Rahul Tongia

Can developing economies have high growth without using coal? A debate.

Wall Street Journal Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Around the halls: What’s happening at COP27 in Egypt?

Madiha Afzal, Emily Carlton, David G. Victor, Samantha Gross, Cameron F. Kerry, Joshua P. Meltzer, Danielle Resnick, Landry Signé, Jeannie Sowers, and Rahul Tongia

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Flooded roads after heavy monsoon rains, in Pushkar, India on July 26, 2022. Most of the parts of Rajasthan have recorded above-average rainfall in this Monsoon season so far. According to the data of the Meteorological Department, the pre-monsoon and monsoon rainfall in the state has been 53 per cent more than the average. Meanwhile, average rainfall was recorded above normal in 25 out of the 33 districts, according to news agency PTI. Good rains have also been recorded in the Thar desert area, which has brought smiles to the faces of farmers and livestock animal rearers. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

It is unfair to push poor countries to reach zero carbon emissions too early

Rahul Tongia

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Workers unload coal from a supply truck at a yard on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

For energy, it’s not renewable vs coal — adopt a portfolio approach

Rahul Tongia

Monday, August 29, 2022

A pedestrian crosses the Clyde Arc Bridge overlooking the Scottish Event Campus on September 1, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Scottish Event Campus IS one of the host venues for the upcoming COP 26 climate summit which is due to be held in Glasgow from the 1-12th November. (Photo by Ewan Bootman/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Around the halls: Examining the impact of what does (or doesn’t) happen at COP26

Amar Bhattacharya, David Dollar, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jeremy Greenwood, Samantha Gross, Shuxian Luo, Sanjay Patnaik, Natan Sachs, Todd Stern, Rahul Tongia, and David G. Victor

Thursday, October 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: CO2 storage tanks are seen at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in Wuhu, Anhui province, China September 11, 2019. Picture taken September 11, 2019. REUTERS/David Stanway/File Photo

Net zero carbon pledges have good intentions. But they are not enough.

Rahul Tongia

Monday, October 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Ahmedabad, India, October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

The inside story of India’s coal and power crises

Rahul Tongia

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Workers clean photovoltaic panels inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India, July 2, 2015. India's $100 billion push into solar energy over the next decade will be driven by foreign players as uncompetitive local manufacturers fall by the wayside, no longer protected by government restrictions on the sector. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

A low-carbon future through sector-led change

Rahul Tongia, Navroz Dubash, and Ashok Sreenivas

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Water vapour billows from smokestacks at the incineration plant of Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, December 18, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

In the climate battle, focus on the high-emitters

Rahul Tongia

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Renewable energy growth has been strong but won’t be enough to avoid more coal. India’s focus should be on cleaning up coal, instead of wishing it away.

Rahul Tongia Financial Express Monday, November 23, 2020