Energy Transitions
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The Energy Transition Opportunity: Emerging Green Jobs in Jharkhand
Jharkhand’s energy transition offers a significant chance to reshape its employment landscape, potentially creating thousands of green jobs across clean power, mobility, and green molecules sectors. This Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) report outlines two scenarios—Ambitious Policy Scenario (APS) and Accelerated Green Transition Scenario (AGTS)—projecting green job creation by 2030. With robust policies and investment. The report emphasizes strategic investments in green industries, skills development, and fostering industry-academia partnerships.
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A Roadmap for Green and Transition Finance in India
The green transition has become crucial for global economies, with governments, regulators, and the private sector implementing strategies to reduce emissions and foster green opportunities. However, the financing landscape is skewed toward mitigation sectors like renewable energy and transport, leaving hard-to-abate sectors underfunded despite their substantial carbon-removal potential.
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Just Energy Transition: Economic Implications for Jharkhand
As we transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy, India faces economic challenges, particularly in mineral-rich states. Jharkhand, for instance, could lose billions annually, affecting state revenues, livelihoods, and communities.
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Discussion Paper: Financing Industrial Decarbonization - Challenges and Solutions for India’s Iron and Steel Sector
This research underscores the need for increased global finance and proposes policy interventions to promote climate-aligned investment, particularly in high-emission sectors like iron and steel.
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Transforming India's Climate Finance through Sector-Specific Financial Institutions
India’s pursuit of a sustainable, low-carbon future amidst rapid population growth and economic expansion requires significant climate finance. To achieve ambitious targets, including 50% renewable energy by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2070, innovative financial solutions are imperative.
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JETP Resource Mobilization Plan: How Viet Nam can turn ambition into action
As various emerging economies are seeking to leapfrog coal and move to clean energy through Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs), Viet Nam has passed an important first milestone by setting its Resource Mobilization Plan (RMP). CPI has outlined key takeaways from Viet Nam’s JETP and the RMP and identified some immediate actions to help them succeed.
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Empowering Indonesia’s Path to Net Zero: Highlights from 2023
In 2023, momentum continued to build around Indonesia’s transition towards a more sustainable and net zero economy. Here are key highlights from our climate finance tracking, sustainable finance, and just energy transition workstreams to empower Indonesia’s path to net zero, as well as as a preview of what is in stock for 2024.
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Harnessing the transformative potential of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
This report recommends actions to boost the impact and long-term sustainability of the USD 27 billion U.S. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Building on CPI’s assessment of the needs, barriers, and opportunities for the fund, it explores how to take advantage of the transformational opportunity to accelerate progress on climate justice in the United States.
