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    India hopes to lead on climate, but coal still powers its economic growth

    NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes to use the Group of 20 summit, which kicked off Saturday in New Delhi, to urge other leaders to step up their clean energy transition. Modi, who has overseen a rapid expansion of India's renewable energy industry, has set bold targets to power more of the country with solar, hydrogen and biofuels over the next decade. He's pledged that half ...
    by Courtney Subramanian and Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Sep 09, 2023 4 minutes
    From left, President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva join hands during the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.

    NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes to use the Group of 20 summit, which kicked off Saturday in New Delhi, to urge other leaders to step up their clean energy transition.

    Modi, who has overseen a rapid expansion of India's renewable energy industry, has set bold targets to power more of the country with solar, hydrogen and biofuels over the next decade. He's pledged that half of India's energy will come from renewables by 2030, and is pushing other countries to triple global renewable energy capacity by that year.

    But Modi's own country remains overwhelmingly reliant on coal. India, the world's third-largest carbon emitter, is expected to increase its coal fleet by

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