Earth can recover faster from CO2 emissions

Last Updated: Friday, April 22, 2011, 16:08

The earth may be able to recover faster from rising CO2 emissions than previously thought.

‘Solar energy use in cell towers can reduce CO2 emissions’

Last Updated: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 12:22

Use of diesel generators in cellphone towers leads to staggering levels of CO2 emissions.

Car makers cut CO2 emissions in EU faster

Last Updated: Thursday, November 4, 2010, 09:49

Car makers are cutting their fleets` CO2 emissions faster than expected and are likely to reach EU targets before time.

Moving clocks forward could reduce CO2 emissions

Last Updated: Monday, June 21, 2010, 12:04

A new study has revealed that keeping the clocks one hour ahead of time would save half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.

Nuclear power vital to cutting CO2 emissions: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 15:50

Roughly a quarter of global electricity could be generated by nuclear power by 2050.

Brazil`s Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions

Last Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 00:29

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday signed a law requiring that Brazil cut greenhouse gas emissions by 39 per cent by 2020, meeting a commitment made at the Copenhagen climate change summit.

CO2 emissions rise 2% despite global financial crisis

Last Updated: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 18:30

A new research has determined that despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis, carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 percent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon per capita per year.

World on course for 6 degree rise in temp by end of century

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 14:46

New research on climate change predicts that the world will face a slow-motion disaster in the coming decades with the average global temperatures rising by up to 6 degrees centigrade by the end of the century.

Global CO2 emissions could fall by three % in 2009: IEA

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 15:32

Carbon dioxide emissions, the main driver of global warming, could fall three per cent worldwide in 2009 due to the global economic crisis, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

Maldives uses coconuts to reduce CO2 emissions

Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2009, 13:38

The Maldives government has launched a project to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions using “biochar”, a charcoal made from bio-wastes such as coconut shells.

Risky climate-fixing methods needed unless CO2 emissions are greatly reduced

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 11:17

Scientists have warned that potentially dangerous and unproven geoengineering technologies might be needed to fix the climate in the near future, unless emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) can be greatly reduced.