India
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India’s Coal Rush Could Trigger Irreversible Climate Change
India’s plans to ramp up coal mining “could push the world into irreversible climate change and make India’s cities, already among the world’s most ... -
Climate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesIndiaJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergySolar
India Plans Cleantech Investors’ Summit for 2015
India is hoping to draw billions of dollars in clean capital when it hosts its first renewable energy investors’ summit early next year. -
Commentator Parses Modi’s Q&A for Signs of Climate Denial
A news commentator is suggesting that India’s newly-elected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, may be confused about the causes of climate change, notwithstanding his commitment ... -
Flooded Kashmir Faces Risk of Waterborne Disease
“It’s not over yet,” Climate Progress’ Emily Atkin reports, in her continuing coverage of severe flooding in the Kashmir. -
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India Uses Social Media to Locate 12,000 Kashmiris Stranded by Flood
With telecommunications centres flooded and cell phone networks out of service, the Indian Army turned to social media to locate stranded Kashmiris in need ... -
Crops Lost to Air Pollution in India Could Feed 94 Million
Ground-level ozone in India damages 6.7 million tons of wheat, rice, and other staple crops per year, enough to feed 94 million people and ... -
Himalayan Floods Kill 320, Leave Thousands Trapped
Six days of flooding in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and eastern Pakistan have left 320 people dead and thousand trapped, and Climate Progress ... -
Economic Growth Boosts India’s Dependence on Fossil Fuel Imports
India saw its dependence on fossil fuel imports increase 38% in 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported last week. “As India modernizes and ... -
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Climate-Smart Policies Create Jobs, Economic Development
A new World Bank report looks at climate-smart policies in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the United States, and the European Union that created jobs ... -
With Demand Peaking in China, the Party’s Over for Coal
The coal boom of the last decade may be set to collapse, with the U.S. announcing new carbon regulations for power plants and China ... -
India’s New PM Commits to Solar Electricity in Every Home by 2019
In a country where 400 million people have no access to electricity, incoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi is counting on solar to deliver on his ...
