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Dear readers,
Welcome to the Climate Weekly newsletter by the Centre for Science and Environment’s Climate Change programme and Down to Earth.
India’s recently announced Union Budget 2025-26 has many priorities and climate action is not top among them. As CSE’s Renewable Energy team writes, given the scale of resources needed for India’s green transition, the budget falls short of providing adequate budgetary allocation required to scale-up renewable energy and alternative clean fuels.
Some priorities that have been included in the energy front are on nuclear power and increasing domestic critical minerals production for clean energy technologies such as solar PV, EV batteries and wind turbines.
At the international stage, Donald Trump’s decisions to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and block international climate finance have rattled many within the global movement for climate action. In response, CSE’s Climate team explores how international climate cooperation might get impacted by a second Trump presidency. The US has historically been a blocker of ambitious climate commitments and contributed far below its fair share of climate finance to developing nations. The US’s withdrawal means that the rest of the world will have to step up. The temptation to fall into despair about multilateral climate cooperation is high — particularly after the disappointment of COP 29 in Baku and this second Trump shock. This is the moment to remember: A better world is possible, we write.
Lastly, CSE is inviting applications for the Anil Agarwal Dialogue (AAD) 2025 from journalists based and working in India. The AAD is CSE’s annual conclave of journalists writing and reporting on environment and development. CSE’s flagship report, the State of India’s Environment Report 2025, will be released on this occasion. Find out more about the event here.
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By - Upamanyu Das
Climate Change, CSE
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January 2025 warmest on record with 1.75°C anomaly, despite La Nina, 04 February 2025
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El Niño’s lingering effects, Uttarayan movement push Kerala into early summer as temperatures soar, 03 February 2025
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