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Windfall Taxes on Oil Companies: Sin Tax or Sin to Tax?
Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables Aug 17, 2022

Windfall Taxes on Oil Companies: Sin Tax or Sin to Tax?

The recent windfall taxes imposed by the UNSC are considered either equivalent to a sin to tax the profits made from the geopolitical crisis or a sin that should be taxed away. ...

Coal Pricing in India: The high cost of low Prices
Energy | Coal Aug 08, 2022

Coal Pricing in India: The high cost of low Prices

The coal pricing in India is regulated and deregulated by the government from time to time leading to a rise in the actual delivered price of coal. ...

The Oil Market: Swinging back to Saudi Arabia?
Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables Aug 04, 2022

The Oil Market: Swinging back to Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia being a swing producer now holds the capacity to quickly increase oil production substantially, while simultaneously dominating the oil axis. ...

When the going gets tough, the tough burn coal
Energy | Coal Jul 25, 2022

When the going gets tough, the tough burn coal

With a robust increase in coal consumption worldwide, grand challenges await the entire world in future ...

Coal Beneficiation Policies: Sticks but no carrots
Jul 15, 2022

Coal Beneficiation Policies: Sticks but no carrots

With the increase in demand for coal, the only viable option left for the government is to go against its policy of self-reliance with coal beneficiation being a feasible step in this regard. ...

Population drives climate change: A myth or reality?
Climate Change Jul 11, 2022

Population drives climate change: A myth or reality?

Is there a positive correlation between the rise of the population and the rise of carbon dioxide? ...

The World Population Day 2022: A new development paradigm for a resilient future
Climate, Food and Environment | Climate Change Jul 11, 2022

The World Population Day 2022: A new development paradigm for a resilient future

A more holistic developmental paradigm that incorporates the SDG goals needs to be adopted for a resilient ad sustainable future. ...

Volatility in Global Energy Markets: Implications for India
Energy | Coal | Energy Access Jul 10, 2022

Volatility in Global Energy Markets: Implications for India

In the background of the partial removal of Russian fossil fuels from the international market, there has been a volume of implications for the Indian global energy markets. ...

India’s Battery Swapping Policy: Too much expected from too little?
Energy | Transportation Jul 01, 2022

India’s Battery Swapping Policy: Too much expected from too little?

As a response to the rising energy needs, India has come up with a battery swapping policy: A necessary but not a sufficient step. ...

Growth of Hydropower in India: Role of the Private Sector
Energy | Energy Efficiency Jun 24, 2022

Growth of Hydropower in India: Role of the Private Sector

Can the private sector play a role in decarbonising India, especially by being a key stakeholder in the hydropower sector? ...

Is sodium the future for the electric mobility transition?
Financial Markets | Transportation Jun 17, 2022

Is sodium the future for the electric mobility transition?

Recent developments in developing sodium-ion battery technology might provide a solution to the materials crisis in the electric mobility transition. ...

Natural Gas Consumption in India: The Tale of Two Sectors
Energy Jun 16, 2022

Natural Gas Consumption in India: The Tale of Two Sectors

Natural gas consumption in India has fallen due to reduction in domestic gas availability. ...

Imported Coal: Source of Energy Security for India?
Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables Jun 06, 2022

Imported Coal: Source of Energy Security for India?

India's increasing use of imported coal undermines the country's strategy of being "self-reliant" in the energy security sector. ...

The Natural Gas Sector in India: Cost of price controls
Energy | Coal | Oil, Gas and Renewables May 24, 2022

The Natural Gas Sector in India: Cost of price controls

The increment in the price of domestic gas in India and its impact on the production and consumption of the same. ...

Renewable Energy in Union Budgets—A narrative from 2000 to 2022
Climate, Food and Environment | Energy May 23, 2022

Renewable Energy in Union Budgets—A narrative from 2000 to 2022

As India aims to achieve its climate commitments, the significance of renewable energy keeps on growing as reflected in the union budgets over the years. ...

Technocratic Solutions to Climate Change
Climate Change May 17, 2022

Technocratic Solutions to Climate Change

Technology - a boon or a bane for the environment and climate? ...

Solar Energy in India: Contestation of Land Rights
Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables May 03, 2022

Solar Energy in India: Contestation of Land Rights

Growth and development in renewable energy power generation call for acquiring more suitable land to install RE generating equipment/machinery, and this has raised concerns amongst different stakeholders. ...

Coal Shortage in India: Beyond Supply and Demand
Energy | Coal May 01, 2022

Coal Shortage in India: Beyond Supply and Demand

India is facing a sudden shortage in power generation in power plants amidst the scorching summer heat. ...

Climate narratives: Reading between the lines
Energy | Climate Change Apr 29, 2022

Climate narratives: Reading between the lines

Developing countries are lagging behind in implementing decarbonisation policies as appropriate climate finance and green technology aren’t being extended to them. ...

Climate vulnerabilities, food security, and resilient development
Climate, Food and Environment | Water | Climate Change Apr 18, 2022

Climate vulnerabilities, food security, and resilient development

Both climate risks and non-climatic drivers need to factored in to curb food and water shortages induced by climate change in vulnerable regions of the world. ...

IPCC’s reminder: Not just climate-smart but also water-wise
Water | Climate Change Apr 14, 2022

IPCC’s reminder: Not just climate-smart but also water-wise

The mitigation of climate change will be successful only if water risks are factored in while drafting ‘climate-smart’ strategies. ...

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K. M Gopakumar is a Senior Researcher and Legal Advisor at Third World Network (TWN) and based in New Delhi, India. TWN is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that carries out policy research and advocacy on issues around trade and development, ...

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