'Greening' of coal: A peek into India's evolving stance towards emission

The war in Ukraine has forced India to review its plans to scale back the fuel in the overall energy mix

Hardly three days after the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference started in Egypt, aimed at curbing emissions and limiting the rise of temperatures to 1.5 degrees centigrade by 2030, Indian policy makers extolled the virtues and necessity of burning coal at events last week, reflecting India’s evolving stance towards emissions. The war in Ukraine has much to do with an about-turn.

Sample this: On November 3, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, at the launch of the sixth round of coal mine auction, said that a fast-growing economy like India, the world’s third biggest polluter after China and the US,