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Steelmaking is trying to make itself greener and researchers may have found a way
Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. in a paper published this month said carbon dioxide emitted from the blast furnaces used to make steel could be recycled using perovskite, a crystal containing barium carbonate, calcium carbonate, iron ore and niobium. -
India key partner in fight against Climate Change: EU climate chief
As countries begin preparing for a critical year for climate action, the European Union sees India as an important partner for undertaking measures to tackle climate change and slow down global warming, Frans Timmermans, man in charge of European Green Deal, has said. -
UAE oil chief and COP28 president can steer ‘tough cookies’ of oil and gas: EU climate policy head
The European Union’s climate policy chief Frans Timmermans has defended the controversial appointment of the United Arab Emirates’ oil chief as leader of the year-end COP28 climate conference, saying he was confident that Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber could steer the “tough cookies” of the global oil and gas sector towards the green energy transition. -
UN report card on world’s progress to limit warming to 1.5 deg C will be bleak: Politicians
To meet climate targets, renewable energy generation must triple every year from now till 2030, said the director of the International Renewable Energy Agency.