This section covers worldwide regulations and specifications of automotive diesel fuels. It includes both fuel quality regulations for commercial fuels, as well as specifications for certification (reference, homologation) fuels. Access to some information requires DieselNet subscription...

As of January 2017, on-road diesel and gasoline are limited to a maximum of 10 ppm sulfur nationwide. Nationwide availability of 50 ppm sulfur off-road diesel is required in July 2017 and 10 ppm in January 2018.This webpage covers the history of fuel quality policy in China, and technical standards currently in place....

Indonesia has multiple fuel grades for diesel and gasoline. As of January 2017, diesel with cetane number 48 is limited to 2,500 ppm sulfur nationwide; diesel with cetane number 51 has been limited to 500 ppm sulfur since 2006. The nationwide diesel sulfur limit tightens to 500 ppm in 2021 and 50 ppm in 2025. For gasoline, sulfur limits are set at 500 ppm.This webpage covers the history of fuel qu...

On February 19, 2016, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued a draft notification of Bharat Stage (BS) VI emission standards for all major on-road vehicle categories in India. The standards apply to light- and heavy duty vehicles, as well as two- and three-wheeled vehicles. The proposed BS VI regulation is the first global instance of leapfrogging from Euro 4/IV lev...

Stakeholder mapping is a simple process of listing all the stakeholders of your project and working through a series of steps to build a strategic engagement and communication plan. This process gives you a visual representation of all the people who can influence your project and how they are connected....

This toolkit is designed to provide organizations insights into their fleet’s current emissions, impacts and costs, and the relative improvements that different options could provide. The calculations are based on estimations and average emission factors. The actual level of impacts, emissions, costs and savings will be influenced by a number of factors including: driver behavior; road conditions;...

Key factsAir pollution is one of the greatest environmental risks to child health.In 2019, 99% of the world’s population was living in places where the WHO air quality guidelines levels were not met.The combined effects of ambient air pollution and household air pollution are associated with 6.7 million premature deaths annually.Ambient (outdoor) air pollution is estimated to have caused 4.2 milli...

Global emissions of anthropogenic black carbon increased by a factor of 10 from 1750 through the early 2000s. Biomass burning includes residential cooking and heating with wood and dried animal dung, agricultural field burning, and deforestation fires. When biomass is burned in inefficient cookstoves, open fires, or poorly ventilated areas (common in many households in developing regions), it ofte...

Soil health card scheme is one of the flagship programmes of Government of India that was launched in February 2015. Schemes managed by Integrated Management (INM) Division in the Ministry of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare (AC&FW), Government of India (GoI). This scheme was launched to help farmers to know their soil health condition as represented by 12 important soil parameters...

Highlights:Crop residue burning reduces soil microbial diversity.Burning increases the pest population in agricultural fields.Residue burning depletes soil nutrients, threatening long-term crop productivity.Air pollution from burning may disrupt the ecological functions of arthropods and birds.Residue burning leads to erosion of ecosystem services, negatively affecting agricultural sustainability....