coal fails to deliver for india watch this

The text highlights the ecological and social costs of coal mining in Central India, specifically the loss of biodiversity and displacement of forest communities. It notes that despite doubling coal production capacity since 2007, 400 million Indians still lack electricity. The document criticizes the failure of 22 out of 29 Indian states to meet Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) targets in 2012 and argues that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) acts as a fossil fuel subsidy by providing credits to coal plants that do not achieve real emission reductions.

• Coal-fired thermal plants generate over 70% of India's electricity, with mining activities in Central India threatening over one million hectares of forest across 13 coalfields, impacting tiger reserves and carbon sinks.
• A study by Greenpeace, Conservation Action Trust, and Urban Emissions estimated that emissions from coal-fired power stations in India caused 100,000 premature deaths in 2011/12.
• Despite a doubling of coal production capacity since 2007, approximately 400 million Indians remain without electricity access, while the Planning Commission of India expects domestic coal consumption to increase by 250% by 2031-32.
• India's transition to renewables is hindered by policy failure, with 22 of 29 states failing to meet their 2012 Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) targets; Delhi produced only 0.03% of its electricity from renewable sources against a 3.4% target.
• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is characterized as a fossil fuel subsidy because it allows coal power plants to earn credits for efficiency improvements using business-as-usual technology, locking in billions of tons of CO2 emissions.

APA

Fernandes, A. (2013). coal fails to deliver for india watch this. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2013/07/25/coal-fails-to-deliver-for-india-watch-this-6/

Chicago

Fernandes, Ashish. coal fails to deliver for india watch this. Carbon Market Watch, 2013. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2013/07/25/coal-fails-to-deliver-for-india-watch-this-6/.

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@misc{fernandes2013coal, author = {Fernandes, Ashish}, title = {{coal fails to deliver for india watch this}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2013}, month = jul, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2013/07/25/coal-fails-to-deliver-for-india-watch-this-6/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }