Swati Joshi
Carbon Copy contributor.
How gender will determine the real success of India’s low-carbon transition
Investing in women’s health, education, and social security is crucial to achieve gender equality in a just transition, say experts. For many women in Dhanbad, the day starts before dawn as they set out on foot to their neighbourhood coal mine. Their job is to carry lumps of coal back from the mine’s depot yard to their male co-workers waiting outside the mine.
Pitfalls and opportunities: How to find justice in India’s low-carbon energy transition
The green transition must include both not just jobs but also social security for informal workers. If it just replicates the injustices of the current system, nothing will change on the ground, say experts. In a report released earlier this year, the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST) estimated that there are about 120 districts
Profound inequality bears heavy on India’s energy transition
On Thursday, just as this piece was being prepared to be published, Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri and US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm jointly convened a virtual ministerial meeting to launch the India-US Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP). Through the formation of six Task Forces, the SCEP has a stated objective of increasing inter-governmental