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Non-renewable Energy
Fortifying the grid: Odisha's climate resilience
Posted on 27 Jul, 2024 07:07 PMIndia's eastern coastline, including the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal, is highly susceptible to extreme weather events such as cyclones and floods.
![Coastal cyclones, fragile grids (Image: Wikimedia Commons; Tony Webster; CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-07/Downed_Power_Line.jpg?itok=cjxDDZcm)
Policies, plans and financing for just energy transition
Posted on 07 Apr, 2023 09:42 AMThe International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) recently organized the first Global Just Transition Dialogue in Delhi to discuss policy and financial aspects of just and inclusive energy transition.
![A transition of all fossil fuel sectors will need to be considered in a phased manner (Image: Ramkumar; Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/Tuticorin_Thermal_Power_Station_at_Night_2%20%281%29.jpg?itok=IXuXGgXD)
Fostering innovation in the green cooling sector
Posted on 07 Jan, 2023 08:53 AMAs temperatures rise across India, so will the demand for cooling. Severe heat waves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency.
![Can India meet its growing domestic demand while also position itself as a manufacturing hub for cooling technologies? (Image: Gije Cho, CC)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-01/cooling-2.jpg?itok=GUllG8Cq)
Harmful chemicals found in tap water samples: Study
Posted on 18 Jul, 2022 03:47 PMStudy finds harmful chemicals in tap water samples
![Harmful chemical is tap water samples (Source: IWP Flickr album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/8302152833_41fe4f736f_c.jpg?itok=vBen4Dio)
Financing clean energy transitions to meet India's climate goals
Posted on 20 Jun, 2022 08:40 PMIn 2021, at global climate negotiations, the government established a new commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2070. It also reaffirmed its aim to install 500 GW of non-fossil power capacity by 2030. This is up from 159 GW of non-fossil capacity as of February 2022 (Central Electricity Authority [CEA], 2022).
![India needs to further shift support away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy technologies (Image: Kenueone, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/energy.jpg?itok=Pa6hrKQy)
Enabling a just transition in India’s coal district of Korba
Posted on 16 Feb, 2022 08:45 PMThe International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), Delhi based environment think tank, released one of the most comprehensive studies to understand what a just energy transition will mean and entail for India's top coal and power districts in the coming years.
![Under the 'current policy scenario,' which aligns with India's netzero target of 2070, all the coal mines in Korba can be closed by 2050 and power plants by 2040 in a phased manner (A view of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in Korba; Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/korba.jpg?itok=EihatCRu)
India’s fossil fuel production plans not in sync with Paris agreement limits
Posted on 04 Jan, 2022 09:25 PMThe 2021 Production Gap Report conveys the large discrepancy between countries' planned fossil fuel production and the global production levels necessary to limit warmin
![In 2020, India opened up its coal mining sector to private and foreign investment (Image: TripodStories-AB, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/1280px-Coal_Mine.jpg?itok=JrfDj7Sz)
Four major rivers in Uttarakhand change course after heavy rains
Posted on 02 Nov, 2021 02:06 PMAfter heavy rains, four major rivers change course in Uttarakhand
![A river in Uttarakhand (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/3204749394_019a845f3a_c.jpg?itok=Kyl9W20g)
A just energy transition roadmap
Posted on 30 Jun, 2021 11:15 AMIn the run-up to COP 26, International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), the Delhi-based environmental organization, launched India’s first ‘Just Transition’ Centre at a virtual event on June 29, 2021.
![How the demand for coal is transforming the environment and the people who depend on it (Image: Wilson-Centre, Environmental Change and Security Program, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/fossil-fuel.jpg?itok=_1ryMZNQ)
Centre notifies fly ash utilisation draft rules
Posted on 29 Apr, 2021 10:42 AMDraft rules call for 100 percent utilisation of fly ash in three to five years
![An NTPC thermal plant (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/9370453956_17dc80bf5b_z_1_1.jpg?itok=Ovhd-Dcp)