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The Cost Of Carbon Credits And How They Can Fight Climate Change
The European Commission has proposed an EU climate target for 2040 that allows countries to count carbon credits bought from developing nations towards the EU goal for the first time. The EU's climate targets need countries to cut emissions at home.
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EU's Carbon Tax Could Cost India 0.05% Of GDP: Report
The EU argues that this mechanism creates a level playing field for domestically manufactured goods, which must adhere to stricter environmental standards, and helps reduce emissions from imports.
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European Union Rejects "Unacceptable" Emissions Proposal At Climate Talks
The European Union said Saturday it would rather have "no result" than a bad one at UN climate talks, after rejecting a proposal from summit host Egypt as insufficiently ambitious on reducing carbon emissions.
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ESA Announces Satellite Constellation to Precisely Detect Man-Made Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a new mission where human-made emissions of greenhouse gases will be tracked from space. ESA, in collaboration with the European Union's (EU) Earth-monitoring programme Copernicus, announced this mission during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow on November 2.
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European Commission To Propose More Ambitious Emissions Limits For Autos: Report
The European Commission will propose that the European Union further tighten its limits for auto emissions, German newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday. The newspaper, citing an internal paper it had obtained, said the Commission would propose that in 2030, the average carbon dioxide emissions of new cars should be 50% below 2021 l...
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FCA To Pay Tesla Hundreds Of Millions Of Euros To Pool Fleet
maker Tesla Inc hundreds of millions of euros so that the vehicles of Tesla are counted in its fleet to avoid fines for violating new European Union emission rules, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The step will let the Italian carmaker offset carbon dioxide emissions from its cars against Tesla's, by bringing down its average figure to a pe...
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India 4th Highest Carbon Dioxide Emitter, Emissions May Grow by 6.3 %
India is the fourth highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting for 7 per cent of global emissions in 2017, a study said on Wednesday. The top four emitters in 2017, which covered 58 per cent of global emissions, were China (27 per cent), the US (15 per cent), the European Union (10 per cent) and India (7 per cent), according to the ...
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For Big Business Seeking CO2 Emissions Price, A Ray Of Hope From Paris
For the most part, big business wanted one thing from the climate accord in Paris on Saturday: a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. While on the surface their hopes were dashed, looking deeper may give them cause for hope.
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Global Fossil-Fuel Emissions May Decline In 2015: Study
Annual global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels could drop slightly in 2015, even as India figured as the fourth top emitter in 2014, accounting for 7.2 per cent of worldwide emissions, according to a new report.
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'Lifestyles of a Few' Must Not Crowd Out Opportunities for Developing Nations: PM Modi
In a sharp message to developed nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today underlined that the "lifestyles of a few" must not crowd out opportunities for developing countries and that the burden of reducing carbon emissions should not be shifted to countries like India.
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EU Hails Barack Obama Clean Power Plan as 'Genuine' Effort to Cut Emissions
The EU on Monday hailed US President Barack Obama's clean power plan as "a positive step" to cut carbon emissions ahead of a global climate summit in Paris.
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China's UN Climate Pledges 'Expected': Report
China is expected to unveil its long-awaited national pledges to reduce carbon emissions beyond 2020, a state-run newspaper said today, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Belgium and France ahead of a Paris climate summit.
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European forests getting older, soaking up less carbon dioxide: Study
The ability of Europe's aging forests to absorb carbon dioxide is heading towards saturation point, threatening one of the continent's main defences against global warming, a study showed on Sunday.
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Barack Obama takes on power plants as part of new climate plan
President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday, promising new rules to cut carbon emissions from US power plants and other domestic actions including support for renewable energy.
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The Cost Of Carbon Credits And How They Can Fight Climate Change
The European Commission has proposed an EU climate target for 2040 that allows countries to count carbon credits bought from developing nations towards the EU goal for the first time. The EU's climate targets need countries to cut emissions at home.
-
EU's Carbon Tax Could Cost India 0.05% Of GDP: Report
The EU argues that this mechanism creates a level playing field for domestically manufactured goods, which must adhere to stricter environmental standards, and helps reduce emissions from imports.
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European Union Rejects "Unacceptable" Emissions Proposal At Climate Talks
The European Union said Saturday it would rather have "no result" than a bad one at UN climate talks, after rejecting a proposal from summit host Egypt as insufficiently ambitious on reducing carbon emissions.
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ESA Announces Satellite Constellation to Precisely Detect Man-Made Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a new mission where human-made emissions of greenhouse gases will be tracked from space. ESA, in collaboration with the European Union's (EU) Earth-monitoring programme Copernicus, announced this mission during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow on November 2.
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European Commission To Propose More Ambitious Emissions Limits For Autos: Report
The European Commission will propose that the European Union further tighten its limits for auto emissions, German newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday. The newspaper, citing an internal paper it had obtained, said the Commission would propose that in 2030, the average carbon dioxide emissions of new cars should be 50% below 2021 l...
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FCA To Pay Tesla Hundreds Of Millions Of Euros To Pool Fleet
maker Tesla Inc hundreds of millions of euros so that the vehicles of Tesla are counted in its fleet to avoid fines for violating new European Union emission rules, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The step will let the Italian carmaker offset carbon dioxide emissions from its cars against Tesla's, by bringing down its average figure to a pe...
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India 4th Highest Carbon Dioxide Emitter, Emissions May Grow by 6.3 %
India is the fourth highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting for 7 per cent of global emissions in 2017, a study said on Wednesday. The top four emitters in 2017, which covered 58 per cent of global emissions, were China (27 per cent), the US (15 per cent), the European Union (10 per cent) and India (7 per cent), according to the ...
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For Big Business Seeking CO2 Emissions Price, A Ray Of Hope From Paris
For the most part, big business wanted one thing from the climate accord in Paris on Saturday: a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. While on the surface their hopes were dashed, looking deeper may give them cause for hope.
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Global Fossil-Fuel Emissions May Decline In 2015: Study
Annual global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels could drop slightly in 2015, even as India figured as the fourth top emitter in 2014, accounting for 7.2 per cent of worldwide emissions, according to a new report.
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'Lifestyles of a Few' Must Not Crowd Out Opportunities for Developing Nations: PM Modi
In a sharp message to developed nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today underlined that the "lifestyles of a few" must not crowd out opportunities for developing countries and that the burden of reducing carbon emissions should not be shifted to countries like India.
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EU Hails Barack Obama Clean Power Plan as 'Genuine' Effort to Cut Emissions
The EU on Monday hailed US President Barack Obama's clean power plan as "a positive step" to cut carbon emissions ahead of a global climate summit in Paris.
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China's UN Climate Pledges 'Expected': Report
China is expected to unveil its long-awaited national pledges to reduce carbon emissions beyond 2020, a state-run newspaper said today, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Belgium and France ahead of a Paris climate summit.
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European forests getting older, soaking up less carbon dioxide: Study
The ability of Europe's aging forests to absorb carbon dioxide is heading towards saturation point, threatening one of the continent's main defences against global warming, a study showed on Sunday.
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Barack Obama takes on power plants as part of new climate plan
President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday, promising new rules to cut carbon emissions from US power plants and other domestic actions including support for renewable energy.
