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CSE’s Fortnightly News Bulletin

April 15, 2019

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  • Editorial by Sunita Narain
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GO FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH
The Clean Air Concern
Sunita Narain
Editor, Down To Earth
Twiiter @sunitanar Twitter: @sunitanar
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CLIMATE CAVEATS
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ACCEPTANCE of climate change doesn’t keep pace with our energy consumption reduction. However, the latest International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Global Energy and CO2 Status Report for 2018 has some good news. It offers where possible answers lie in our quest to mitigate climate change. This is what we should discuss. But transitions in energy use will be contested and even be more difficult, if we don’t factor in climate justice.

IEA’s report finds that global energy consumption is up—twice the average rate of growth since 2010. This is because of robust economic growth in the world and weird weather, ironically because of climate change. As a result, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are up, with the power sector accounting for two-thirds of the growth in emissions. Oil demand increased by 1.3 per cent in 2018 and so has the demand for coal. But the latter is slower and more sluggish than the period before. Still, coal- based power plants were the single largest contributor to the growth in emissions in 2018. IEA estimates that CO2 emitted from coal combustion was responsible for over 0.3°C of the 1°C increase in global temperature over the pre-industrial levels.

But here is the good news that has the potential to turn around the energy trajectory that jeopardises our future. First, natural gas is replacing coal for generation of power—roughly 24 per cent of the growth in natural gas use in the world was because it was being substituted for coal in power plants. This happened mostly in the US and also in China—where its domestic policy to clean air pollution (called the Blue Skies initiative) pushed for curtailment of coal use in industrial boilers and power plants. Without this shift, CO2 emissions would have been 15 per cent higher, estimates IEA. However, we need to note that gas does have higher methane emissions—a potent greenhouse gas (GHG)—and this is not accounted for by the IEA assessment in its CO2 balance sheet..Continue Reading
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Announcements - Trainings & Events
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Training on Tools and Approaches for Citywide Water and Sanitation Management, Neemli, April 16-26, 2019
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Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement, AAETI, Neemli, May 21- June 1, 2019
Please visit www.cseindia.org for more training programmes and announcements.
From Down to Earth
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General Election 2019
A Down To Earth special
Water: Does rural India have enough water to sustain open-defecation free status?
While India is inching closer to being ODF, less than 20 per cent of rural households have piped water supply
Waste: What happens to our excreta? Shit Flow Diagrams will help you track
Open-defecation free status is fine, but ensuring sustainable management of our faecal sludge is crucial
Health: 10.9 million people died due to poor diets in 2017
Global Burden of Disease study highlights how low consumption of healthy food is better than more consumption of unhealthy foods
Video: Dhuri: A Delhi-based fashion brand that makes clothes out of milk In a world where pollution caused by textiles is a major threat, a brand specialising in eco-friendly fabrics claims it can be a better option for the environment
Factsheet: Aravallis: Mountain of troubles
Even after over 4,000 court cases, destruction of this old-found mountain range continues
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