish emergency generation reserves.
Although the pandemic-related impacts and measures reduced productivity in all businesses and postponed the start-up of the new iron ore assets in 2020, Vale remains confident to achieve 400 million tpy capacity by the end of 2022.
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Pollution from fossil fuels causes one in five premature deaths globally, suggesting the health effects of burning coal, oil and natural gas may be far higher than previously thought, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Parts of China, India, Europe and the northeastern United States are among the hardest-hit areas, suffering a disproportionately high share of 8.7 million annual deaths attributed to fossil fuels, the study published in the journal Environmental Research found.
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Pakistan is committed to mitigate impact of climate change, pursuant to the Agreement concluded at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris during November-December 2015, with the goal of limiting the rise of global temperatures to below 2 degree Celsius. Last year Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated this commitment at the 2019 Climate Change Conference, declaring that no new coal-fired power plant would be set up in the country.
Pakistan is committed to mitigate impact of climate change, pursuant to the Agreement concluded at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris during November-December 2015, with the goal of limiting the rise of global temperatures to below 2 degree Celsius. Last year Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated this commitment at the 2019 Climate Change Conference, declaring that no new coal-fired power plant would be set up in the country.