The Policy Monitor
Modern economies are built on the assumption that value can be priced, exchanged, and efficiently allocated through markets. But some of the most consequential forces shaping our collective future—clean air, stable climates, ecological resilience—resist this logic, remaining largely invisible to balance sheets and price signals. Carbon sits at a challenging […]
In the 21st century India where social and economic policies are being put in place to hasten and strengthen the process of women empowerment, some fundamental negative externalities are in place neutralizing the impact of such policy changes, with Climate Change being one such prominent negative externality.
While we have seen continuous increase in expenditure in clean energy over the past years (2021 alone saw the biggest jump yet of 27% in investment in low carbon energy compared to 2020) ,the urgency to achieve the net-zero target is yet to translate into large increases in spending on clean energy projects.