Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Snap to Cut Emissions, Achieves Carbon Neutrality in New Climate Strategy

Reuters | Tuesday May 18, 2021

Snap announced a climate strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, purchase 100 percent renewable energy and remain carbon neutral after offsetting emissions dating back to its launch.

Wipro To Achieve Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2040, Stock Edges Lower

Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad | Friday April 23, 2021

Wipro Share Price Today: On Friday, Wipro opened on the BSE at Rs 483.80, touching an intra day high of Rs 487.35 and an intra day low of Rs 476.35, in the session so far

US Pledges To Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Half By 2030

World News | Reuters | Thursday April 22, 2021

The United States on Thursday pledged at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, a target it hopes will spark other big countries to raise their ambition to combat global warming.

Biden Doubles US Emission Reduction Goal To 50-52 Per Cent

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday April 23, 2021

President Joe Biden on Thursday doubled US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas emissions, leading Japan and Canada at a summit in making new commitments that bring the world closer to limiting the worst climate change.

Biden Plans To Cut Emissions At Least In Half By 2030: Report

World News | ANI | Wednesday April 21, 2021

US President Joe Biden will pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030, The Washington Post reported citing two people familiar with the matter.

India To Spend $200 Million In Next 5-7 Years To Promote Hydrogen Use

Reuters | Friday April 16, 2021

Governments and energy companies around the world are betting on clean hydrogen playing a leading role in efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions, though its future uses and costs remain uncertain.

John Kerry Vows "Strong" US Climate Action At Paris Meet

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday March 31, 2021

The United States will soon make ambitious new commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, US climate envoy John Kerry said today.

Phasing Out Coal-Fired Power Plant Holds Key To India's Net-Zero Goal

India News | Rajesh Kumar Singh and Debjit Chakraborty, Bloomberg | Wednesday March 24, 2021

India must phase out its coal-fired power plants by the middle of this century to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by that time, according to a new report on the challenges that'll be posed in setting more ambitious climate targets.

6 Charts Show How Hard It Is For India To Hit Net Zero By 2050

India News | Rajesh Kumar Singh, Saket Sundria and Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg | Friday March 19, 2021

Top Indian government officials are debating whether to set a target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Doing so would mean an overhaul of a coal-reliant energy sector, transport, heavy industry and even the nation's sluggish bureaucracy.

India Considers Zero Emissions Goal 2050, Decade Before China: Report

India News | Archana Chaudhary, Akshat Rathi and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg | Wednesday March 17, 2021

Top Indian government officials are debating whether to set a goal to zero out its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, an ambitious target that would require overhauling its coal-dependent economy.

Shell's 2020 Carbon Emissions Fall On The Back Of Fuel Sales Drop

Written by Reuters | Sunday March 14, 2021

Shell has begun a major overhaul to shift away from oil and gas to low-carbon energy, power trading and retail in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by mid-century.

Space-Starved Singapore Builds Floating Solar Farms In Climate Fight

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 7, 2021

Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore, part of the land-scarce city-state's push to build floating solar farms to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

World's Biggest Emitters Like China, India Need To Lower Emissions: US

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 20, 2021

The world's big emitting countries, including China, India, Russia and Japan need to "really step up" and begin to lower greenhouse gas emissions, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has said as he called on all nations to raise their ambition to fight against climate change.

European Union Agrees To Cut Emissions By 55% By 2030

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 11, 2020

EU leaders agreed on Friday after a long night of wrangling to set a more ambitious target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit New High, On Track For 3 Degrees Celsius Warming: UN Report

World News | Reuters | Wednesday December 9, 2020

Greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high last year, putting the world on track for an average temperature rise of 3 degrees Celsius, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday.