There is a real risk net-zero by 2050 will be a hollow pledge that will only serve diplomatic needs, but do little to actually shift India’s emissions future. Instead, India needs a path that shows how a focus on opportunities for low-carbon development is more likely, in practice, to deliver emissions reductions than abstract future 2050 pledges.
Read MoreThe air pollution crisis in India can only be solved through sustained political commitment, and robust institutions. Letting the ordinance lapse reflects poorly on the Centre’s commitment, and is a significant blow to the development of air quality governance in the country.
Read MoreIndia has always argued that climate is linked to development choices, livelihoods and equity. Don’t ask activists to narrow down their concerns.
Read MoreIn 2019, air pollution was responsible for over 16.7 lakh deaths in India, more than ten times the lives lost due to COVID-19 so far. Did the budget address clean air adequately?
Read More2021 marks the beginning of the fourth decade of ongoing electricity reforms in India. We reflect on what we learnt over three decades of interventions to fix electricity problems, and suggest priorities for the fourth decade.
Read MoreA legal precedent that concretises links between air pollution and premature death and what this could mean for India’s air pollution discourse.
Read MoreIf governments were to raise awareness and disseminate information on air pollution the way they have done with COVID-19, what might that look like?
Read MoreThe annual November smog in the NCR frames the air pollution crisis — its scale, sources and solutions — in ways that undermine the long-term efforts needed.
Read MoreIs the new CAQM the answer to the pleas of National Capital Region (NCR) citizens and an end to the winter airpocalypse?
Read MoreThere is a crying need to overhaul the environmental clearance system. But the Ministry’s proposal fails to acknowledge the grave ecological crises that the country is facing.
Read MoreThe smog tower pilot project that the Government has envisaged is unjustifiably expensive, sets a bad precedent for pollution control efforts nationwide and raises questions about its evaluation.
Read MoreThis post answers why smog towers offer neither a scientific policy measure to tackle air pollution nor do they constitute an idea worth piloting.
Read MoreAs the country battles a public health crisis of staggering proportions, we must remind ourselves that we do not have the luxury of tackling air pollution at a later point.
Read MoreIndia’s recent experiences, and successful global models, deliver a clear message—power pools can’t be built without an institutional architecture other countries trust.
Read MoreWe should be careful not to drag ourselves through one crisis only to emerge into another longer, less predictable, and unstoppable one.
Read MorePolicy interventions are pushing electric vehicles and other modern energy technologies. Will the pandemic-induced economic contraction topple India’s energy transition priorities?
Read MoreCOVID-19 necessitates making health and social protection a priority. But we must not lose momentum on the strides made in tackling air pollution.
Even as electricity can make us more resilient, electricity is also vulnerable to the pandemic. How is India’s electricity sector placed at this moment?
Read MoreCould sustained, behavioural changes induced by COVID-19 alter the way we live and work?
Read MoreLet us not pretend that the Centre’s push for smart meters is the silver bullet to solve the long-standing problems of discom finance and losses.
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