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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
TopicCarbon emissions

Topic: Carbon emissions

What has climate change led to? Riots, uprising and tyranny

In ‘Fossil Free’, Sumant Sinha writes about the social and economic impacts of climate change, especially in oil-producing countries.

India will not be a hurdle to global climate goals even without net-zero emissions

India can’t aim for net-zero emissions but it can push more aggressively on renewables & seek help in sectors it can’t cut greenhouse gases, says TERI’s Spencer.

Why lockdown had little to no effect on global temperatures

The lockdown offered an invaluable test for our theories about how pollutants affect the climate.

How much worse can things get? That question itself may be a good sign

We are entering a new era of crises — in politics & biomedicine, with climate and energy, and about how we spend our time. But the truth is that progress is never going to be easy.

UK’s faltering Covid fight and a tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

World’s first shipment of blue ammonia fuel is on its way to Japan from Saudi Arabia

Japan aims to be a world-leader in the use of hydrogen, which is contained in ammonia, and has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 26% by 2030 from 2013 levels.

Xi stuns the world by pledging China will become carbon neutral by 2060

The fact that China has set out net-zero pledge ahead of the US shows how hard it is striving to put itself at the center of global politics and the economic shift to clean energy.

Polar bears unlikely to survive till end of century with current rate of carbon emissions

A new study predicts when and where the Arctic sea’s warming will threaten the bears' survival.

An electric ferry could decarbonise the world’s shipping industry

Danish electric ferry Ellen has successfully completed 10 months of sea trials, with an energy efficiency rating of 85 per cent.

Don’t ignore the nuclear option just because it’s controversial

Nuclear power may be controversial. But it’s also a reliable source of clean power that can replace fossil fuels.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.