2025 will be crucial for addressing climate change, ensuring energy stability, and promoting sustainable economic growth ...
Macroeconomic policies that manage the consequences of green transition and support from the Global North are essential to India’s future as a green economy ...
This year’s COP saw a landmark agreement on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, ending over a decade of negotiations and validating the persistence of carbon trading advocates. ...
The recent COP29 at Baku exacerbates the divide between developed and developing countries, as rich nations refuse to take financial responsibility for climate change ...
Although an increase in GDP marks an increase in energy consumption, India’s carbon and energy intensities have declined in the past decade, below the world average ...
While a “just transition” promotes a fair and clean future, its lack of clear commitments allows for political appeal without substantial reform ...
India's revised biofuels roadmap aims to boost ethanol blending from food crops by 2025, but has led to increased corn imports and higher global prices, undermining energy security ...
The Global South will house 90 percent of the world's population by 2050, which could impact India's energy and development by 2070. ...
Despite climate agreements like Kyoto and Paris, CO2 emissions keep rising. If this continues, we could run out of time to stop global warming from reaching dangerous levels by 2040. ...
The Global South prioritises energy for growth, while the Global North sustains high usage, highlighting global disparities. ...
WDR 2024 questions India’s 2047 "Golden Era" ambition, pointing to the middle-income trap as a major obstacle. ...
To sustain the growth seen in India’s biofuel sector, there's a pressing need to diversify beyond first-generation biofuels and improve the supply chain for waste-based second-generation biofuels ...
Cautious support for renewable energy in the budget and survey emphasizes complex trade-offs ...
The Surya Ghar scheme will provide 10M households with solar rooftops by 2027, aiming for significant emissions reductions. ...
To align with climate goals, India must shift budgetary practices to include climate adaptation and mitigation, ensuring long-term resilience and sustainability ...
Adopting a Theatre Command approach towards India’s RE strategy could help it achieve itsdecarbonisation goals swiftly ...
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The ambitious targets of the city climate action plans will be challenging to achieve unless they focus on conserving and revitalising the bird diversity in urban India ...
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The development of a taxonomy for adaptation action may be a solution to the problem of ‘additionality’ in climate finance ...
The 2024 PM Surya Ghar Yojana offers free solar electricity via subsidies for rooftop panels, potentially lowering costs and emissions, but its benefits for poorer households are unclear ...
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Big data offers significant potential for enhancing climate resilience. By combining big data with traditional knowledge, and social research, we can develop comprehensive and inclusive resilience strategies. ...
Despite rapid growth in energy demand, India's per-person energy consumption is much less compared to that of developed countries ...
In India, fossil fuel subsidies dominate over support for renewable energy, creating complexities despite varying subsidy definitions ...
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It is time we consider the health threats of climate anomalies such as droughts and floods and adopt a multi-sectoral approach towards building India’s climate resilience. ...
Improving coal quality theoretically enhances combustion efficiency and reduces pollution. However, in reality, navigating technical trade-offs, economic factors, and political pressures often undermines environmental objectives. ...
Some of the parameters used in the estimation of the SCC depend on ethical values, which could be subjective. This raises questions about the use of the SCC for policymaking in India. ...
Shantanu Kishwar has an undergraduate degree in Literary and Cultural Studies, and International Studies, from FLAME University, and a Master's Degree in History from Ambedkar University. He works in the development and policy space, with experience studying education, labour, and ...
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Diya Shah is a Research Assistant at ORF’s Centre for Economy and Growth. Her work explores developments in climate finance as part of a broader, ever-evolving climate discourse, specifically focusing on gaps in global financial infrastructures, adaptive finance and carbon ...
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