Climate & Carbon
Plain guides to carbon footprints, emissions, carbon credits and India's climate rules, for people and companies.
Green Credit Programme India: Rules, Tree Plantation and How It Differs from Carbon Credits
What India's Green Credit Programme is, who runs it, how the tree plantation rules changed from February 2024 to…
How do trees store carbon, and why is there no fixed number per tree?
Trees pull CO2 from the air and lock carbon into wood, roots and soil. Here is how that works, how India measures…
India's Climate Targets: NDC, Panchamrit and Net Zero by 2070
India's climate targets explained: the 2015 and 2022 NDCs, the new NDC for 2031-2035 with a 47% intensity cut and 60%…
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in India explained
What a REC is (1 MWh), how CERC's REC Regulations 2022 and the 2026 amendment work, how RECs differ from carbon…
India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS): how it works
A plain guide to India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme: the law, who runs it, sector targets for 490 entities, the…
Carbon credits explained: what is one carbon credit?
What one carbon credit means, compliance vs voluntary markets, avoidance vs removal, additionality, permanence,…
EU CBAM explained for Indian exporters: what it is and how to prepare
A plain guide to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism as of October 2026: covered goods, the 2026 definitive…
BRSR and ESG climate reporting in India: what companies must disclose
A plain guide to SEBI's BRSR and BRSR Core: who must file, the Principle 6 climate indicators including Scope 1 and 2…
Product carbon footprint (PCF) and life cycle assessment (LCA) explained
What a product carbon footprint is, how life cycle assessment works under ISO 14040, 14044 and 14067, cradle-to-gate…
How companies measure emissions: building a GHG inventory step by step
A step-by-step guide to a company greenhouse gas inventory: boundaries, activity data, emission factors from CEA and…
Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions explained: a guide for Indian companies
What Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions mean under the GHG Protocol, how location-based and market-based Scope 2 differ, the…
How to reduce your carbon footprint: for homes, offices and companies
A practical avoid-reduce-replace guide for Indian households and businesses: BEE star-rated appliances, rooftop solar…
How to calculate your carbon footprint (for Indian households)
A step-by-step method for Indian households: multiply what you use (electricity units, LPG, fuel, flights, food) by a…
Carbon and Climate Glossary: Key Terms Explained Simply
An A-Z guide to 59 carbon and climate terms people and companies meet, from additionality and BRSR to CBAM, CCTS,…
Carbon neutral vs net zero: what the claims mean and how to spot greenwashing
A neutral guide to carbon neutral, net zero and climate positive claims, the standards behind them (ISO 14068, SBTi,…
What are greenhouse gases and CO2 equivalent (CO2e)?
Which gases warm the planet, how CO2 equivalent and global warming potential work, why reports use different GWP…
What is a carbon footprint?
A plain guide to what a carbon footprint is, what it includes, how big the average Indian footprint is, and what the…