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IMF Says Crypto Industry's Carbon Footprint Rising; Officials Mull Tax Surge to Curb Emissions
IMF officials have raised concerns about the crypto sector's carbon emissions and are considering whether a tax increase on crypto mining could help reduce its carbon footprint. In a blog post, the officials suggested that an 85 percent tax hike on power usage by crypto miners could potentially cut the sector's annual emissions by an estimated 100 ...
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States' Role Vital For Emission Intensity Reduction By 45% Till 2030: Power Minister
Power Minister R K Singh on Wednesday directed state governments to set up state-level steering committees for energy transition
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IMF Welcomes India's COP26 Announcement To Reduce Carbon Intensity
Gerry Rice, Director, Communication Department at the IMF, said India's actions may help catalyse action in other emerging economies
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Why Does Bitcoin Mining Consume 'Insane' Energy?
Cryptocurrency fans have counted Tesla boss Elon Musk as among their champions, but this week he rocked their world by questioning the future of the digital assets and singling out carbon emissions from Bitcoin mining for particular criticism.
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India's Coal Plant Plans May Jeopardise Paris Climate Goals, Claim US Researchers
India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years if the country goes ahead with its plans to build nearly 370 coal-fired power plants, US researchers have claimed. India has pledged to the international community to reduce its emissions intensity - the amount of carbon dioxide released per unit of gross dom...
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India Launches Climate Action Website Ahead of Paris Meet
The website offers a 'preview" of the country's climate action plan that aims to reduce carbon emission intensity by 35 percent by 2030.
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Government Unveils Climate Target to Cut Carbon Intensity
Preliminary estimates indicate India would need to spend around $206 billion between 2015 and 2030 for implementing adaptation actions in agriculture, forestry, fisheries infrastructure, water resources and ecosystems, the submission said.
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India Commits to Big Emissions Intensity Cuts by 2030
India will cut intensity of carbon emissions by 33-35 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels and make its economy more energy efficient, the government today said as it announced an ambitious climate-change policy ahead of a major UN summit in Paris later this year.
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India Commits 33-35 Per Cent Cut in Carbon Intensity By 2030
India has pledged to cut the intensity of its carbon emissions by 33-35 per cent and boost the renewable energy capacity to 40 per cent by 2030 in the target submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC) on Climate Change for a global climate pact.
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Ocean Currents Behind Change in Ice Ages?
Climatologists have long tried to explain why ice-age cycles became longer and more intense some 900,000 years ago, switching from 41,000-year cycles to 100,000-year cycles.
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China to honour its climate commitments
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has defended his country's climate commitments at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, saying "we will honour our word with real action." In his address to delegates, Wen said China would honour voluntary targets of reducing its carbon intensity by 40 to 45 per cent.
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Who stands where
China is world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and it has announced 40-45% cuts in carbon intensity by 2020.
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India follows China, changes stand on climate change
India has committed to cutting its carbon intensity by 20-25% over the next ten years.
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India to cut carbon emission intensity by 20-25%
Ahead of the Copenhagen summit on climate change, India on Thursday announced that it would reduce carbon emission intensity by 20-25 per cent by 2020.
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IMF Says Crypto Industry's Carbon Footprint Rising; Officials Mull Tax Surge to Curb Emissions
IMF officials have raised concerns about the crypto sector's carbon emissions and are considering whether a tax increase on crypto mining could help reduce its carbon footprint. In a blog post, the officials suggested that an 85 percent tax hike on power usage by crypto miners could potentially cut the sector's annual emissions by an estimated 100 ...
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States' Role Vital For Emission Intensity Reduction By 45% Till 2030: Power Minister
Power Minister R K Singh on Wednesday directed state governments to set up state-level steering committees for energy transition
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IMF Welcomes India's COP26 Announcement To Reduce Carbon Intensity
Gerry Rice, Director, Communication Department at the IMF, said India's actions may help catalyse action in other emerging economies
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Why Does Bitcoin Mining Consume 'Insane' Energy?
Cryptocurrency fans have counted Tesla boss Elon Musk as among their champions, but this week he rocked their world by questioning the future of the digital assets and singling out carbon emissions from Bitcoin mining for particular criticism.
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India's Coal Plant Plans May Jeopardise Paris Climate Goals, Claim US Researchers
India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years if the country goes ahead with its plans to build nearly 370 coal-fired power plants, US researchers have claimed. India has pledged to the international community to reduce its emissions intensity - the amount of carbon dioxide released per unit of gross dom...
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India Launches Climate Action Website Ahead of Paris Meet
The website offers a 'preview" of the country's climate action plan that aims to reduce carbon emission intensity by 35 percent by 2030.
-
Government Unveils Climate Target to Cut Carbon Intensity
Preliminary estimates indicate India would need to spend around $206 billion between 2015 and 2030 for implementing adaptation actions in agriculture, forestry, fisheries infrastructure, water resources and ecosystems, the submission said.
-
India Commits to Big Emissions Intensity Cuts by 2030
India will cut intensity of carbon emissions by 33-35 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels and make its economy more energy efficient, the government today said as it announced an ambitious climate-change policy ahead of a major UN summit in Paris later this year.
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India Commits 33-35 Per Cent Cut in Carbon Intensity By 2030
India has pledged to cut the intensity of its carbon emissions by 33-35 per cent and boost the renewable energy capacity to 40 per cent by 2030 in the target submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC) on Climate Change for a global climate pact.
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Ocean Currents Behind Change in Ice Ages?
Climatologists have long tried to explain why ice-age cycles became longer and more intense some 900,000 years ago, switching from 41,000-year cycles to 100,000-year cycles.
-
China to honour its climate commitments
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has defended his country's climate commitments at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, saying "we will honour our word with real action." In his address to delegates, Wen said China would honour voluntary targets of reducing its carbon intensity by 40 to 45 per cent.
-
Who stands where
China is world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and it has announced 40-45% cuts in carbon intensity by 2020.
-
India follows China, changes stand on climate change
India has committed to cutting its carbon intensity by 20-25% over the next ten years.
-
India to cut carbon emission intensity by 20-25%
Ahead of the Copenhagen summit on climate change, India on Thursday announced that it would reduce carbon emission intensity by 20-25 per cent by 2020.
