Net Zero is a win-win Article The transformative potential of decarbonisation is that it can meet socio-economic goals better than current development pathways. By Chandra Bhushan
A Call for Energy Justice in Southeast Asia Article Southeast Asia’s energy transition needs not only to be accelerated in terms of technology deployments but also to be processed and accomplished justly. Doing so requires hinging the region’s energy transition plans and activities to the distributive, recognition, procedural, and restorative tenets of justice. By Laurence L. Delina
Environment and 2022 budget: AMRIT KAAL or VISH KAAL? Article There are some welcome allocations and indications of shifts in thinking (e.g. in agriculture and climate). However, overall, environment continues to be a ‘sideshow’ – it is given a few token sops, while in fact financial allocations continue to fuel an economy that is fundamentally unsustainable. By Vikalp Sangam
Achieving net-zero through just transition Article The global community has limited time to act on climate change mitigation if it wants to avoid the irreversible, catastrophic impacts. For India—heavily reliant on fossil fuels for its energy needs and industrial growth, while also being highly vulnerable to climatic impacts—the next three decades will be critical in every aspect. By Chandra Bhushan
Questioning Nuclear India: An obituary for Praful Bidwai Prominent Indian journalist Praful Bidwai has unexpectedly passed away. He was only 65 years old. With his death, India looses one of the most prominent critics of nuclear armament and nuclear energy generation. By Dr. Axel Harneit-Sievers
Hydropower development in Arunachal Pradesh: A new narrative in natural resource politics? The northeatern state of Arunachal Pradesh, with its many hills and rivers, has been at the focus of the ambitious 50,000MW Initiative. In a manifold power struggle between the rural communities, the state and private investors, the project has however run aground By Mibi Ete
Between ambition and reality: India’s nuclear power programme Undeterred by the Fukushima disaster, and notwithstanding the shoddy performance of its Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), India is forging ahead with ambitious plans to expand its nuclear energy generation capacity manifold from the present By Praful Bidwai
Black and dirty: The coal challenge in India Coal contributes over half of India’s primary commercial energy and is likely to remain India’s most important source of energy for the coming decade or two. This article summarizes the challenges produced by coal as well as the challenges that affect the sector and perspectives of an energy future for India.
Saurya is the Way A Developers Guidebook to Solar Energy Generation in India. - Climate & Resources This Guidebook has been developed to provide and overview of National Solar Energy Generation Programs within the umbrella Mission for the solar energy development in India i.e. the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the National Action Plan for Climate Change.