Whose net zero future?

India is in a fortunate position in that almost every action to improve productivity and equity will be carbon reducing

The Indian prime minister’s speech at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow powerfully articulated the the global south’s concerns about climate change. The West for its own reasons is fixated with the net zero target. But India showed with great clarity that climate action could not be separated from securing inclusive and equitable prosperity. 

“Our common planet” cannot be visualised by climate warriors with selective amnesia. Doing so makes climate inaction “a weapon on the weak” — if the world does not care about Bangladesh being inundated since its inception, but now cares about favourite beaches of