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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 has been preparing to operationalise its first domestic compliance carbon market. Building on the PAT (Perform, Achieve and Trade) energy-efficiency scheme, in April 2025, the draft of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Intensity Target Rules, 2025 under India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) was released. Parth Kumar and Shubham Mishra from CSE Industrial Pollution Programme analyse the targets, which cover 282 entities across four high-emission industrial sectors, mandating GHG emission intensity targets for 2025-26 and 2026-27, using 2023-24 as the baseline. The sectors include aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali and pulp and paper.
The analysis highlights modest reduction targets, averaging 2-3 per cent in 2025-26 and increasing to 3.3-7.5 per cent in 2026-27—suggesting a balanced approach between industrial adaptability and climate ambitions. Kumar and Mishra underscore the need for enabling policies, sectoral roadmaps and technical and financial support mechanisms to support compliance and drive decarbonisation.
Elsewhere, the Delhi government has announced a major rooftop solar subsidy, providing direct financial assistance of up to INR 30,000. The subsidy will be in addition to the existing INR 78,000 subsidy provided by the central government. The Delhi government has allocated INR 50 crore for the policy and plans to install rooftop solar panels on 2,30,000 households in the next three years. However, experts have identified implementation challenges, including insufficient budgetary allocation, the lack of robust supply chains, and a trained workforce.
Next week, CSE’s Climate Change programme will be hosting a webinar on the Baku to Belem Roadmap—set up at COP29 to chart pathways for mobilising at least $1.3 trillion annually in climate finance by 2035 for developing countries’ climate needs.
What’s more, CSE Climate is launching Carbon Politics—a podcast for decoding the politics of climate change from the lens of the Global South. Tune in for the first episode, “The Crisis in Multilateralism” featuring Avantika Goswami and Trishant Dev on Wednesday, May 28 at 4PM.
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By - Upamanyu Das
Climate Change, CSE
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| EXTREME WEATHER TRACKER |
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Monsoon onset to be early and strong, with risk of stalling, 22 May 2025
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Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?, 19 May 2025
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| CSE Webinar |
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Podcast: Carbon Politics |
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