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Nov 2024
As countries prepare to update their climate pledges under the upcoming Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) 3.0 cycle, Just Transition is emerging as an essential cross-cutting agenda to strengthen the action of mitigation, adaption, and resilience measures by various countries.
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April 2023
The International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology, known by the acronym iFOREST calculated that $600 billion would be needed for investments in new industries and infrastructure, and $300 billion would be allocated for grants and subsidies to support coal industry workers and affected communities.
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March 2023
IFOREST ने अपनी जो नयी रिपोर्ट जारी की है वह जर्मनी, पोलैंड और दक्षिण अफ्रीका जैसे मुख्य कोयला उत्पादक देशों में जस्ट ट्रांजिशन के अनुभव पर आधारित है.
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March 2023
iFOREST said a framework for the just transition at the national and state levels is essential for India’s goals of net zero emissions by 2070 and energy independence by 2047.
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March 2023
At least $900-billion will be required for just energy transition in India over the next 30 years, just considering the coal mines and thermal power sectors.
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March 2023
Reports come amid pressure on India to join Just Transition Energy Partnership, an agreement to fund accelerated transition from coal. India has so far resisted proposition.
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Nov 2023
In an exclusive conversation with iFOREST, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Shri Hemant Soren, talks about the role of coal in Jharkhand’s economy, and the need to develop other economic sectors to transition to a non-coal economy.
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Jan 2023
Coal-rich states in the country can take a cue from Odisha’s new renewable energy policy, which is geared to ensure a just energy transition for the state.
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May 2022
India’s biggest coal producing district Korba has coal reserves for the next 20-25 years only, said International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST), a Delhi-based environmental research group in its detailed report.
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Aug 2022
In the last 18 months, several modelling studies have been published on the costs and benefits of net zero emissions in India.
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Apr 2022
There is no contradiction between increasing coal consumption in India and implementing a just transition in the coal districts and states.
Article
Nov 2021
Climate change conferences follow a pattern: They never end on time; they make incremental progress, and there is always a last-minute drama that captures the headlines, drowning the overall assessment of the meeting.
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Oct 2021
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and leading global research institutes released the Production Gap Report on Thursday.
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Jul 2021
The article discusses why it is an imperative for India to begin deliberation on a just transition from coal in light of some of the compelling factors. It then evaluates what a just transition in India might entail building on an onground study of a coal district in Jharkhand, one of India’s top coal mining states
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Nov 2021
After the announcement to attain net-zero by 2070 and the target to meet 50% of the energy needs from renewable energy sources at the ongoing climate conference- COP 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created a hope about an effective pathway of climate action in the coming years.
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Aug 2021
The latest IPCC report paints a grim picture of the future if the world fails to eliminate the use of fossil fuels over the next three decades. India will be disproportionately impacted by extreme weather events. Therefore, the only question in front of us is how best to plan this transition to secure a just and equitable outcome
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May 2020
As part of the stimulus package to revive the economy, the Union government has announced a slew of measures to boost production and reduce imports of coal.
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Dec 2020
The writing is on the wall. A few days back, Coal India Limited (CIL), the world’s biggest coal producer and India’s largest CO2 emitter, announced its plans to become a ‘net-zero energy company’ by 2023-24.
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Aug 2020
The Draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020 has become a hot potato for the ministry of environment, forest & climate change (MoEF&CC). First, the Delhi high court overruled the ministry’s decision on the time limit for public comments and increased it till August 11.
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