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Climate change: 3 grand challenges

The Indian community needs to develop a shared consensus on three challenges

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Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

6 min read Last Updated : Mar 18 2024 | 11:20 AM IST

The path to decarbonisation runs through the electricity sector. Today, this sector accounts for a third of India’s carbon-dioxide emission. Growth demands more electricity, and other parts of the economy are steadily switching from fossil fuel to electricity. What will a carbon-free electricity sector in India look like?

Decarbonisation is a difficult problem! The fossil-fuel energy industry and its users have trillions of rupees in assets and many millions of workers. All this capital and labour has normalised a way of life that induces climate change. Unimaginable sums of money and unimaginable inputs of energy are required to break away

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