: India’s transition to renewable energy will affect 2 crore people in fossil fuel sector #IndiaNEWS As India makes a shift to renewable energy sources over the next couple of decades, at least 2.15

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India’s transition to renewable energy will affect 2 crore people in fossil fuel sector #IndiaNEWS
As India makes a shift to renewable energy sources over the next couple of decades, at least 2.15 crore people currently employed – formally and otherwise – in its fossil fuel and allied sectors will need to be provided decent employment to prevent social and economic distress, states a recent report by the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology, a Delhi-based environmental think-tank.Over the next two decades, the demand for fossil fuels such as coal is expected to drop 50% with a surge in the share of renewables in India’s primary energy mix, including for power supply, if the country embarks on a net-zero path, as per project modelling studies discussed later. This transition signals a leap towards decarbonisation and climate action in line with the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, to which India is a signatory. At the same time, this transition must be socially and economically just and inclusive, said the report, “Five R’s: A cross-sectoral Landscape of Just Transition in India�, released in June, the first-of-its-kind study of what a just transition would mean for a country like India.The study identified 60 districts across 16 states which need to be prioritised for this just transition. These districts have a high...Read more

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