Path to Climate Justice in a Net Zero World | ft. Tejal Kanitkar & Rahul Tongia

The India Energy Hour Presented by 101Reporters · May 16, 2023 · 1h 28m

For years, multiple Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have relied on integrated assessment models or IAM modelling pathways to achieve global net zero targets.

The IPCC reports and IAM pathways have become key drivers of government policy on keeping a lid on global warming in many countries.

However, scholars from Global South have argued that IAMs have failed to incorporate the principles of equity and rights of developing countries while charting decarbonisation pathways. For instance, questions have been raised about how it is fair to ask both the U.S. and India to achieve a…