Editorial

INSIGHTS BLOGS

In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers

Citing the example of Pavagada Solar Park, this insights blog by Vishwajeet Poojary, Ashwini Hingne, and Ulka Kelkar highlights the risk of climate action exacerbating existing socio-economic inequities — as well as the opportunity presented by the transition in mitigating some of those harms.

India’s low carbon transition” to “India’s low-carbon development

Read this insights blog by Niyati Gupta and Steffi Olickal to learn how shifting to low-carbon technologies in the building and construction sector can be made equitable for the present construction workforce.

EXPERT NOTE

Macroeconomic Impacts of Long-Term Decarbonization in India: Implications for a Just Transition

India faces the dual challenge of advancing strong climate action while achieving its development goals. Moreover, the low-carbon transition will require a profound transformation of the Indian economy resulting in differing impacts on workers, regions, and communities.

Based on results from the India Energy Policy Simulator, this expert note by Deepthi Swamy and Varun Agarwal presents potential macroeconomic impacts — on economic growth, employment, and tax revenues — in a long-term decarbonization scenario, aligned to India’s 2070 net-zero emissions target, and analyzes the implications of these impacts for a just transition in India.