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Nina Chestney

ARTICLES BY NINA CHESTNEY

The proposal was intended to help plants comply with new sulphur dioxide emissions standards originally set by the environment ministry in 2015 (Photo: PTI)

Global CO2 emissions show biggest ever drop in first half of 2020

1 min read . 14 Oct 2020

The 2015 Paris Agreement set a target to curb global warming and reach net zero emissions in the second half of the century. (Bloomberg)

Huge acceleration of clean energy innovation needed to meet net zero target: IEA

1 min read . 02 Jul 2020

The Paris climate pact kicked off a rolling start on Thursday in the Pacific region, home to low-lying islands states which are in danger of rising sea levels. Photo: Bloomberg

Paris climate pact focus shifts to action against pollution, global warming

2 min read . 04 Nov 2016

A file photo of a a commercial solar farm built on farmland in US. The fastest growth in renewable generation capacity was in developing countries. Photo: AP

Global renewables grew at fastest rate on record in 2015: Irena report

1 min read . 07 Apr 2016

Since 2009, scientists’ warnings have become more strident and new factors have emerged, sometimes dampening impact of their message that human activity is driving warming. Photo: Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters

Hopes for strong 2015 climate deal fade away

3 min read . 06 Nov 2013

A patient prepares to undergo a MRI . A 90-year-old helium reservoir in Texas could shut down in October causing disruptions and raising costs for makers of high-tech products from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to semiconductors and threaten medical treatments and research.Photo: AFP (AFP )

Tech firms, medical research threatened by helium shortage

3 min read . 19 Sept 2013

More than 90% of those deaths will occur in developing countries, said the report that calculated the human and economic impact of climate change on 184 countries in 2010 and 2030. Photo: HT (HT)

‘100 mn will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate’

2 min read . 26 Sept 2012