Green, Reliable and Viable : Perspectives on India?s Shift Towards Low-carbon Energy

Resource-intensive practices of yesterday can no longer sustain the world. The future of our planet hinges on timely transitions to efficiency of resource-use across ecosystems of people, products, and processes. This will happen through transitions to low-carbon global energy systems.
Against this, it is vital to take a closer look at the ongoing transitions in India. India is a country faced with the triple challenges of raising a substantial amount of its population out of poverty, shifting to a low-carbon economy, and fighting climate change. It is unquestionable that India’s energy demand and consumption will only continue to rise in the decades to come; nonetheless, with multiple synchronized steps in the right direction, India can set the wheel in motion to achieve its development goals while containing its carbon footprint.
This book brings together the valued perspectives from key stakeholders in these transitions. Experts and practitioners from the mobility, clean energy, agriculture and energy efficiency sectors, among others, have shared their outlook on challenges that lie in the way of energy transitions in India, and offered solutions and next steps to move the country forward on the decarbonisation pathway. The overarching message is clear: the Indian energy sector of the future will be noticeably different from what it is today.
Please note: This book is co-published with TERI Press, India. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Ajay Mathur is Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, and a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change. He co-chairs the Energy Transitions Commission.

Adair Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission. He also chairs the Institute for New Economic Thinking.

Noëmie Leprince-Ringuet is an international expert on climate and energy transitions with the French agency for technical cooperation, currently based at The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi.