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Tracing the Hazy Air 2025: Progress Report on National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched in 2019 to improve air quality in India by reducing particulate matter (PM) concentrations by 20-30% by …

Indonesia iron and steel’s full potential hinges on low-carbon technologies

🇮🇩 Versi Bahasa Indonesia tersedia di bawah Indonesia’s iron and steel industry has undergone a stark shift in recent years, with exports showing sharp growth while …

Evaluating Eskom’s latest minimum emission standards (MES) exemption request: Implications for air quality and public health

Minimum emission standards (MES) were introduced under South Africa’s National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act (NEMAQA) to regulate industrial emissions and reduce harmful pollutants, including …

Air quality, health and economic impacts of the Ventanas coal-fired complex — 2013 to 2020

🇨🇱 La versión en español está disponible a continuación Located in the coastal town of Puchuncaví, in Chile’s Valparaíso Region, the Ventanas coal-fired complex is …

China’s Climate Transition: Outlook 2024

In the third annual edition of this report, CREA reassesses China’s progress towards the country’s climate commitments and emissions pathways aligned with the Paris Agreement …

Increased SO₂ emissions from coal-fired power plants: FGD installation should not be delayed further

As of September 2024, India has an installed electricity generation capacity of 452 GW. Coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) hold the largest share of this capacity, …

Indonesia’s captive coal on the uptick

🇮🇩 Versi Bahasa Indonesia tersedia di bawah Capacity tripled in five years, on track to cost USD 20 billion in public health burden Over the past …

Three years later: Impacts of China’s overseas coal power ban

In September 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that China would halt the building of new coal fired …

Tapping the loophole: Czechia has spent five times more on Russian oil and gas than aid to Ukraine

The Russian oil and gas sector is the most important revenue source for the Kremlin, and accounted for 32% (EUR 97 bn) of the country’s …

Ensuring an ecological disaster: ‘Shadow’ tanker spill could cost coastal states USD 1.6 bn

In June 2022, as Russia dug in on its brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU responded with a sixth sanctions package placing an embargo …

China’s clean energy trends could cut emissions by 30% in 2035 if sustained

A scorecard for China’s new climate targets As the world’s largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter, China’s new 2035 climate targets will determine whether global climate …

Case study: Large-scale clean energy bases in Inner Mongolia in China

A follow-up case study on ‘Resolving near-term power shortages in China from an economic perspective’ , CREA, WaterRock, 2023 Between 2007 and 2015, Inner Mongolia …

Air quality improves as China eases reliance on coal and heavy industries: Key trends from H1 2024

In the first half of 2024, China’s air quality improved as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) dropped by 2.9% compared to the same period last year, …

Sanctions hypocrisy: G7+ imports EUR 1.8 bn of Turkish oil products made from Russian crude

In the first half of 2024, Turkey has risen from being the 14th largest buyer of Russian crude oil before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, …

Air quality impacts of the Ternium Brasil Santa Cruz steel plant

🇧🇷 A versão em português está disponível abaixo Luxembourg-based Ternium steel manufacturing company is a leading steel producer across the Americas that is today ranked …

Air quality impacts of ArcelorMittal’s Temirtau steel plant in Kazakhstan — 1996 to 2023 

After more than a quarter century of operations, steel giant ArcelorMittal left Temirtau, Kazakhstan in December 2023 with a payout of USD 985 million from the …

China puts coal on back burner as renewables soar

The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and Global Energy Monitor have released their H1 2024 survey of coal power projects in China …

Policy briefing: Tackling the Russian ‘shadow’ fleet

The shadow fleet transporting Russian fossil fuels poses two significant challenges. In the first instance, the shadow fleet enables Russia to circumvent the G7/EU oil …

Turning point: China permitted no new coal-based steel projects in H1 2024 as policies drive decarbonisation

China has the largest steel industry in the world, accounting for more than half of global production, making decarbonisation of the steel sector crucial to …

Taiwan’s imports of Russian coal rose 31% in last 12 months

Taiwan relies heavily on coal for power generation. Prior to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Taiwan’s energy provider, Taiwan Power Company (also known as …

Health and economic benefits from early phase out of Indonesia’s first JETP coal power plants

🇮🇩 Versi Bahasa Indonesia tersedia di bawah Indonesia’s commitment to transition away from coal through the announcement of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in …

War profiteering: Eight UK-insured tankers violate price cap, boosting Kremlin revenues by GBP 87 mn

An investigation led by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has found suspected violations of the price cap on Russian crude …

Threat of toxic substances: Increased particulate matter and health hazards from ammonia co-firing

The ammonia-blended power generation method of coal-fired power plants, which is being promoted by the Japanese and South Korean governments, is being used as a …

A Kremlin pit stop: EU imports EUR 3 bn of oil products from Turkish ports handling Russian oil

A new report from CREA and the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) has revealed that since the EU/G7 petroleum products ban took effect …

Leveraging interdependence: An LNG price cap would have cut Russia’s LNG export revenues by 60% in 2023

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis almost immediately underscored the European Union’s energy security vulnerabilities. The EU’s heavy reliance on fossil …

Indonesia’s air quality: Decline in 2023 due to lack of intervention and El Niño. What about 2024? 

🇮🇩 Versi Bahasa Indonesia tersedia di bawah In 2023, there was an overall decline in air quality across Indonesia, particularly in Jakarta, the capital of …

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