Tag: #carbon footprint
Articles tagged with #carbon footprint
Pedalling as a life lesson
Self-reflection, patience, determination and optimism, cycling teaches it all
Net Zero is not zero
Photo: PROJECT SYNDICATEIt may seem as if the world is finally taking the climate crisis seriously, judging by the number of pledges to reach…
Nepal needs to get its climate act together
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden address the 76th UN General Assembly on 21 September. Photos: XINHUAThe United Nations…
Nepal doubles its carbon footprint
Nepal’s per capita greenhouse gas emission may be negligible compared to industrialised countries, but it has doubled in the last seven years.…
The road to electric transportation in Nepal
In 1911, Nepal became the second country in Asia to install a hydroelectric plant, and was a pioneer in electric transportation with the opening…
The carbon footprint of Nepal’s tourism
Even the most optimistic scenario is that it will take at least five years for Nepal’s travel industry to recover from the pandemic impact.…
Why Nepal needs to restore EV tax subsidy
Prime Minister K P Oli inaugurating the first electric bus service in 2018 after announcing 20% of vehicles in Nepal would be battery-powered by…
Right climate for India-China talks on climate change
The India-China border flashpoints in the Himalaya are hotspots in more ways than one. The latest clashes threaten to derail cooperation on…
Make sure you visit Nepal in 2020
Tourists are not looking to rough it out, they want a lifetime experience
Nepal must prepare for climate migration
HIGH AND DRY: A village in Mustang is one of the increasing number of settlements that have been abandoned because of water shortage caused by…
MIGRATION MITIGATION
Photo: GOPEN RAIIn the strict legalese that the United Nations is accustomed to, the Madrid Climate Summit is called the 25th Conference of the…
The carbon footprint of tourism
Transport-related emissions from tourism are expected to increase to 5.3% of all man-made CO2 emissions in the next 10 years, according to a…
Look what’s cooking in Nepal
Using electric rice cookers instead of LPG could save the country a whole lot of money
From playing victim to proactive leadership on climate
Gebru Jember Endalew has been involved in UN negotiations on climate change since 2008 as a core member of the Ethiopian negotiating team. Last…
Turning on the heat
Photo: GEORGE MALLORY Unprecedented in recorded history, there was a 100 degree C difference in temperature between the northern and southern…
Climate damage
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIClimate change is global, it does not respect national boundaries. Neither should its solution. The only way we can…
The cost of light
Photo: KUNDA DIXITNext week as Nepalis celebrate Tihar, the festival of lights, few will remember that it will mark the second anniversary of…
Climate Climax
Catroon: DIWAKAR CHETTRIForget the horror movies, no more science fiction, stop watching post-apocalyptic Hollywood. We have the real thing…
Decarbonise now
The conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC could not have been more blunt:…