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At least 15 dead in India over 24 hours as temperatures soar
Reuters, Published on 31/05/2024
» BHUBANESWAR - At least 15 people have died of suspected heatstroke in India's eastern states of Bihar and Odisha on Thursday, authorities said, with the region gripped in a debilitating heatwave expected to continue until Saturday.
Vietnam aims to produce 100,000-500,000 tonnes of hydrogen yearly
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam aims to produce 100,000 to 500,000 metric tonnes of hydrogen a year by 2030 as part of its energy transition efforts, according to the country's hydrogen development strategy adopted earlier this month.
Incentives for companies transitioning to EVs approved
Reuters, Published on 21/02/2024
» Thailand has approved incentives for companies to transition their commercial fleets of large trucks and buses to battery electric vehicles (EVs), the government said on Wednesday.
Southeast Asia lags in EVs. Can it catch up?
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: For self-confessed tech geek and adrenaline junkie Farhan Abdul Rahim, becoming one of the first Malaysians to own an electric car in 2020 was a no-brainer - but he did not simply stop there.
Nations seek aviation climate pact despite global tensions
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2022
» MONTREAL/PARIS: A United Nations (UN) body has begun global talks to hammer out a consensus on reducing airline emissions in the face of lingering discord over climate change and the impact of war in Ukraine.
Airlines pledge to stabilise rocky recovery
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2022
» DOHA: Global airlines wrapped up an annual summit on Tuesday by pledging to overcome operational problems that have marred the industry's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
India, Indonesia and Philippines join coal transition programme
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2021
» GLASGOW: India, Indonesia and the Philippines will join South Africa as the first recipients of a multibillion dollar pilot programme aimed at accelerating their transition from coal power to clean energy, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) said on Thursday.
Indonesia signals about-face on COP26 zero-deforestation pledge
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2021
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's environment minister has dismissed as "inappropriate and unfair" a global plan to end deforestation by 2030, days after her country, home to a third of the world's rainforests, was among more than 100 that made the zero-deforestation pledge.
UN: World greenhouse gas levels hit record last year
Reuters, Published on 25/10/2021
» GENEVA: Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" on climate goals, the UN weather agency said on Monday, showing the scale of the task facing governments scrambling to avert dangerous levels of warming.
Big fossil fuel producers' plans far exceed climate targets, UN says
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2021
» LONDON: Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to curb global warming, the United Nations and researchers said on Wednesday.