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TopicCarbon emissions

Topic: Carbon emissions

Where no humanoid has gone before: Italian scientists develop world’s first flying robot

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

UK awards businesses £51.9 million grant for carbon neutral practices

The funding aims to support innovative emission-cutting technologies.

ADB and Tanveer Dal Mill sign $20 million deal for green flour mill in Bangladesh

The new facility aims to double wheat flour production, and reduce carbon emissions.

Tree ‘burial’ is effective carbon capture strategy to meet Paris Agreement goals, says Science study

Study by Canadian scientists published Thursday in journal Science proposes novel method of storing carbon in deadwood by covering it in clay & burying it underground to reduce emissions

Here’s how the shipping industry can decarbonise—electric ferries, wind-powered boats

Electric boats that run on batteries are an option for short sea journeys in smaller vessels like passenger ferries. But longer routes with bigger boats are not yet possible.

China is building a carbon-neutral economy with nature-positive start-ups

To tackle climate change, China aims to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

Astronomy conferences generated 42,000 tonnes CO2 in 2019, virtual or local meets could help cut this

For the study published in journal PNAS Nexus, researchers calculated emissions from flights, trains taken by international astronomy community for 362 open academic conferences & schools.

India among 13 ‘highest-emitters’, could face worst of global warming in future — climate risk report

Verisk Maplecroft's Climate Hazard Index also warns of increased heat frequency in these 13 countries. It adds that the 2 largest emitters, US & China, could escape worst of it.

Is AI posing hurdles in world’s climate fight? It’s complicated

The carbon footprint of AI is projected to expand due to its high energy consumption and the carbon emissions associated with the production of its hardware.

Not all emitters are equal. Top 10% in US, Canada, EU emit 2-8 times more than India’s richest

Sustainable lifestyles are no longer a mere option. They must become a crucial pillar of climate action — the emissions math shows why.

On Camera

Nothing suits dictatorship more than a subservient judiciary: Justice HR Khanna

The totalitarian states indeed are never tired of claiming a legal basis for their action and are too eager to make use of conventional legal institutions to further their ends, said Justice HR Khanna in 1980.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.