Arunabha Ghosh

COP28: A mirror to pledges and promises

With climate change-induced disasters multiplying, the Dubai summit cannot afford to be just a talk shop

Many (new) avatars of energy (in)security

On all four dimensions, there are either new complications for old concerns or emerging anxieties in an energy transition.

Green economy to the economy's rescue

India's economy needs a renewed boost of structural reforms, just when a second generation of green policies is also needed

Taxing or trading our environmental sins?

A wider portfolio of policies, applicable to all competitors, are needed before businesses consider deep mitigation actions

Big bets for heavy (green) industries

Can Indian manufacturing remain competitive, add to national income and create jobs, despite environmental constraints imposing hard choices on patterns of industrial development?

Save wind energy from the doldrums

Policymakers must choose between two approaches: To distribute the capacity or distribute the energy generated

Green to great industrial policy

Creating enabling conditions for effective green industrial policy is hard, but it is the only way towards becoming a great economy that shapes the future

The revolution will not be subsidised

Solid fuels in manufacturing, liquid fuels for transport, and gaseous fuels for cooking and heating buildings all rely (to the largest extent) on fossil fuels

Renewing our vows on renewables

More than 72 GW capacity has been installed so far

Energy wishlist and watchlist 2018

In India, the domestic manufacturers and project developers continue to tussle around imposition of safeguard duties, which would raise prices

Arunabha Ghosh: Two years, four (achievable) goals

Here are four concrete and achievable ideas that could improve environmental governance, advance sustainable industrialisation, create jobs, and yield political dividends

Arunabha Ghosh: To act on climate, listen

Climate change is still an additional area of policymaking, competing for political attention

Arunabha Ghosh: Is water our weakest link?

For each Indian, 1,116 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater is available annually - low but not fatal

Arunabha Ghosh: Four negotiations, no funeral (yet)

Arunabha Ghosh: Put off-grid on radar

Arunabha Ghosh & Vaibhav Gupta: Critical minerals for new Mines Minister

Arunabha Ghosh: An unsettled political economy

Arunabha Ghosh & Karthik Ganesan: Shining the light on climate action

Arunabha Ghosh & Vaibhav Chaturvedi: For a few degrees more

Arunabha Ghosh: 10 principles for climate negotiations

Refocusing attention on 10 principles could mean an agreement that is good for the planet, equitable for developing countries, and promotes India's interests