Energy transition to RE must be just, equitable and ecologically responsible: Ex

As India races to increase its share of renewable energy as part of its ambitious climate action experts on Monday underscored the need for the entire renewable energy RE spectrum to ensure energy equity ecological responsibility and livelihood protection of the vulnerable communities during the energy transition from fossilfuelIt is part of the Vision and Principles released by the Responsible Energy India REI that seeks a socially just ecologically safe and rights respecting renewable energy sector as the country aims to achieve 500 GW of installed RE capacity by 2030As the renewable energy sector grows exponentially fuelled by an urgent need to meet peoples energy needs costeffectively and address the planets climate emergency it is essential that the RE sector and its allied industries act responsiblyWe all need to act in ways that address energy equity participatory governance protect the livelihoods and ecosystems of places where RE is sited and ensure that the full lifecycle of the RE system is safe and secure Ajay Mathur Director General International Solar Alliance ISA said as he released the Vision and PrinciplesThe Responsible Energy Initiative REI is a consortium of core and expert partners alongside participants from across the RE value chain its core partners for India are the The Energy and Resources Institute TERI World Resources Institute India WRI India and the Forum for the FutureA group of 26 global and Indian leaders from across the renewable energy sector and leading international think tanks contributed to the aVision and PrinciplesBy encouraging collaboration across wideranging stakeholders REI seeks to urgently galvanise action to address concerns over the loss of traditional livelihoods threats to community wellbeing longterm ecological impacts on altering land use patterns and complaints over energy equity This comes at a time when the very existence of Great Indian Bustard GIB has been threatened because of the RE plants in Rajasthan and there have been reports of clashes between traditional local communities and RE companies at multiple locationsAsked about the engagement with the government visavis regulations needed in connection with these issues Anna Biswas Director Forum for the Future India told IANS Some of the officials in the relevant ministries are aware of what we have been doing Our framework just got ready and it is only now that we can take it to the governmentThe release of REIs Vision and Principles was followed by a discussion on the current state of the RE sector in India with several participants from the private sector expressing their viewsREI is a multiyear programme to ensure renewable energy in Asia achieves its full potential and creates value in a way that is ecologically safe rightsrespecting and socially justThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever