India’s Climate Fight Is Everybody’s Climate Fight
How India’s battle with climate change could determine all of our fates India’s population and emissions are rising fast, and its ability to tackle poverty without massive fossil fuel use will decide the fate of the planet
Damian Carrington and Michael Safi, 6 November 2017 (UK Guardian)
“…According to an ambitious pledge by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, every Indian will have electricity, and the education, health and business benefits that follow, by the end of 2018. But how Modi achieves that, and the development of what will soon become the world’s most populous nation, matters to the entire world…Of all the most polluting nations – US, China, Russia, Japan and the EU bloc – only India’s carbon emissions are rising: they rose almost 5% in 2016. No one questions India’s right to develop, or the fact that its current emissions per person are tiny. But [two-thirds of India is yet to be built and 16% of mankind is going to seek the American dream so whether its 1.3 billion people rely] on coal and oil or clean, green energy will be a major factor in whether global warming can be tamed…India’s government has now forecast that no new coal-fired power stations will need to be built for at least 10 years…[and anticipates that in that time it will become] cheaper to supply new demand using renewable power…” click here for more
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