Comment from Vivek Wadhwa, distinguished fellow, Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program
Long considered climate policy’s problem case, India is exceeding targets and breaking records thanks to fast-advancing technology.
No country will contribute more to the rise in global carbon emissions than India. Energy consumption among its 1.4 billion people is rising fast, with 65% of the country’s electrical power currently generated from coal. The world’s filthiest fossil fuel – of which India consumes more than the United States and Japan combinedwill “remain ingrained under the fingernails of the nation” because of…
