CLIMATE = OUR MATE ?

The fluctuating climate was always the matter of concern for the globe but it caught more spotlight when the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change), an arm of UN’s meteorological department, released a document statistically recording the present and future repercussions of the same. Which will be resultant of frequent global sea-level risings, heat weaves, droughts, glacier melting and raging wildfires.

            In case of India, erratic monsoons (mostly south west), rising heat waves (again westwards), landslides in the Himalayas (like that of Uttarakhand) are major topics of concern. The carbon emissions have always been contributing to pollution so net zero carbon emission by 2030 is the target which Indian Railways has set for itself. As a developing country it has fought to extend the deadline of cutting down the controlled substances by 2047, it has also ratified to phase out HCFs through India Cooling Action Plan (2019) which also aims to bring down the refrigerant demand; R&D efforts of low-cost alternatives by IIT Bombay are also in the pipeline

        With code red for climate change signaled; its our prime most duty to explore code green! The Prime Minister pledged a holistic and inclusive development under the name “ Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas” stressing over “Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti National Master Plan “ where in a 100 lakh crore national Infrastructure master plan will contribute and will also work in tandem with local manufacturers to turn globally competitive which will resultantly hint the new future economic zones. Coining the word “Amrit Kaal” the PM also sweared to build India with a Blue Economy by strengthening the aquaculture through our very own Deep Ocean Mission. This hidden mineral wealth and the thermal energy in the sea bed when tapped in the right directions will help India gain new heights of development.

In the light of Make in India plan, the state owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is darting at 10 GW renewable energy capacity by 2040. Upstream and downstream oil and gas companies are also aiding the government’s targets; one of them being- 450 GW installed renewable capacity by 2030 up from about 100 GW presently. India is also keen to shift towards electrical mobility by its mission of Circular Economy where in Vehicle Scrap Policy is augmenting a start -ups to develop aluminium-air tech based battery systems. HP in collaboration with Tata Power has also set up about 133MW of renewable energy capacity of which 100MW of energy is generated by wind.

      Conclusively, as environmental security is equivalent to national security, the National Hydrogen Mission would be one of the anchoring governmental missions for India’s aspiration of Clean Energy Transition which would seemingly bring about opportunities from Green Grown to Green Jobs. This Hydrogen mission will pivot towards making India a Global Hun of Green Hydrogen Production and Export. Emphasizing on India’s present dependence of energy, the steps like International Solar Alliance, fore-fronting the G-20 in achieving climate goals, which help in progressing towards the leadership in environmental security so as to level up our strategic stance in face of our neighboring opponents has to be taken into consideration.

As India’s strength lies in its diversified vitality and solidarity let us pledge to shore up the economy through various renewable channels of energy so as pave a Broadway for India’s future endeavors!