A surge in carbon emissions from power demand in the developing world is overwhelming progress by nations, including China and the United States, in improving efficiency, new research shows.

According to this database on global carbon emissions prepared by the Centre for Global Development (CGD), NTPC has moved up the list of highest carbon dioxide emitting companies globally from seventh position in 2004 to sixth now.

New Delhi: Government policies on subsidy are preventing Indian energy-intensive companies from improving their carbon image globally even though comparable firms in the developed world on an avera

Rio de Janeiro: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today again admonished the West for living the high life and not paying for it.

Document contains opening remarks by Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of State for Environment and Forests at the Media Interaction, held at Rio de Janeiro on June 20, 2012.

China's carbon emissions could be nearly 20 percent higher than previously thought, a new analysis of official Chinese data showed on Sunday, suggesting the pace of global climate change could be e

China spurred a jump in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to their highest ever recorded level in 2011, offsetting falls in the United States and Europe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) s

China's central government plans to spend 170 billion yuan ($27 billion) this year to promote energy conservation, emission reductions and renewable energy, the Ministry of Finance said in a statem

China spurred a jump in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to their highest ever recorded level in 2011, offsetting falls in the United States and Europe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) s

This new report produced by the WEF in collaboration with Accenture, looks into pathways to creating a more effective transition towards a New Energy Architecture. It reveals how countries are progressing by applying the newly developed Energy Architecture Performance Index. In addition, two deep-dive country studies have been conducted on Japan and India.

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