India’s sustainability transition is no longer driven solely by climate idealism, according to an article on The Print.
It noted that the Wharton India Economic Forum’s 30th edition brought together experts from across the climate and finance sectors at St. Regis Mumbai.
At the 10 January event, the experts discussed how India’s sustainability journey is evolving from a narrative of climate intent to one grounded in economics, infrastructure, and long-term returns.
At a panel titled ‘Navigating the Energy and Sustainability Transition: Infrastructure, Risk, and Returns’, industry leaders outlined why India’s climate pathway was increasingly pragmatic, rather than ideological.
The country’s sustainability outcomes will hinge on scale, cost competitiveness and regulatory pressure, along with the ability to finance proven technologies beyond pilot stages to make economics, infrastructure, and governance the decisive forces in shaping India’s energy transition, argued Samir Shah, managing partner at Peak Sustainability Ventures; Nawal Saini, managing partner at Brookfield; and Mukund Rajan, chairman of One Planet Partners.
For much of the past decade, India’s climate ecosystem has been experimental—startups testing new technologies, policymakers announcing targets, and investors scouting for the next breakthrough—and the panellists argued that that phase was ending.
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