On December 12, 2015, during the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris, France, several nations submitted their first nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in accordance with the Paris Agreement. The deal was finalized on November 4, 2016.
India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, has experienced a rapid increase in energy demand over the past few decades. The country faces the dual challenge of providing reliable energy access to its vast and diverse population while reducing its dependence on fossil fuels, contributing to environmental pollution and climate change. In November 2015 our PM Narendra Modi proposed the International Solar Alliance which aims to promote solar power utilisation on a global scale, encouraging member countries to adopt solar energy as a means to achieve sustainable and low-carbon growth.
Policy UpdateDeepanjali Sharma Introduction Clean and pure water is essential for the survival of mankind on this planet earth. The Supreme Court of India has categorically declared that right to clean water is part of right to life guaranteed under…
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), addresses the carbon costs paid by EU that adhere to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). This experiment is a step towards climate change regulation to tackle carbon leakage. There is a chance of so-called "carbon leakage" as the EU increases its own climate ambition and as long as many non- EU nations continue to have less restrictive climate policies.
The political economy of power pricing discourages the utility to purchase high-cost power, even if that results in load shedding. Heat waves make load shedding unpopular. The alternative is to bite the bullet and raise tariffs
“Outrage over outages” — headlines like these strafe even the election-reinforced cocoon of citizen comfort in city after city, as unusually severe temperatures scorch India. At the same time, much of the installed gas-based generation capacity lies idle in the country. Blame the political economy. By aggressively pursuing the current strategy of adding ever more renewable energy capacity, without any complementary investment in storage, India will face ever-rising shortages of power, even as precious generation capacity lies idle.
Cooperative federalism is the need of the hour to take on decarbonisation and adaptation efforts to mitigate climate change.
Climate change, loss of biodiversity, land use change, including desertification, and the issue of pollution form the crux of ‘World Environment Day’. This year’s theme for World Environment Day is ‘Restore lands to build drought resilience and combat desertification’.