Environment

Noise levels on Mumbai trains alarming: NGO

MUMBAI: Anti-noise crusaders in the city have written to railway minister, Suresh Prabhu and initiated a Twitter campaign to bring down the high decibel levels commuters are subjected to during sub

Publication Date: 
31/03/2017
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Noise Pollution, Rail Transport, Air Transport, NGO, Environmental Health, Environment
Climate Change

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Carbon emission from aviation sector, 16/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Carbon emission from aviation sector, 16/03/2017.

Publication Date: 
16/03/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Air Transport, India, Parliament, Carbon Offset, Emission Targets
Climate Change

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Carbon Footprint of Airlines, 14/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Carbon Footprint of Airlines, 14/03/2017. Emissions from international civil aviation are addressed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Carbon Offset, Air Transport, Emission Targets, India, Parliament
Climate Change

Feasibility of climate-optimized air traffic routing for trans-Atlantic flights

Current air traffic routing is motivated by minimizing economic costs, such as fuel use. In addition to the climate impact of CO2 emissions from this fuel use, aviation contributes to climate change through non-CO2 impacts, such as changes in atmospheric ozone and methane concentrations and formation of contrail-cirrus. These non-CO2 impacts depend significantly on where and when the aviation emissions occur. The climate impact of aviation could be reduced if flights were routed to avoid regions where emissions have the largest impact.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2017
Volker Grewe, Sigrun Matthes, Christine Frömming & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-9
Tags:
Air Transport, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Climate Change
Habitat And Urbanisation

Aviation plan gets green light

The cabinet yesterday approved an aviation development plan proposed by the Transport Ministry in a bid to upgrade Thailand to a regional aviation hub in Southeast Asia.

Publication Date: 
08/02/2017
Bangkok Post
Tags:
Thailand, Air Transport, Transport
Energy

Biofuels for aviation

Developing and promoting biofuels for aviation will be essential to reduce carbon emissions from commercial aviation. As a first step, some pioneering airports have already incorporated bio-jet fuel into their refuelling systems. Yet wider bio-jet adoption is constrained by high costs compared to fossil-based jet fuels.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2017
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Tags:
Biofuel, Air Transport, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Emission Targets, Biomass, Fuel Efficiency
Environment

Provide incentive to pilots who cause less noise pollution: National Green Tribunal

The green panel also asked the ministry and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to develop green cover around the area and increase the height of the boundary wall of the airport to mi

Publication Date: 
18/01/2017
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Noise Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Air Transport, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Climate Change

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Carbon Emission from Aviation Sector, 15/12/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Carbon Emission from Aviation Sector, 15/12/2016. The carbon emission from Indian scheduled airline operators for the year 2015 is around 14.63 million tonnes.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Air Transport, Emission Targets, India, Parliament
Climate Change

Capping aviation emissions will affect sector’s growth: Govt

The global market based mechanism are aimed at making essential contributions towards aviation sector's goal of carbon neutral growth from 2020 onward.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2016
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Air Transport, Carbon Dioxide, Developing Countries, COP 21 (Paris)
Transport

Energising transport and mobility in China: an initial study on mobility, drives and fuels in China

As a major global economic driving force, the transport sector –and in particular the automotive sector– has provided employment and shaped technological progress over the course of a century. This is true for Germany as much as it is for China. Daunting climate and environmental concerns have cast a large shadow on this development.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2016
GIZ
Tags:
Urban Transport, Mobility Planning, Road Transport, China, Rail Transport, Shipping, Air Transport, Urbanisation, Fossil Fuels, Biofuel

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