Sustainability Karma Desk

The COP29 presidency, with the IEA, outlined five key opportunities: scaling energy storage, improving energy efficiency, reducing methane emissions, boosting clean energy investment, and aligning NDCs with Global Stocktake outcomes.

COP29 day 1 focused on climate finance, with key issues including Article 6, China’s role, unilateral trade measures, and the Global Stocktake. Leaders emphasized urgent action and multilateral cooperation for climate solutions.

At COP29 in Baku, India emphasises climate finance accountability, fair transition, green credit, and resilience for vulnerable communities.

CESL's 'EV as a Service' program aims to deploy 5,000 electric cars in government offices over two years, advancing India's shift to clean mobility and supporting its net-zero emissions goal.

COP29 CEO Azim Soltanov is caught on video offering to facilitate fossil fuel deals in exchange for sponsorship, drawing outrage from activists who demand a ban on fossil fuel companies at climate summits.

The company is leading in climate action and emission reduction programs and has taken a number of initiatives in this direction, such as setting up a 100 MW round-the-clock carbon-free power project.

George Kurian inaugurated a workshop on drone technology in fisheries, emphasising its transformative role in enhancing aquaculture monitoring, disaster response, and fish transport.

The vertical garden is highly water-efficient, using a carefully designed irrigation system that delivers just the right amount of water to the plants through the felt layers. This method is more sustainable and replicates how plants grow on natural cliff faces or rock walls, where water and...

India’s climate policies in the power, transport, and residential sectors have saved 440 million tonnes of CO2 from 2015 to 2020, but there is a need to scale up efforts to meet its net-zero target by 2070.

While India could benefit in sectors like electric vehicles, solar, and wind energy, China is expected to have advantages in battery production as well.