Ahead of the Climate Change Summit (CCS), an international climate conference that was organized on the 4th and 5th of October 2022 at Bucharest, a study titled “Romanian perspective on the impact brought by climate change” was conducted in August 2022 at the national level by Social Innovation Solutions and IZI data with the aim of understanding the attitude of Romanians towards the topic of climate change in Romania.
Bucharest is hosting the Climate Change Summit (CCS), an international climate conference on the 4th and 5th of October 2022 organized by the ‘BRD – Groupe Société Générale’, a Romanian Bank, and ‘Social Innovation Solutions’, an organization active in the fields of sustainability, social impact, and innovation.
The world's first floating CNG station built in Varanasi remained utterly safe even in floods. GAIL India, who designed this CNG station, also claimed that the world's first floating CNG station will not be affected by floods.
In an attempt to strengthen its green energy portfolio, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced plans to invest about $2.5 billion in their green energy projects in the coming 3-4 years. The official statement released by the company reveals that they are planning to manufacture and supply components to offshore wind farms.
In an attempt to boost the solar energy sector in the country, a special solar rooftop scheme has been announced by the Tamil Nadu state government. With this scheme, consumers can get solar panels installed on their roofs. This scheme has been started jointly by the Government of India and the Ministry of Renewable Energy. Citizens have to visit solarrooftop.gov.in, which is the official website URL, to enjoy the offered benefits.
In an attempt to reduce the dependency on electricity and firewood to run heating systems in the extremely cold regions of Leh, engineers have developed a bio-gas-powered floor heating system. The Ministry of Science and Technology reported that the eco-friendly project initiated at the Thiksey Village Leh is fulfilled in collaboration with the SMEF’s Brick School of Architecture and the Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering.
The Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister on Sunday released a statement highlighting that this year’s climate change conference (COP27) will focus on the implementation of the climate change targets. The President Designate of COP27 further highlighted that the previous year’s COP27 addressed the gaps in the climate action goals of the Paris Agreement and nations agreed to bridge them. Hence, COP27’s main goal must be to deliver on the targets.
Indian states will have to fulfill 25% of their demands from renewable energy– wind, solar, hydro.
A study published in Nature Communications indicates that the temperature projection done by World Climate Research Program's Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) are overestimating future temperature growth by between 3.4% and 11.6%.
A new report from Global Data says India will fall short of its 2030 renewable energy targets.