The European Commission has proposed binding annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets for Member States. They cover the transport, buildings, agriculture, waste, land-use and forestry sectors and aim to meet the agreed goals by 2030. The UK will have to cut emissions by 37% and countries such as The Netherlands and Denmark by 36% and 38% […]

Power plants were the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US in 2014. They accounted for 30% of total pollution in the country, new data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed. It added the nation emitted more than 6,000 million metric tons of CO2 in the same period. The transportation sector […]

The UK is among 21 countries that have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) while growing their economies. An analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI) found the UK achieved six years of “absolute decoupling”  between 2000 and 2014 where GDP grew at the same time Carbon Dioxide emissions declined. During that period, emissions dropped from 591 million metric tons to […]

The trend of declining greenhouse gas emissions in the EU carbon market has slowed down nearly to a halt. That’s according to a report by Thomson Reuters which stated emissions under the region’s carbon market stabilised in 2015 after a four-year decline. Emissions in the power and heat sector dropped by 0.4% to 1,014 million tonnes […]

The UK reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 35% in 2014 from 1990 levels. The country emitted 514.4 million tonnes of CO2 in 2014 – 7.7% less than 2013, according to a new report by DECC. It said around half of the fall was the result of a warm 2014 and the other half was due […]

An investment worth $500 million (£330m) will be made to help developing countries implement their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions plans. The World Bank made the announcement backed by Sweden, Germany, Norway and Switzerland at the COP21 climate conference in Paris. The ‘Transformative Carbon Asset Facility’ will create new carbon assets associated with reduced greenhouse gas emission […]

The road transportation sector in Canada is “unlikely” to reach its 80% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target levels by 2050. A new report revealed despite improvements in fuel efficiency and increased use of alternative technology cars, it falls short of its goal. Transport emissions accounted for almost half of the increase in Canada’s emissions from 1990 […]

California has set a target to produce 50% of its electricity from renewables by 2030. That’s part of the US state’s climate change plans, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels during the same period. It also plans to decrease the use of petroleum in vehicles by 50% and double energy […]

The UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the second quarter of the year was 3.3% less than the same period last year. According to DECC, GHG emissions accounted for 520.1 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) equivalent. That’s a decrease of more than 17 million tonnes of CO2 compared to the second quarter of 2014. […]

Brazil has announced it will reduce its carbon emissions by 37% by 2025. At the UN General Assembly in New York, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff made the commitment ahead of the COP21 conference in Paris later this year. To achieve the goal, Brazil has established some measures which include reduce deforestation in the Amazon and […]