Climate Change

Ahead of climate talks, India in touch with 40 nations

To forge ties and make developed nations keep promises

Publication Date: 
16/10/2018
Jacob Koshy
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, China, Global Warming, Developing Countries
Transport

China unveils scale model of high speed train to travel at 1000 kmph: Report

China has unveiled a scale model of new high-speed flight train that is expected to travel at 1,000 kms an hour by 2025, the state-run media reported on Friday.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2018
Tags:
Transport, China, Rail Transport, Asia
Climate Change

If China fails to phase out coal power, world will fail to contain dangerous climate change,says Report

Two-fifths of China's coal power stations are loss-making and owners could save nearly $390 billion by closing plants in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, financial think-tank Carbon Tracker s

Publication Date: 
12/10/2018
Tags:
Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Coal, China, Energy, Fossil Fuels, COP 21 (Paris), Climate Agreements, Thermal Power Plants, Asia, Power Industry
Health

Measuring human capital: a systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016

Human capital is recognised as the level of education and health in a population and is considered an important determinant of economic growth. The World Bank has called for measurement and annual reporting of human capital to track and motivate investments in health and education and enhance productivity.

Publication Date: 
06/10/2018
Stephen S Lim, Rachel L Updike, Alexander S Kaldjian & et al
Lancet
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1217-1234
Tags:
Education, Health, Population, Economic Development, World Bank, Health Care, India, Infectious Diseases, China, Russia
Climate Change

Low Carbon Economy Index 2018: time to get on with it

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Low Carbon Economy Index (LCEI) 2018 finds that national decarbonization rates do not match the level needed to achieve commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Publication Date: 
04/10/2018
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Tags:
Low Carbon Economy, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, United Kingdom (UK), China, South America, Carbon Intensity
Energy

China coal power building boom sparks climate warning

Building work has restarted at hundreds of Chinese coal-fired power stations, according to an analysis of satellite imagery.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2018
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Energy, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Electricity, China, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change
Wildlife

Secret gangs boil down forest jaguars for lucrative market in unproven Chinese medicines

Investigators exploring the plight of endangered jaguar have uncovered secretive networks of hunters, smugglers and organised gangs involved in multi-million-pound trafficking chains leading to Chi

Publication Date: 
25/09/2018
Independent (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Wildlife, China, Poaching, Illegal Trade, Endangered Species, Asia
Wildlife

China’s primates could disappear by end of this century, study warns

China has some 25 species of primates, of which 15 to 18 have fewer than 3,000 individuals surviving in the wild, according to a new study.

Publication Date: 
25/09/2018
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, China, Wildlife Management, Asia, Monkey, Endangered Species
Climate Change

Country-level social cost of carbon

The social cost of carbon (SCC) is a commonly employed metric of the expected economic damages from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Although useful in an optimal policy context, a world-level approach obscures the heterogeneous geography of climate damage and vast differences in country-level contributions to the global SCC, as well as climate and socio-economic uncertainties, which are larger at the regional level.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2018
Katharine Ricke, Laurent Drouet, Ken Caldeira & et al
Nature Climate Change
Tags:
Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Science, Green House Gases, India, China, United States Of America (US), Rainfall Pattern, Global, Climate Impacts
Energy

Taiwan takes India to WTO's safeguard committee over duty on solar cells

India had imposed safeguard duty of up to 25% on solar cells imports from China and Malaysia for two years to protect domestic players from a steep rise in inbound shipments

Publication Date: 
24/09/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solar Energy, WTO, Solar Cells, China, Energy

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