India’s patchy industrial climate strategy

The article discusses India's industrial climate strategy, highlighting the central role of industrial decarbonisation in achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 and Viksit Bharat (2047) goals. It references India's First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) to the UNFCCC, which states that over 20% of India's total emissions in 2022 came from the industrial sector. The government's mitigation efforts rely on market-based mechanisms like the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme and the new Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), targeting specific energy-intensive industries. However, the article points out a significant policy gap: over 40% of manufacturing and construction emissions originate from 'non-specific industries' which are largely overlooked by current mitigation policies, hindering India's green transition and requiring more disaggregated data for effective policymaking.