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| About the Book: India has displayed climate leadership. It has decided to become net zero by 2070. The transformative journey to net zero would, naturally, present formidable challenges.
Rising Ambition describes how with smart policies India has been achieving remarkable success with renewables. This success has been generating greater confidence and higher ambition. In a forward-looking move, India has embarked on a Green Hydrogen Mission. The book sets out the contours of the pathways to net zero with key milestones. It analyses policy choices at critical inflection points of the energy transition. It suggests ways to minimize the cost of the transition and to achieve early success. It makes the case that this investment in moving away from fossil fuels would help India become a developed country with a green competitive economy. The book comprehensively analyses policy choices across all sectors for India to become net zero. It explains complex issues with clarity in simple language. It is written for the layperson as well as for the experts-a must read for all those concerned about climate change. |
| About the Author: Ajay Shankar is Distinguished Fellow at TERI. He has been writing extensively on the power sector, transition to renewables. getting to net zero, and other key issues. His opinion pieces have been appearing in the national newspapers.
He was a member of the Indian Administrative Service (LAS), retired as Secretary, Government of India. He held key positions with responsibilities for policy formulation and execution. A few of his major contributions in the energy sector were: |
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Date: Tuesday, 16th December 2025 from 3.30 PM onwards |