In the span of one year, from 2021 to 2022, the residents of Ahmedabad released a staggering 15.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, resulting in a per capita burden of 2.1 tonnes of CO2. To transform Ahmedabad into a net zero city and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, the city will need
In filings to the Taiwan Stock Exchange last night, the Taiwanese liner operator said that its Singapore-registered subsidiary, Evergreen Marine (Asia) has ordered 16 of the ships from Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, while the other eight ships will be built by Japan’s Nihon Shipyard. EMC said that the total contract value ranges from
Airbus has started offering upto 5% pure sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to customers taking aircraft from its Toulouse and Hamburg delivery centres. “The first airline to benefit from this offer was IndiGo, whose new A320neo took off from Toulouse on 3 July,” Airbus said. “At their discretion, customers ferrying aircraft from our Tianjin, China, and
The government has taken a step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainability by launching the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme 2023. This scheme assigns a value, known as a carbon credit, to every ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) reduced or avoided, providing a structured framework for the country’s carbon market. Under the new
The greatest environmental threat the world has ever faced is climate change. The atmosphere of the Earth is warming more quickly than it ever has. In certain cases, the pace of change in weather, climate, and natural ecosystems is outpacing the capacity of both species and people to adapt. We are aware of the effects
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), which is seeking to fast-track the commercial deployment of zero-emission shipping, has announced plans to issue requests for proposals (RfP) for zero-emission container shipping services to be delivered by 2025. Launched in March, ZEMBA was co-founded by the Aspen Institute, Amazon, Patagonia and Tchibo. It is an initiative
Schneider Electric™, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, unveiled a new framework to help companies understand the full environmental impact of enterprise data centers. The framework includes a free Lifecycle CO2e TradeOff tool, the first of its kind for accurately estimating the total carbon footprint of data centers –
Tata Steel has joined the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), a global initiative to accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions in heavy industry. LeadIT was created by the governments of Sweden and India during the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 and is backed by the World Economic Forum. The group brings together
As explained, the AiP certificate was issued by Busan Branch of CCS. The approval was granted for engineering firm PK Valve & Engineering from South Korea. General Manager Tao Xin said that the first AiP certificate of CCS in South Korea is the finishing touch of previous successful cooperation between CCS and PK Valve &
Members of the European Parliament endorsed new EU rules on alternative fuels infrastructure regulation (AFIR) today. But the agreed regulation, based on a compromise reached during the negotiations, does not meet the level of ambition sought by the industry. Today’s European Parliament plenary vote on AFIR further seals the deal agreed by the Council and