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    The sun will continue to shine

    2018-08-02T10:48:49+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, The Americas, Year|

    The US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord will not have much impact on the fight against global warming as India and others take the lead in embracing renewable energy. Just as US President Donald Trump’s repudiation of the Trans Pacific Partnership provided Chinese President Xi Jinping the opportunity to present himself as the prime defender of the globalised trading order, the US walkout of the Paris Climate Pact has presented Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the rare chance of [...]

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      India’s clean energy dynamics after Trump’s Paris exit steady for now

      2020-03-12T08:25:43+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, The Americas, Year|

      US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Accord may be a chance for India to shine, writes an energy expert.

      Trump’s pullout from the Paris Accord on climate change has brought India to the fore. Two claims are especially puzzling. One, the treaty lets India (and China) not do much till 2030, and that India is looking for developed countries to pay them $2.5 trillion for its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). India’s NDC calculations were taken with their own calculations, and have very little to do with the US (or any other country).

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