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Why EV and AI’s energy-saving pitch in India is a clickbait
While the budget talks about developing a taxonomy for climate finance, environmentalists’ tendency to guilt-trip us must cease. Living requires energy, and in India, electricity usage across industries is set to rise.
Climate Change
Shouldn’t environmentalists target data centres instead of autos?
The creation, dissemination, and crunching of data has a seriously worrying side effect.
Energy
Why wrinkled clothes are good for our planet.
A few weeks ago, CSIR encouraged its employees to skip ironing their clothes once a week to reduce emissions. ET Prime did the math to understand the impact of such a measure if whole of India’s working population were to take CSIR’s approach. The results are interesting, to say the least.
Environment
Concerns over sustainability of carbon removal are growing. And this is the reason.
Environment
A climate fight is brewing in the coffee mug, and India has a huge price to pay
6 mins read• By Richa Sharma
Renewables
Failure of cleantech 1.0 and six takeaways from the climate-tech boom
8 mins read
Green tech
Sustainability and affordability must go hand in hand, says IKEA’s chief sustainability officer
Recent hit
Crude truth: India will have to rely on fossil fuels for longer than expected. Here’s why.
Despite being able to produce wind and solar energy at cheap rates, only a little above a fifth of India’s power requirements are met by renewables. Given the country’s growing energy demands, an unprecedented jump in the share of renewables will be required to accelerate the transition towards a green future.
Energy
COP28 takeaway: Coal, oil, and gas are here to stay for years.
COP28 provided a level-playing field to India towards the usage and growth of coal against oil and gas used by developed nations. India has been consistent that coal will remain a key component for meeting the country’s growing energy demand while renewable energy capacity will be scaled keeping in mind the transitioning to cleaner sources of power.
Climate Change
Simon Stiell: Can the technocrat who turned diplomat be the changemaker we need at COP28?
Climate Change
How COP28 is set to facilitate syncing of corporate India’s green journey and business trajectory.
9 mins read• By Sudipto Dey
Green tech
How a humble bamboo can transform real-estate sector’s messy carbon problems
7 mins read• By Sanjeev Karpe, Amit Pande & Marisha Karwa
Climate Change
COP28: India to push for clean energy transition, but won’t budge on coal phasedown target
8 mins read• By Richa Sharma
Green tech
From Tata to JSW, companies are focusing on this tech innovation to ensure 24x7 green energy supply
8 mins read• By Richa Sharma
Climate Change
Why an energy-transition index for mid-caps can fast-track India’s net-zero journey
7 mins read• By Sudipto Dey
Pollution
What’s choking Delhi? Farm fire isn’t the only villain burning a USD150 billion hole in the economy
8 mins read• By Richa Sharma
Renewables
‘Use no more than what you need’: How Amazon reached the top of India’s green energy market
9 mins read• By Sudipto Dey
Environment
Sikkim ruins yelp how the avalanche of development buried a lifesaver – disaster impact assessment
9 mins read• By Richa Sharma
Electric vehicles
Electric bus makers are jumping on the EV bandwagon amid financing, charging infra challenges
15 mins read• By Richa Sharma & Rajiv Ghosh
Green tech
Can Indian Railways become carbon-neutral by 2030? The answer is hidden behind 3 billion trees.
7 mins read• By Richa Sharma & Prashant Mukherjee
Policy and regulations
ESG-linked investing: Can India make the most of China's underperformance on ESG parameters?
3 mins read• By Sudipto Dey
Recent hit
Finding riches in rags: A Hyderabad startup is digitising kabadiwallas. Coca-Cola et al. swear by it
11 mins read• By Richa Sharma & Shishir Prasad
Energy
China steps up its green hydrogen game as its mega solar-to-hydrogen plant begins operations
4 mins read
Green tech
UltraTech, Dalmia push ahead with a concrete plan for green cement. But are there any takers?
12 mins read• By Richa Sharma
Climate Change
The G20 summit has moved the needle on climate finance, but left some missing pieces unattended
8 mins read• By Sudipto Dey
Policy and regulations
Seeking Amory and energy efficiency: The ‘soft energy’ approach we chose to ignore in the 70s
4 mins read• By Sudipto Dey
Recent hit
A SEED to decarbonise, ESG-linked KRAs: JSW Steel charts a net-zero journey without a target year
9 mins read• By Richa Sharma
Energy
Flying too close to the sun? Why China’s solar giants are planning to get even bigger
11 mins read
Under the lens
Cars catching fire? Blame it on the boozy beetles. The bug sups ethanol and perishes on petrol.
9 mins read• By Richa Sharma & Prashant Mukherjee
Interviews
Same-day delivery is most often our lowest carbon option: Amazon’s sustainability head Kara Hurst
10 mins read• By Sudipto Dey & Priyanka Sahay