Ulka Kelkar is the Director of the Climate Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI) India. In this episode of 'Understanding the Future of Low Carbon Pathways for India', with Ulka Kelkar, we explore the various technological, governmental, and behaviour challenges and potential solutions in developing low carbon pathways.

In this episode, we start the conversation by understanding the carbon-intensive things India needs to control and some of the low carbon pathways. We further break down the conversation on the electricity sector to understand its challenges and how can we stabilise the fluctuating renewable energy sources.  Additionally, she further helps us understand the challenge of the embodied energy in the building sector due to steel and cement as well as highlight the challenges of the transport and freight sector. Also, we discuss the future of hydrogen, its potential benefits and its complexity in implementing the ecosystem. Further, she helps understand the challenge of the government and potential solutions as the sale of fossil fuel consumption will reduce and cause a loss of government revenue due to tax collected on fossil fuels. We also discuss the consumption patterns and promoting circular economy on a day-to-day basis. At last, she helps us understand the topic of just transition with the changing job opportunities as well as the kind of skillsets that would be required in future to be able to develop macro-level policies.

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