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The first-of-its-kind document makes close to two dozen references to coal, mostly to justify its continued use for the foreseeable future.
Editor's note: On Monday, environment, forest and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav unveiled India’s long-term strategy for pursuing low-emission development, on the sidelines of the ongoing COP27 climate conference at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. This is the first such plan developed by India and has been prepared in compliance with a requirement under the the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. The 121-page document covers four focus areas for decarbonization: electricity, industries, urban design and transport. It also has a chapter on financing and another on forests. It is, in effect, the first comprehensive strategy document of a nation of 1.3 billion people to deal with the biggest threat to mankind. From that point of view, the document falls short of expectations. It reads like a compilation of existing policies of the central government, with a number of broad ideas—like “introduce biodiesel at a commercial scale”—that do not set out timelines, milestones or pathways on how such goals could be achieved. That said, the document does provide insights into the government’s evolving position on several contentious issues such as the use of coal …
A 10-percentage-point gap between what India plans domestically and what it promises the UN tells you everything about its climate strategy.
Mukesh Ambani's conglomerate signs one of the world's largest binding green ammonia offtake agreements. In doing so, it delivers a credibility boost to an industry stuck between ambition and execution.
The state-owned lender’s successful issuance—and rare pricing advantage—signals India’s hesitant sustainable finance market may finally be maturing
