Ramapati Kumar

Have you been hearing about Loss and Damage often these days? Ever  wondered why we need to talk more about it? In its most simple terms it refers to the immediate and long-lasting impacts of climate change which can neither be avoided nor can be adjusted to. It normally refers to the destructive impacts of climate change that cannot be avoided either by mitigation (avoiding and reducing greenhouse gas emissions) or adaptation (adjusting to current and future climate change impacts).

To combat the clear and present threat of climate change and increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, innovative solutions are required by nations. Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a fresh report card on the world’s progress towards slowing climate change. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are rising across all major sectors globally. But on the bright side, renewables are getting cheaper as compared to fossil fuels.

In the second episode of ‘Climate Course Correction’, Siddharth Singh, an energy and climate policy expert, talks to Smitha Verma about how energy efficiency can help nations fight climate change. He is the Lead India Analyst and Coordinator at International Energy Agency (IEA) and also the co-lead author of India Energy Outlook report 2021. He is also the author of ‘Great Smog of India’ and talks about how air pollution remains a much-ignored invisible health crisis..