Tag Archives: Climate Change Performance

India ranks 20th on Climate Change Performance Index India has been ranked 20th on Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2017, which underlined that countries like India are making “great efforts” in the fields of renewables and energy efficiency. With the historic Paris Agreement having recently entered into force, the latest CCPI confirms a boost for renewable energy and positive developments ... Read More »

Global climate talks move to Marrakesh: Here’s what they need to achieve Even though evidence on an ever-worsening global climate keeps pouring in with alarming frequency, the last 12 months have, in fact, been a relatively good year for global climate policy. Next week, the world’s countries meet in Marrakesh, Morocco, to follow up on the gains made at Paris ... Read More »

Global CO2 Concentration Passes Threshold of 400 ppm—And That’s Bad for the Climate Scientists say humans may need to take some carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to stop global warming The average level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere across the globe passed 400 parts per million (ppm) last year, a symbolic and worrying milestone in growth of manmade ... Read More »

First Time Ever, 4 Mahagenco Plants Shut As Rains Reduce Power Demand For the first time in the history of the state-run generation power comapny Mahagenco, it has completely shut down four of its seven power plants. The total generation has gone below 2000 MW, which has also happened for the first time. The reason is no deman for power ... Read More »

How to Finance a New Climate Economy Over the next fifteen years, the world needs to invest more in new infrastructure and upgrades than everything that exists today. This means we have a crucial window of opportunity to build it right, reflecting the new international priorities of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. If we continue on ... Read More »