#climate commitments

कलपक्कम में भारत के 500 मेगावाट प्रोटोटाइप फास्ट ब्रीडर रिएक्टर (पीएफबीआर) का 6 अप्रैल, 2026 को पहली महत्वपूर्णता प्राप्त करना, भारत की नागरिक परमाणु यात्रा में सिर्फ एक तकनीकी मील का पत्थर नहीं है; लेकिन ऐसे समय में एक रणनीतिक संकेत जब ऊर्जा सुरक्षा, तकनीकी संप्रभुता और जलवायु प्रतिबद्धताएं एक साथ आ रही हैं। क्रिटिकलिटी रिएक्टर कोर में नियंत्रित विखंडन श्रृंखला प्रतिक्रिया की शुरुआत का प्रतीक…

Countries have until the end of next year to ensure their climate commitments meet the Paris agreement’s cap on global warming. But who will check that their promises really do stack up?

The question is so sensitive that, for now, the answer is: the countries themselves.

While nations have agreed to a global target aimed at avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, fossil fuel and other greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise when they should be falling.

And there is no formal organisation tasked with making sure individual nations are on track.

“There are no ‘police’ to check; this is a weakness of the process,” climatologist Corinne Le Quere told AFP.

Nearly 200 countries signed up to the landmark Paris deal in 2015, committing to halt warming “well below” two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, preferably limiting it to 1.5C.

And in November at the COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow, nations called for all governments to ensure their emissions plans for this decade align with the Paris temperature goals, strengthening them if necessary, by the end of 2022.

But each country will effectively mark its own climate homework.

Hyundai, Tata Motors to supply 250 electric vehicles to EESL

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NEW DELHI: Energy Efficiency Service Ltd, a joint venture between public sector units under ministry of Power, on Thursday announced procurement of 250 long range electric vehicles (EVs) from Hyundai Motor India Ltd and Tata Motors Ltd, to be used by government officials.

This is the second such tender floated by EESL.

South Korea’s Hyundai will supply 100 units of its electric…

A new report published on Wednesday reveals how Europe is failing to meet its ambitious green targets, just a few days after MEPs declared a climate emergency.

The European Environment Agency's findings show that the EU could do better when it comes to curbing emissions. "Many of the targets that we set for ourselves for 2020 will not be reached," said Hans Bruyninckx, the Executive Director of the agency.

At the current rate, greenhouse gas emissions will reach 4,000 megatons of CO2 equivalent by 2030. With a bit of effort, the EU could reduce its emissions to almost 3,500 megatons by the same date and then achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, EEA found.

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