Turkey to implement its own emissions trading scheme

Shipowners looking to Europe’s eastern edge to skirt around new environmental regulations will have to look elsewhere. Turkish politicians are pressing ahead with their own emissions trading scheme (ETS) for shipping which will align largely with the European Union’s own recently introduced ETS. The policy now awaits ratification from the country’s president. Turkish ports –

Cochin port likely to invite EoI to execute green hydrogen pilot

Cochin Port Authority is focussing on inviting Expressions of Interest shortly to execute a green hydrogen pilot project, which is expected to start production within a year. According to its Chairman B Kasiviswanathan, the port has already got existing capabilities and rich experience of handing liquid cargo, especially chemicals like ammonia. The port therefore will

Amazon adopts green hydrogen for carbon neutrality

Amazon is persistently deepening its focus toward bringing down its carbon emissions to zero across its operations on the back of its shift to clean energy from fossil fuels. This is evident from its latest agreement with Plug Power, which says that the latter will supply green hydrogen with which Amazon would power its transportation

Chapman Freeborn OBC to reduce carbon emissions

Chapman Freeborn OBC, leading provider of time-critical on-board courier solutions and part of Avia Solutions Group, has been named an Employer of the Future by the German Innovation Institute. The Employer of the Future seal was awarded to Chapman Freeborn OBC following the German Innovation Institute’s assessment of the company, its website and its employees.

Centre establishes task force aimed at investigating integration of biochar

In India, the steel industry contributes around 2% to the country’s GDP, where interestingly, domestic steel sector contributes to 12 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, characterized by an emission intensity of 2.55 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of crude steel, notably higher than the global average of 1.9 tonnes of CO2. To mitigate

Yantai’s dual-fuel methanol WTIV design receives ABS approval

In a significant development for the renewable energy sector, ABS, a leading classification society, has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd., a renowned Chinese shipbuilding company, for their groundbreaking design of a dual-fuel methanol offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). The cutting-edge WTIV is meticulously engineered to facilitate the transportation

Public sector carbon emissions fall to 3.7 mn tonnes in Singapore

The public sector emitted 3.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in the financial year 2022, according to the government’s first sustainability report card released Dec 15. Public sector emissions were 5.3 per cent lower than in the baseline year of FY2020, which was when the government began to collect such data. The closure of

World’s richest 1% are emitting more carbon, says Oxfam report

When you’re a celebrity or a millionaire, hopping onto your sleek private jet for a 17-minute journey to avoid a 45-minute car ride might seem like a perfectly reasonable thing to do. In the past, big names like Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner, Steven Spielberg, and more, have all come under scrutiny after their flight emissions

World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions

Coal must be phased out seven times faster than is now happening, deforestation must be reduced four times faster, and public transport around the world built out six times faster than at present, if the world is to avoid the worst impacts of climate breakdown, new research has found. Countries are falling behind on almost

India likely to accept EU’s default values for its carbon emissions

During the ongoing transition phase of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), India is likely to accept the bloc’s default values for calculating carbon emitted during production of identified polluting items, including steel & aluminium, in the country, for export to the region. Based on averages and their own estimates, the EU is working