[jillesvangurp]

Sounds a bit fatalistic. I don't think they can claim ignorance at this point. India might have its challenges but it is also a nuclear power with a space program and access to all sorts of technical solutions. Burning more coal when you are about to deal with mass casualties due to wet bulb heat events caused by global warming does not sound like it's a plan at all. IMHO those coal plants will cost them more than they are going to deliver in value to them.

I'm all for international collaboration on this. That was what cop 26 was about. India ended up blocking a more positive outcome there together with China. They have their reasons. But especially India is going to have a front row seat to the misery caused by global warming. This is a problem that they are going to have to deal with one way or another. Coal is not the answer. It's part of the problem, they need to lead not follow here.

Besides, India's GDP is getting there in terms of size. About the same size as the UK; bigger than Russia. They are not an impoverished nation anymore but a growth economy.