Households with access to clean fuels, safe water, basic education and adequate food can use as little as half the energy of the national average in their country, according to a study published in Environmental Research Letters. The results of the study examining the link between energy consumption, inequalities and links to well-being in Nepal, …
Reducing levels of poverty could help ease India’s energy demands Read More »
Often, the conversation about environmental issues revolves around government regulations and business practices. However, consumer choice also plays a significant role. A study mapping cooling energy consumption found individuals living in urban households in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) often purchase air conditioners on the basis of the brand, features and price points, rather than …
In a move at odds with calls from the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the wider global audience that has its sights trained on the environmental status quo, draft electricity policy documents viewed by Reuters have shown that India is open to the possibility of further developing its fleet of coal-fired …
India’s move to continue coal energy investment disregards health of communities Read More »
India’s involvement in the fight against climate change has been one of change. The country once saw the issue as something that concerned industrially-developed nations more than itself. That mantra has now shifted. Today, the country is concerned with the impact it can make as industries face up to dangers posed to their own future …
How are India’s climate emergency NDCs faring ahead of this year’s COP26 talks? Read More »
India’s prospects of achieving its nationally determined contribution (NDC) target of installing 450 GW of renewable capacity by 2030 looks favourable with global investors ready to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the country’s decarbonisation industry. For India to meet its renewable energy goal by 2030, it will need US$500 billion of investment over …
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