With a Fossil Fuels First Energy Policy, India gives the UN's COP-25 "the middle finger"

Note:

India (and China) have 

serious air pollution

in their larger cities, 

caused by burning 

fossil fuels.

Based on 

real science, not 
UN junk science, 

adding CO2 

to the atmosphere

is great news 

for our planet 

-- plant food 

that accelerates

plant growth 

( which is great

for the people 

and animals 

who eat plants ).

But that benefit 
from burning 
fossil fuels 

is more 
than offset 

if the fuels 

are burned 

without modern 

pollution controls, 

causing air pollution.

Coal is the 
worst fossil fuel 

for air pollution, 

especially the

softer coals, 

burned in homes

with no pollution 

controls at all.

The amount 

of air pollution

tells people 

just how bad 

their nations's

energy policy is. 

The energy policy 

in India (and China) 

is clearly bad -- 

negatively affecting 

the health of the 

urban population, 

and nearby suburbs.

Energy policies in India 

(and China) are changing, 

but in slow motion.

SUMMARY:

India has the world’s

third largest 
coal reserves.

A poor country 
like India 

will not ignore 
that coal.

Coal contributes 

about 72% of the 

total electricity 

generated.

According to country’s 

long-term energy plan, 

coal is expected to 

contribute around 50% 

of total electricity demand 

in 2047, even as renewables 

are expected to increase 

in India’s energy mix.

But its dependency 

on fossil fuels 

remains unaffected.

The probability

for reduced fossil 

fuel consumption

is slim to none.

India actually excluded 

the fossil fuel sector 

from its Nationally 

Determined Contribution

              ( NDC ) 

submitted to the 

Consortium of Parties 

               ( COP ) 

of the Paris agreement. 

The government 

is investing heavily 

in the domestic 

coal infrastructure. 

The coal mining target 

is set at around 

880 million tonnes 

for 2024. 

But the government 

is pushing to achieve 

1 billion tonnes 

as soon as possible. 

News reports indicate 

the government

is set to announce 

key measures to attract 

international coal miners 

to operate in the country.

The coal secretary 

and the coal minister 

have both stressed 

the need to 

“urgently expand 

coal production” 

         and 

“achieve the 

1 billion tonnes target 
at the earliest”. 

Under Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi's rule,

the country added 

around 82 Gigawatts 

of coal power plants.

India’s thermal 

coal imports 

grew by 19% in 2018, 

to the highest ever, 

with total coal imports

of 172 million tonnes. 

In November 2019, 

Indian energy executives 

met Russian counterparts

to expedite coal imports 

from Russia, although 

it was claimed that coal 

would be coking coal 

used to manufacture 

Indian steel.

India’s oil imports 

especially imports 

from the U.S., 

now at a record.

DETAILS:

Late last year 

Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi's 

government released 

a document titled

“Climate Summit 

for Enhanced Action: 

A Financial Perspective 

from India”.

It complained 

about the lack of 

climate change 

related funding 

for developing
nations, from

developed 

nations 

The document

emphasized that

no major new 

climate actions 

will be announced 

until 2023.

And India 

won't reassess 

its climate targets 

before then.

Following the report, 

there was a definite 

pro-fossil fuel attitude 

by the Indian government 

at the UN Conference 

of Parties (COP-25) 

meeting in Madrid.

Prime Minister Modi

wants economic 

growth first, and

won't compromise

on India’s reliance 

on fossil fuels, 

just to appease 

the United Nations.

The Paris Agreement 

is the United Nation’s 

latest climate treaty 

to reduce global 

CO2 emissions.

India’s 
Nationally 

Determined 
Contribution 

        (NDC), 

the country’s official

commitment to the

Paris agreement, 

states that the total 

preliminary estimated 

cost for India’s climate 

change actions 

( between 2016 and 2030 ) 

will cost $2.5 trillion 

( at 2014-15 prices ).

(1)

But India's 

proposed 

actions 

include 

no significant 

measures to curb 

fossil fuel use 

or production. 

(2)

The NDC also 

states that India

reserves the right 

to overturn 

its commitments 

if the proposed 

climate actions 

impede growth of 

individual economic 

sectors 

( which seems

extremely likely ! ).

(1) plus (2)

adds up to 

not much !

RENEWABLES:

India is increasing 

renewable installations, 

and desires to create 

more carbon sinks 
by planting lots of trees.

India is on track 

to achieve

its 175 gigawatts 

2022 capacity target 

from solar, wind and 

biomass.

And PM Modi

     "hopes" 

India will increase

the renewables target 

to 450 gigawatts 

in the near future.