Arunabha Ghosh
Arunabha Ghosh
Arunabha Ghosh
From rhetoric to reality: Why COP30 must become a bank of actions
With climate impacts mounting, the summit's final days must deliver a credible finance plan, realistic transition pathways and stronger action-focused alliances
 "From rhetoric to reality: Why COP30 must become a bank of actions")
From despair to action: How India can put an end to stubble burning
It is not a utopian vision, but a pragmatic and achievable goal over the next three years
 "From despair to action: How India can put an end to stubble burning")
COP28: A mirror to pledges and promises
With climate change-induced disasters multiplying, the Dubai summit cannot afford to be just a talk shop
 "COP28: A mirror to pledges and promises")
Many (new) avatars of energy (in)security
On all four dimensions, there are either new complications for old concerns or emerging anxieties in an energy transition.
 "Many (new) avatars of energy (in)security")
Green economy to the economy's rescue
India's economy needs a renewed boost of structural reforms, just when a second generation of green policies is also needed
Taxing or trading our environmental sins?
A wider portfolio of policies, applicable to all competitors, are needed before businesses consider deep mitigation actions
 "Taxing or trading our environmental sins?")
Big bets for heavy (green) industries
Can Indian manufacturing remain competitive, add to national income and create jobs, despite environmental constraints imposing hard choices on patterns of industrial development?
 "Big bets for heavy (green) industries")
Save wind energy from the doldrums
Policymakers must choose between two approaches: To distribute the capacity or distribute the energy generated
 "Save wind energy from the doldrums")
Green to great industrial policy
Creating enabling conditions for effective green industrial policy is hard, but it is the only way towards becoming a great economy that shapes the future
 "Green to great industrial policy")
The revolution will not be subsidised
Solid fuels in manufacturing, liquid fuels for transport, and gaseous fuels for cooking and heating buildings all rely (to the largest extent) on fossil fuels
 "The revolution will not be subsidised")
Renewing our vows on renewables
More than 72 GW capacity has been installed so far
 "Renewing our vows on renewables")
Energy wishlist and watchlist 2018
In India, the domestic manufacturers and project developers continue to tussle around imposition of safeguard duties, which would raise prices
Arunabha Ghosh: Two years, four (achievable) goals
Here are four concrete and achievable ideas that could improve environmental governance, advance sustainable industrialisation, create jobs, and yield political dividends
Arunabha Ghosh: To act on climate, listen
Climate change is still an additional area of policymaking, competing for political attention
Arunabha Ghosh: Is water our weakest link?
For each Indian, 1,116 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater is available annually - low but not fatal
