Governments should compensate oil and gas investors for stranded assets to avoid costly tribunals, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has said.
There is a “large consensus” across all published studies that developing new oil and gas fields is “incompatible” with the 1.5C target, a new report says. The findings, from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), are based on a comprehensive review of all “feasible” routes to staying below 1.5C.
This technical brief reviews the interconnections between biodiversity and climate adaptation and explores fostering synergies between the NAP and NBSAP processes.
The dominos continued to fall around the Energy Charter Treaty on Friday as France announced its withdrawal from the controversial pact, just days after the Netherlands issued a similar announcement.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has criticised India for paying fossil fuel companies subsidies and grants and warned the country over critical pollution levels. Mr. Guterres was speaking at Modhera, the country’s first entirely solar-powered village, in the western state of Gujarat, on Thursday, during the last leg of his three-day visit to India. “Instead of subsidising things, it is necessary to subsidise people,” the UN's top diplomat said.
This report aims to inform policymakers, investors, and companies on how to align with the goals of the Paris agreement, based on 1.5°C-consistent energy/climate pathways.
The world’s finest IT sector of India could be a very vibrant and dynamic incubator for innovation and R&D for the shared, connected and electric mobility revolution which is going to happen in India, said Amitabh Kant, the present G20 Sherpa of India and former Chief Executive Officer of Niti Aayog.
We are now seeing a gradual shift in the global perception of palm oil, which had been blamed as the main driver of deforestation in the past, toward the more balanced view that other vegetable oils and commodities are equally responsible for contributing to climate change and deforestation.
The European Union is digging in its heels on modernizing the Energy Charter Treaty despite official word from the Netherlands that it will follow the lead of Italy, Poland and Spain in exiting the controversial pact, saying Wednesday that there are no plans for the European Union itself to withdraw.