Category Emissions

Emissions, Feature

The Solar Slowdown: Emissions Put India’s Clean Energy Plans at Risk

India has made solar energy the backbone of its renewable push, with more than 123 gigawatts of installed capacity already feeding into the grid and vast new projects planned to meet the target of 500 GW of renewables by 2030.…

Vivek Saini
September 23, 2025

Emissions, News

Study Links 25% of Global Heatwaves to Fossil Fuel Emissions

A study published in Nature has directly tied the world’s biggest fossil fuel and cement producers to the deadly heatwaves now gripping South Asia. For the first time, researchers have quantified how emissions from 180 “carbon majors” — ranging from…

Manjori Borkotoky
September 11, 2025
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Emissions, Feature

Who’s Driving Sri Lanka’s Carbon Footprint? A Sector-by-Sector Breakdown

Sri Lanka is a low-emitting country—only about 0.03% of global GHGs—but it is highly vulnerable to climate impacts. Even so, Sri Lanka has made firm climate commitments. In its updated Nationally Determined Contribution for 2030, it pledged a 14.5% cut…