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their villages separated by barbed-wire fences and walls from the miles of gleaming blue solar panels.</p> <p>Each day, they wake up to the sight of the power plants on their doorstep and wonder if their future will ever be as bright as the growth of solar energy - a key source as India switches to green energy to wean its economy off climate-heating coal.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Teenager Hira Bano poses for a picture in front of her house near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/cbf40315057ee691caf1a33f56fdab51/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Teenager Hira Bano poses for a picture in front of her house near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Teenager Hira Bano poses for a picture in front of her house near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>The Bhadla solar park in northwestern Rajasthan and Pavagada park in southern Karnataka states - among the world's biggest, generating a combined 4,350 megawatts - are considered milestones in<span> </span><a href="https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1785808">India's goal to boost its renewable energy capacity</a><span> </span>to meet a target of 500 gigawatts by 2030, with just over half to come from solar.</p> <p>Separated by more than 2,000 km (1,243 miles), Reddy and Bano are among the hundreds of local pastoralists and farmers who were asked to weigh up the potential benefits a solar park would bring - jobs, hospitals, schools, roads and water - in exchange for the land they had used all their lives.   </p> <p>"We were told we should be grateful the government had chosen our area to build the solar park," farmer Reddy, 65, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, sitting with his friends in Vollur village, near the Pavagada solar park.</p> <p>"They pointed to our unpredictable farm yields, arid land and scarce groundwater, promising us a 100 times better future once the solar park was developed. We believed all their promises."</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A view of the Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021." loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/519cc5adb3a047f677b627b0edd576f7/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A view of the Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A view of the Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>But India's biggest solar parks have fallen short on those promises, resulting in protests and push-back from communities trying to protect their jobs, land and future, researchers say.</p> <p>In alienating residents, both the Bhadla and Pavagada solar parks serve as a cautionary tale for the 50 other such solar projects that have been approved by the Indian authorities, which will add combined capacity of about 38 gigawatts.</p> <p>Officials in India's federal ministry for renewable energy insist that all solar projects must ensure local people are not impacted and their existing livelihoods are not disturbed.</p> <p>But as state governments draw up ambitious solar policies, and private firms invest millions in setting up plants, both are ignoring the needs of marginalised communities, including livestock herders and small farmers, according to researchers.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A bitter citrus fruit known locally as “tumba”, which was used as animal fodder, lies uneaten on the vine between solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8de5c6fb8730151929777c557b725e3a/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A bitter citrus fruit known locally as “tumba”, which was used as animal fodder, lies uneaten on the vine between solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A bitter citrus fruit known locally as “tumba”, which was used as animal fodder, lies uneaten on the vine between solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>"Communities impacted by solar parks are rarely consulted or informed about the plan or its impact," said Bhargavi S Rao, an independent researcher who has mapped the challenges faced by communities living near solar parks in Karnataka.</p> <p>"Governments say there is a partnership between them and the communities. But on the ground, it is not an equal partnership, which is why people are either protesting or petitioning for more," she added.</p></div><div class="LongReadChapterHeading_chapterHeader__6_37v "><hr class="LongReadChapterHeading_divider__G_WHK"/><h3 class="LongReadChapterHeading_subtitle__6zapw">Knowledge is key</h3></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A child poses in front of the village school that shut down two years ago in Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/d309fc6306f575edf9c8c7c504eb45fb/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A child poses in front of the village school that shut down two years ago in Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A child poses in front of the village school that shut down two years ago in Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Anand Kumar, 29, who owns a water bottling unit in Pavagada, uses<span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTZ081qZAp3MnbSgyndNKA">his</a><span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTZ081qZAp3MnbSgyndNKA">YouTube channel as a platform to educate villagers near the solar park</a><span> </span>about climate change, clean energy and goings-on inside the 13,000 acres (5,261 hectares) of fenced-off land.</p> <p>"We live near a world-famous solar park, but nobody really knows what this is all about," said Kumar, whose channel has more than 6,000 subscribers.</p> <p>Between clips on cattle for sale, cultural events and farming tips, Kumar airs interviews with his friends who work as security guards at the solar park, officials explaining power generation and residents documenting their woes.</p> <p>“Only if we know what is going on and what is our right, will we be able to fight for it," he said.    </p> <p>Bhadla's teenage girls also want to be part of the solar boom, calling for their village school to be reopened after a closure of more than two years.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A locked classroom at the village school in Bhadla, with the name of the solar company that funded its revival still painted on the wall, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/88d85ddc585c5a9c3da01ae1b9a11ec5/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A locked classroom at the village school in Bhadla, with the name of the solar company that funded its revival still painted on the wall, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A locked classroom at the village school in Bhadla, with the name of the solar company that funded its revival still painted on the wall, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Their community lost the state land near the Pakistan border, where they had grazed animals for generations, to the Bhadla solar park - and they have no chance to work there due to a lack of education and skills.</p> <p>Once resentful, the girls now want to study so they can get jobs at the solar park, their aspirations rooted in disappearing traditional ways of earning a living and exposure to a new world of offices where people earn monthly salaries.</p> <p>"I could work in the solar park if I was educated. I could manage files in the office, or do their accounts," said Bano, 18, who has completed her tenth grade, sitting cross-legged in her sparse room. "I have to study or I will be stuck in household work all my life."</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Teenager Hira Bano pulls out her books from a briefcase in her house near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/68e0c23e18eeaf3a12eb9ee856c05eb0/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Teenager Hira Bano pulls out her books from a briefcase in her house near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Teenager Hira Bano pulls out her books from a briefcase in her house near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>A day in the life of Bano and other Bhadla girls involves chores and sewing cloth pieces into rugs for their dowry. They fear a life of domesticity they see their mothers trapped in.</p> <p>"This village has too many restrictions," Asma Khatoon, 15, wrote in a Hindi essay, recalling her disappointment when the school shut as she was preparing to take her tenth-grade exam.</p> <p>Taking a break from drawing well-water, she said her only desire was for classes to restart so she could realise her longer-term ambition to work.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A young girl shows a rug she has stitched for her dowry in Bhadla, India, on December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6f322546082daac17032beba8b52d1f7/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A young girl shows a rug she has stitched for her dowry in Bhadla, India, on December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A young girl shows a rug she has stitched for her dowry in Bhadla, India, on December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Pradip Swarnakar, a climate change policy specialist who teaches at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, said solar "is considered sacrosanct in the renewable space" for being a clean, ethically sourced form of energy.</p> <p>But for communities, he noted, it matters little whether they have a coal mine or solar park in their midst, as they seek a decent livelihood, better lifestyle and access to electricity.</p></div><div class="LongReadChapterHeading_chapterHeader__6_37v "><hr class="LongReadChapterHeading_divider__G_WHK"/><h3 class="LongReadChapterHeading_subtitle__6zapw">Sunrise sector</h3></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A view of the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/6dca64988ec11dceb5649959a2857de6/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A view of the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A view of the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Coal remains India's dominant energy source, accounting for 70% of its electricity output - but the<span> </span><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20211216145757-aa3ce">fossil fuel is known for polluting groundwater and air</a>, and<span> </span><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20210909032939-0yo22/">sparking man-animal conflict</a>.</p> <p>Unlike the potholed roads, contamination and daily explosions that bring utensils crashing down in homes near coal mines, solar parks work silently, the smooth roads leading to them clean and the air fresh.</p> <p>Yet for locals, those benefits are overshadowed by loss of their land and work, and the scarcity of new jobs linked to the solar parks.</p> <p>In Bhadla, families used to own 50 to 200 goats and sheep, as well as cows and camels, and grew millet. In Pavagada, the groundnut harvest was enough to give to relatives for free.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Dadda Khatoon feeds her goat in Bhadla village, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/ffaebb28392ef0166bc6342ffacc0a6e/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Dadda Khatoon feeds her goat in Bhadla village, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Dadda Khatoon feeds her goat in Bhadla village, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Now farmers buy the produce they previously grew themselves, have sold their animals and wonder if their faith in massive solar energy projects to sustain them was misplaced.</p> <p>"There are not many solar jobs for locals, the funds for the development of our region remain unspent and young people continue to migrate to bigger cities for jobs," said farmer Shiva Reddy.</p> <p>Bhadla village saw several men who had gone to work in the Middle East as herders return, as jobs opened up during the construction of the solar park a few years back.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A sea of solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A sea of solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A sea of solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>But when it neared completion, locals lacked the technical education and skills to bag the relatively few jobs available when the park started running.</p> <p>The men started to leave home again.</p> <p>"We could tell one camel from another just from their footprint or find our cows from the sound of the bells tied around their necks - but what do I do with these skills now?" asked village elder Mohammad Sujawal Mehr.</p> <p>"Big companies surround us, but only a few of our men got jobs there," he said, noting that even a security guard's post at the solar park requires schooling up to tenth grade.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Mohammad Sujawal Mehr feeds his goats at his village of Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bd6a0571884520f7480a8c9611d7f2a8/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Mohammad Sujawal Mehr feeds his goats at his village of Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Mohammad Sujawal Mehr feeds his goats at his village of Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Coal mining and power currently employs an estimated 3.6 million people in India and renewable energy only about 112,000, with solar accounting for 86,000 of those jobs.</p> <p>Researchers estimate this sunrise sector<span> </span><a href="https://www.ceew.in/publications/indias-expanding-clean-energy-workforce">could create more than 3 million green jobs by 2030 in solar and wind power</a>.  </p> <p>But so far on the ground, opportunities for most villagers are limited to basic activities like security, washing solar panels and grass-cutting in the parks or office cleaning.</p> <p>"Clean energy is not as employment-intensive as a thermal (coal) plant that employs 800 to 900 people as against five or six at a solar park on any given day," said Sarthak Shukla, an independent consultant on sustainability.</p> <p>"You don't need workers but technicians to operate the park. Local jobs are not the USP of clean energy transition."</p> <p>Since 2018, the Pavagada solar park has generated about 3,000 jobs during construction and 1,800 longer-term jobs. Bhadla employed 5,500 people to build it and offers some 1,100 jobs in operation and maintenance for an estimated 25 years.</p> <p>"The numbers will never add up," said researcher Rao, noting that one acre of farmland supports at least four livelihoods, suggesting more jobs have been lost than created after the land was taken over for the solar parks.</p></div><div class="LongReadChapterHeading_chapterHeader__6_37v "><hr class="LongReadChapterHeading_divider__G_WHK"/><h3 class="LongReadChapterHeading_subtitle__6zapw">Leasing land</h3></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A model of the Shakti Sthala solar park on display at the office of the Karnataka State Power Development Corporation Limited in Pavagada, India, December 27, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/02632a6ede0f4d2993cd10a367335bb8/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A model of the Shakti Sthala solar park on display at the office of the Karnataka State Power Development Corporation Limited in Pavagada, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A model of the Shakti Sthala solar park on display at the office of the Karnataka State Power Development Corporation Limited in Pavagada, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>When Pavagada farmers were first approached by Karnataka state six years ago about use of their land for the solar park, it had been ravaged by successive droughts and debts were mounting.</p> <p>R N Akkalappa was one of the few who leased his land for a fixed annual rent while also managing to get a job in the park as he had experience working with bore-well motors.</p> <p>"We were hesitant but were told if we didn't agree to the terms, the solar park would be constructed somewhere else. We were simply blackmailed into agreeing," he said.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="R N Akkalappa, working president of the Shakti Sthala Farmers' Welfare Association, at his office in the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 28, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/09c79597415fd96624ddb8a465d189da/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>R N Akkalappa, working president of the Shakti Sthala Farmers' Welfare Association, at his office in the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 28, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>R N Akkalappa, working president of the Shakti Sthala Farmers' Welfare Association, at his office in the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 28, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>About 1,800 farmers leased out 13,000 acres for 25 years at a rate of 21,000 Indian rupees ($279) per acre per year.</p> <p>N Amaranath, deputy general manager for technology at the Karnataka Solar Power Development Corporation Limited, said the approach means farmers continue to own the land.</p> <p>"We have found global recognition for our model and Pavagada solar park is considered a success on many fronts, particularly on partnering with the community," he added.</p> <p>Yet farmer Shiva Reddy said giving up his land was a "tough choice" as the income does not meet his needs.</p> <p>"Expenses are rapidly rising and in the coming years the rent will not be enough. We will need jobs," he said.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Chart: India's top employers - numbers of workers employed per sector: agriculture, real estate/construction, manufacturing, coal mining & power, solar" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/9f56a79eff5ff7a05506473d9e2bd32f/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>.</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>.</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Keshav Prasad, chief executive officer of Bhadla's largest solar park operator Saurya Urja, said the firm was "actively involved in improving the quality of life among its neighbouring 60 villages".</p> <p>Prasad said including communities was a key responsibility of solar companies. Saurya Urja runs mobile health vans and vets on wheels, and has trained about 300 locals in plumbing, solar panel installation and data entry, he noted.</p></div><div class="LongReadChapterHeading_chapterHeader__6_37v "><hr class="LongReadChapterHeading_divider__G_WHK"/><h3 class="LongReadChapterHeading_subtitle__6zapw">No jobs for women</h3></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Dadda Khatoon poses for a picture at the door of her house in Bhadla village, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/5335aa815f04cbbff5c87c51f8b5165a/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Dadda Khatoon poses for a picture at the door of her house in Bhadla village, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Dadda Khatoon poses for a picture at the door of her house in Bhadla village, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>However, with India's solar tariffs among the lowest in the world and prospects that they will drop further as<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-billionaires-face-off-race-solar-domination-2021-07-07/"><span> </span>companies bid aggressively to win projects</a>, cost-cutting measures are already impacting labour-intensive jobs.</p> <p>In Pavagada, robots are being deployed to clean solar panels because they are cheaper and more efficient, according to park operators, further reducing job opportunities for villagers.   </p> <p>Women who used to work on the farms of Pavagada or grazed cattle in Bhadla, meanwhile, have found no alternatives after the solar parks became operational.</p> <p>Some men who have land or tractors - assets women do not own - were able to get park maintenance contracts.</p> <p>Ayub Khan Chooda, 35, hires five people to drive his tractors pulling small water tankers through the Bhadla park, washing 400 solar panels a day at 20 rupees each.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A robotic solar panel cleaner in operation at the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/83b75cfb7779f6fc54a495e0b7563de3/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A robotic solar panel cleaner in operation at the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A robotic solar panel cleaner in operation at the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>T A Nagaraju, 31, leased 10 acres to the Pavagada park and invested some of the money to become a contractor offering solar-panel cleaning and grass-cutting services.</p> <p>But he does not employ women as "the solar companies don't want us to send women to work even though many ask me for jobs", due to safety concerns, he said.</p> <p>One solar firm manager in Pavagada, who requested anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media, said it was difficult to cater to the security needs of women workers.</p> <p>"How will we know if something untoward happens to them in some corner of the park? We can't take that risk," he said.</p> <p>Globally,<span> </span><a href="https://irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2019/Jan/IRENA_Gender_perspective_2019.pdf">women make up 32% of the renewable energy workforce</a>, against 22% in the oil and gas industry, according to a 2019 study by the International Renewable Energy Agency.</p> <p>But the conservative social norms of Bhadla and Pavagada mean women are finding it harder to earn a living in their communities despite the arrival of clean energy.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Dadda Khatoon (left) plays with children of her village near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/31bf4b071a12a68a5a5e750a10d1cb54/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Dadda Khatoon (left) plays with children of her village near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Dadda Khatoon (left) plays with children of her village near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Girls from Pavagada continue to seek work at garment factories in Bengaluru city, often working in exploitative conditions with low wages and punishing hours. In Bhadla, women have retreated into their homes, fearing for their safety.</p> <p>Bhadla resident Dadda Khatoon, 32, used to earn a living from farm work. "But I don't seem to have any role any more apart from cooking and feeding my family. I think I had more respect then," she said.</p></div><div class="LongReadChapterHeading_chapterHeader__6_37v "><hr class="LongReadChapterHeading_divider__G_WHK"/><h3 class="LongReadChapterHeading_subtitle__6zapw">'Going the coal way'</h3></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Thousands of solar panels dot the landscape in Pavagada in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/db871416f2ef8e6722166ec205652a36/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Thousands of solar panels dot the landscape in Pavagada in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Thousands of solar panels dot the landscape in Pavagada in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Not all locals have given up on securing a better future for themselves from the solar sector. Farmers from five villages that gave land for the Pavagada park decided to form an association early on to make sure their rights were protected.</p> <p>The Shakti Sthala Farmers' Group, named after the official title of the Pavagada plant, has a clear mandate: to safeguard the interests of communities and guarantee promises are kept.</p> <p>In December, members held an emergency meeting after one of the solar companies mortgaged their land lease documents to obtain a bank loan. "If we hadn't been vigilant, this would have gone unnoticed," said farmer Akkalappa.</p> <p>The group meets often to discuss members' problems, he said, adding they had ensured security guards hired by solar companies were paid pension benefits and worked only eight-hour shifts.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Jayaram Reddy (centre) at a farmers' meeting in Vollur village, Pavagada, Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/bc11ebd5957f2d50ce6aba4cf42f6e22/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Jayaram Reddy (centre) at a farmers' meeting in Vollur village, Pavagada, Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Jayaram Reddy (centre) at a farmers' meeting in Vollur village, Pavagada, Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Another priority in both regions is a well-equipped hospital, with the nearest facility more than 80 km (50 miles) from Bhadla and further than 20 km for villagers at the edge of the Pavagada solar park.</p> <p>Many of the communities' concerns stem from their awareness of<span> </span><a href="https://news.trust.org/item/20210928032925-jfjqz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">how poorly mineral-rich areas have fared in terms of development</a>, despite regulations and special funds set up for that purpose.<u></u></p> <p>Just two hours by road from Pavagada lies the coal-mining hub of Ballari - and stories about how mining has affected residents have travelled on connecting buses.</p> <p>"Given the present policies, solar is definitely going the coal way," said researcher Rao. "The same mistakes are being repeated with big companies coming from outside, pitching their tents and side-lining communities who have lived and farmed in these regions for decades." </p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Mohammad Sujawal Mehr poses for a picture with his cow in his village of Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/a88f6ee197ac7c64b45ad53c752bddbf/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Mohammad Sujawal Mehr poses for a picture with his cow in his village of Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Mohammad Sujawal Mehr poses for a picture with his cow in his village of Bhadla, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>In other agrarian states like Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, protests have erupted in the last couple of years over plans for new solar plants.</p> <p>Researchers and human rights activists argue that the scale of these huge solar parks is the problem, suggesting smaller, decentralised projects would instead be a win-win for all.</p> <p>Farmers could be helped to set up mini solar plants on their land while continuing to cultivate it, earning extra from the clean power they produce by selling it to the grid.</p> <p>"Solar needs to be more inclusive than coal," said Rao. "Policy makers should put communities at the centre of their planning as they push for renewable energy. Only then will both the state and the people benefit."</p> <p>States say they are working on both large and small solar projects, with the federal government also<span> </span><a href="https://mnre.gov.in/img/documents/uploads/8065c8f7b9614c5ab2e8a7e30dfc29d5.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advocating for decentralised solar plants</a><span> </span>to raise farmers' income and break their dependence on diesel-run water pumps.</p></div><div class="LongReadChapterHeading_chapterHeader__6_37v "><hr class="LongReadChapterHeading_divider__G_WHK"/><h3 class="LongReadChapterHeading_subtitle__6zapw">Before and after solar</h3></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A view of the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/54eb3fc50ec82f39978d591196c18f6b/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A view of the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A view of the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>Life in Bhadla and Pavagada is often perceived as before and after the solar parks were commissioned.</p> <p>Bhadla - once a remote hamlet with 250 households sharing the same ancestry - is now connected to nearby towns by a broad, busy highway flanked with solar panels and small markets.</p> <p>Those who owned land by the highway gained as prices soared and some with an education did get jobs at the solar park - but those on the margins have been pushed back further.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Fences separate the Pavagada solar park from the villages nearby in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/2d212b3c98e55041b2137725fb88aa86/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Fences separate the Pavagada solar park from the villages nearby in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Fences separate the Pavagada solar park from the villages nearby in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>The highway connecting Pavagada to India's tech hub Bengaluru, meanwhile, cuts through lush farms and goes over the Uttara Pinakini river and past the Kote Anjaneya temple, before hitting an arid landscape and reaching the solar park.</p> <p>Five villages that leased land to the park are dotted with upgraded brick houses, some brightly painted with rent money.</p> <p>But tree plantations to improve green cover, promised by solar companies, have yet to take root and there are murmurs of the parks creating "heat islands" and sucking up groundwater in both Pavagada and Bhadla.</p> <p>The Pavagada park has also sliced off school-children's shortcuts and isolated villages, increasing travel time between them.</p> <p>As dusk falls, the solar park lights are switched on, their brightness eclipsing the villages around them.</p> <p>The women of Bhadla speak of aches and pains in their joints they never experienced when working on farms or grazing animals.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Dadda Khatoon (left) poses for a picture with other women and children of her village near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/21e7c2288b3000a4bc5b4ad53ee6287f/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Dadda Khatoon (left) poses for a picture with other women and children of her village near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Dadda Khatoon (left) poses for a picture with other women and children of her village near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>"For men it is fine. They still find some work. We just sit at home," said Sheti Khatoon, 50, of Bhadla where health workers said hypertension and diabetes were becoming more common due to newly sedentary lifestyles.</p> <p>In Pavagada, Jayram Reddy misses the physical labour he used to do on his farm.</p> <p>"Now evening walks are the norm for us to stay fit - imagine that!" he said. "We bet our future on solar and pray every day that everyone comes through on their promise."</p> <p>($1 = 75.2530 Indian rupees)</p> <p></p> <p><em>Reporting: Anuradha Nagaraj and Roli Srivastava<br />Text editing: Megan Rowling<br />Photography: Anuradha Nagaraj and Roli Srivastava<br />Graphics: Tom Finn<br />Producer: Amber Milne</em></p></div><section class=" Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">Tags</h2></div><ul class="Tags_wrapper__OoASR"><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Clean power</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Adaptation</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Climate policy</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Climate inequality</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Energy access</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Green jobs</div></li></ul></div></div></section><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><section class="Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class=""><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">MORE ON Climate Justice</h2></div><div class="MoreOn_container__v1fSZ row"><section class=""><div class="BlueCarousel_newsletter__Ob6Bs row"><div class="col col-24"><div><div class="BlueCarousel_newsletter__main___tdPg"><div class="row"><div class="slick-slider CarouselHWGH_carouselMain__XqP4k carouselMain } slick-initialized" dir="ltr"><button class="slick-arrow slick-prev slick-disabled" aria-disabled="true" aria-label="More On carousel show previous slides" style="pointer-events:none" tabindex="-1"></button><div class="slick-list"><div class="slick-track" style="width:133.33333333333334%;left:0%"><div data-index="0" class="slick-slide slick-active slick-current" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:25%"><div><div class="undefined col-xs-12 col-sm-6" tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><article class="MoreOn_article__oQxYe MoreOn_articleCarousel__C2hbh "><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b MoreOn_imageContainer__BbV6S" style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/climate-justice/does-climate-change-increase-violence-towards-women"><img alt="A female farmer carries watermelons during harvest season in a field in the village of El-Mari, in southern Lebanon June 9, 2023. 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We believed all their promises.\"\u003c/p\u003e","alignment2":"centered","multimediaType2":"photo","multimediaFileUpload2":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2022-09-27 11:53:46.644","publishDate":"2022-09-27 11:53:46.644","caption":"A view of the Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. 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I could manage files in the office, or do their accounts,\" said Bano, 18, who has completed her tenth grade, sitting cross-legged in her sparse room. \"I have to study or I will be stuck in household work all my life.\"\u003c/p\u003e","alignment2":"centered","multimediaType2":"photo","multimediaFileUpload2":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2022-09-27 11:58:36.157","publishDate":"2022-09-27 11:58:36.157","caption":"Teenager Hira Bano pulls out her books from a briefcase in her house near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 12, 2021. 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They fear a life of domesticity they see their mothers trapped in.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This village has too many restrictions,\" Asma Khatoon, 15, wrote in a Hindi essay, recalling her disappointment when the school shut as she was preparing to take her tenth-grade exam.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking a break from drawing well-water, she said her only desire was for classes to restart so she could realise her longer-term ambition to work.\u003c/p\u003e","alignment3":"centered","multimediaType3":"photo","multimediaFileUpload3":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2022-09-27 12:00:23.584","publishDate":"2022-09-27 12:00:23.584","caption":"A young girl shows a rug she has stitched for her dowry in Bhadla, India, on December 11, 2021. 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We can't take that risk,\" he said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlobally,\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2019/Jan/IRENA_Gender_perspective_2019.pdf\"\u003ewomen make up 32% of the renewable energy workforce\u003c/a\u003e, against 22% in the oil and gas industry, according to a 2019 study by the International Renewable Energy Agency.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the conservative social norms of Bhadla and Pavagada mean women are finding it harder to earn a living in their communities despite the arrival of clean energy.\u003c/p\u003e","alignment2":"centered","multimediaType2":"photo","multimediaFileUpload2":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2022-09-27 12:24:36.022","publishDate":"2022-09-27 12:24:36.022","caption":"Dadda Khatoon (left) plays with children of her village near Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. 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In Bhadla, women have retreated into their homes, fearing for their safety.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBhadla resident Dadda Khatoon, 32, used to earn a living from farm work. \"But I don't seem to have any role any more apart from cooking and feeding my family. I think I had more respect then,\" she said.\u003c/p\u003e","alignment3":"centered","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaFileUpload3":[],"alignment4":"centered","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaFileUpload4":[]},{"identifier":"a8110c451af460727a4a29448bdc9b0c","sectionTitle":"'Going the coal way'","titleVisibility":"full width","mediaType":"photo","leadImage":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2022-09-27 12:26:30.922","publishDate":"2022-09-27 12:26:30.922","caption":"Thousands of solar panels dot the landscape in Pavagada in Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. 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Farmers from five villages that gave land for the Pavagada park decided to form an association early on to make sure their rights were protected.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Shakti Sthala Farmers' Group, named after the official title of the Pavagada plant, has a clear mandate: to safeguard the interests of communities and guarantee promises are kept.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn December, members held an emergency meeting after one of the solar companies mortgaged their land lease documents to obtain a bank loan. \"If we hadn't been vigilant, this would have gone unnoticed,\" said farmer Akkalappa.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe group meets often to discuss members' problems, he said, adding they had ensured security guards hired by solar companies were paid pension benefits and worked only eight-hour shifts.\u003c/p\u003e","alignment":"centered","multimediaType1":"photo","multimediaFileUpload1":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2022-09-27 16:08:47.064","publishDate":"2022-09-27 16:08:47.064","caption":"Jayaram Reddy (centre) at a farmers' meeting in Vollur village, Pavagada, Karnataka, India, December 27, 2021. 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Still presenting as a woman, he could not tell his husband, a family friend, who he really was.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArriving at the border, Kevin hopped out of the truck and slipped into Kenya without a passport. He had heard that Kenya took in refugees, even if he did not know at the time that it was the \u003ca href=\"https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/1732188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eonly country\u003c/a\u003e in East Africa that has accepted people facing persecution for their sexual or gender identity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut five years later, Kevin still \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/why-lgbtq-refugees-are-stuck-in-limbo-in-kenya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003elacks official refugee status\u003c/a\u003e in Kenya. Instead of freedom to express his true gender, he has found himself in a country where he feels as vulnerable as he was at home.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking out about his situation puts him at further risk, which is why he\u0026rsquo;s using a pseudonym. But Kevin\u0026rsquo;s experience has made him determined to advocate for other LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in limbo.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;If I don't speak about the situation that we are going through, the rest of the world will not know that we are suffering,\u0026rdquo; Kevin told Context in Nairobi.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenya was once considered a haven for LGBTQ+ refugees in an otherwise hostile region, offering queer Ugandans relative freedom and rarely enforcing its own laws that criminalise same-sex relations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRights groups have long documented cases of \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/nature/lgbtq-kenyans-and-ugandans-hide-from-wave-of-homophobic-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehomophobic abuse\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Res/Kenya%20ACHPR%20LGBTI%20rights.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ediscrimination\u003c/a\u003e that queer people regularly face. Now they worry they are being politically targeted, and that Kenya is not immune to the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment that has spread across parts of Africa.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Kenyan lawmaker \u003ca href=\"https://www.africanews.com/2023/09/20/kenyas-anti-gay-bill-proposes-50-year-jail-term//\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eput forth a bill\u003c/a\u003e inspired by Uganda\u0026rsquo;s \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/what-you-need-to-know-about-ugandas-anti-lgbtq-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eprohibitions on same-sex activity\u003c/a\u003e, and nationwide protests against LGBTQ+ rights have erupted. The government\u0026rsquo;s refugee commissioner said last year being persecuted as an LGBTQ+ person is \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/hopes-for-lgbtq-asylum-fade-as-kenya-snubs-those-letters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003enot grounds for protection\u003c/a\u003e in Kenya.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat has all left Kevin increasingly desperate to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwRbrURrnRc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eleave the country\u003c/a\u003e where he once hoped to begin a new life.\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"3943eae0-96a3-429f-821f-ebdfadb21fb3","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"ec4977a75d875bd4f4bb198fdc2f484c","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-04 14:14:42.925","longerReadName":"‘We’ve lost so many lives’: Why LGBTQ+ refugees are giving up on Kenya","title":"no title","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"photo","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Sadiya longread part one","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","languageId":1,"url":"/content.8f84d298-f49d-4f19-a82d-d75fbbeef84e","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"no title","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 16:22:23.607","publishDate":"2025-02-03 16:22:23.607","caption":"Thomson Reuters Foundation/Karif Wat","pictureContentAsset":"9118c16f9e1c558ea844d9cd8ec15b51/picture","pictureName":"Map for longread","source":"Reuters pictures","title":"Map for longread","baseType":"CONTENT","inode":"a7d46b34-b857-444b-b792-64d1d0157c03","archived":false,"pictureVersion":"/dA/a7d46b34-b857-444b-b792-64d1d0157c03/picture/LGBTQ+_Map_1200.jpg","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","working":true,"credit":"Thomson Reuters Foundation/Karif Wat","locked":false,"stInode":"37b0303d3360a602fe9c4fa7bc94a9f6","contentType":"ContextPictures","live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","identifier":"9118c16f9e1c558ea844d9cd8ec15b51","altText":"Map showing Kakuma and Nairobi in Kenya","languageId":1,"picture":"/dA/9118c16f9e1c558ea844d9cd8ec15b51/picture/LGBTQ+_Map_1200.jpg","url":"/content.a7d46b34-b857-444b-b792-64d1d0157c03","titleImage":"picture","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":true,"sortOrder":0,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","pictureType":"photo","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"camera_alt"}]},{"publishDate":"2025-02-03 17:07:40.778","body":"\u003cp\u003eKenya has hosted queer refugees from \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/04/14/gay-refugee-kenya-kakuma-camp-nairobi-united-nations-high-commisioner/?_gl=1*1gdw8tf*_ga*MTA0NDEyODgzOS4xNzM3Mjk5MzY0*_ga_BX9CRJ4BBP*MTczODAxNjA0NC4zLjAuMTczODAxNjI2My41Mi4wLjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBurundi, Sudan and Rwanda\u003c/a\u003e for more than a decade, but nongovernmental organisations say most new arrivals are from neighbouring Uganda, which in 2023 passed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/what-you-need-to-know-about-ugandas-anti-lgbtq-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAnti-Homosexuality Act\u003c/a\u003e, one of the world\u0026rsquo;s harshest laws targeting LGBTQ+ people.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUganda first proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSJOE74C0HP/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eanti-gay legislation\u003c/a\u003e in 2009, then known as the \u0026ldquo;Kill the Gays\u0026rdquo; bill for proposing executions for some same-sex activity, before international pressure forced it to step back. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/what-you-need-to-know-about-ugandas-anti-lgbtq-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecurrent law\u003c/a\u003e intensifies colonial-era restrictions on same-sex relationships and again calls for the death penalty for acts of \u0026ldquo;aggravated homosexuality\u0026rdquo; and up to 20 years imprisonment for the \u0026ldquo;promotion of homosexuality,\u0026rdquo; which includes publishing pro-LGBTQ+ material or providing financial support to LGBTQ+ rights groups.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;In Uganda, they consider homosexuality to be a sin,\u0026rdquo; Kevin said. He was still a child when the first bill was being debated and saw the vitriol unleashed. In 2010, a tabloid \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/01/uganda-paper-gay-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epublished the names\u003c/a\u003e of 100 people it alleged were gay and featured photos of the accused on its cover with the phrase, \u0026ldquo;Hang them.\u0026rdquo; The following year, prominent LGBTQ+ activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/01/uganda-paper-gay-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDavid Kato\u003c/a\u003e, whose photo was on the cover, was killed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe climate prompted LGBTQ+ Ugandans to head to Kenya. While there are no official figures on how many LGBTQ+ refugees Kenya hosts, in 2021 the UNHCR, the U.N.\u0026rsquo;s refugee agency, estimated 1,000 were in the country. Most rights groups say the figures are likely higher today. The UNHCR was not able to provide Context with an updated figure.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKevin first tried to settle in the capital Nairobi, but \u003ca href=\"https://reporting.unhcr.org/operational/operations/kenya#:~:text=All%20registered%20refugees%20and%20asylum,arrest%2C%20detention%2C%20and%20prosecution.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eKenya\u0026rsquo;s policy\u003c/a\u003e of housing asylum seekers at camps required him to move 800 km (500 miles) away, near the Ugandan border.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"95885459-fe7e-48aa-87eb-99d9be5e3ddc","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"77cce74b08bb3165e49dc821ae2a4b46","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 17:07:40.778","longerReadName":"‘We’ve lost so many lives’: Why LGBTQ+ refugees are giving up on Kenya","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"none","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Influx from Uganda","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","languageId":1,"url":"/content.2a529cec-67ca-4990-be2b-794d257a02ac","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"publishDate":"2025-02-03 17:46:02.769","body":"\u003cp\u003eLike most other LGBTQ+ asylum seekers from Uganda, Kevin ended up in the Kakuma refugee camp. Meaning \u0026ldquo;nowhere\u0026rdquo; in Swahili, Kakuma is the size of a small city, home to more than 298,000 asylum seekers and refugees in northwest Kenya.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is where they wait while the government decides whether they will officially be deemed refugees \u0026mdash; a status that allows them to work, open a bank account, get a SIM card and leave the camp.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of finding safety, Kevin said he was the target of escalating abuse at Kakuma. He was beaten, and his monthly \u003ca href=\"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12147-024-09344-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efood rations\u003c/a\u003e were often taken from him by other refugees. In June 2020, other refugees \u003ca href=\"https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_kenyas-lgbtq-refugees-face-threats-attacks-kakuma-camp/6194375.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecoordinated an attack\u003c/a\u003e on LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, including setting fire to their shelters. One LGBTQ+ person has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.unhcr.org/ke/19949-unhcr-deeply-saddened-by-the-tragic-death-of-lgbtiq-refugee-calls-for-accountability.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ekilled at the camp\u003c/a\u003e, and suicide took \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/04/14/gay-refugee-kenya-kakuma-camp-nairobi-united-nations-high-commisioner/?_gl=1*1gdw8tf*_ga*MTA0NDEyODgzOS4xNzM3Mjk5MzY0*_ga_BX9CRJ4BBP*MTczODAxNjA0NC4zLjAuMTczODAxNjI2My41Mi4wLjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eat least one other life\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;People have trauma from Kakuma \u0026mdash; we've lost so many lives, people run mad (from) the situation that we went through,\u0026rdquo; Kevin said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis experience mirrors testimony from dozens of other LGBTQ+ asylum seekers previously interviewed by Reuters and NGOs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a 2023 report, Amnesty International and the Nairobi-based National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) compiled interviews with LGBTQ+ refugees in Kakuma and found that 31 out of 38 interviewees had experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr32/6578/2023/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ethreats and attacks\u003c/a\u003e, including rape, stabbings and having their shelters set on fire at the camp.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"3601d58a-ea24-49f8-9ad4-e74aa52450ba","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"580d6d15ef00c5e154e6695773368a40","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"left","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 17:46:02.769","longerReadName":"‘We’ve lost so many lives’: Why LGBTQ+ refugees are giving up on Kenya","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"photo","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"'People have trauma from Kakuma'","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","body21":"\u003cp\u003eA 2021 survey carried out by the Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration (ORAM) and the North America-based Rainbow Railroad, which assists LGBTQ+ people relocate to safety, found 83% of 58 respondents had \u003ca href=\"https://www.oramrefugee.org/_files/ugd/65cf98_db18b86c46744fb98648ccff1640e165.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eexperienced physical assault\u003c/a\u003e and 26% reported sexual assault at Kakuma.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn April 2020, Reuters reported that a group of about 300 gay, lesbian and transgender people living in Kakuma said other refugees \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/lgbt-community-living-in-fear-of-attacks-idUSRTX7G9T7/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003erepeatedly attacked\u003c/a\u003e them because of their sexual orientation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReporting attacks to the authorities has largely proved ineffective, with Amnesty documenting only a single case that was investigated by police in its 2023 report.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;They say that the police (are) there to protect you,\u0026rdquo; said Kevin. \u0026ldquo;But the fact is, the police are the number one homophobic people in the camp.\u0026rdquo; The National Police Service did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sustained and intense nature of the violence and lack of a sufficient police response led Amnesty and NGLHRC to conclude that \u0026ldquo;the Kakuma refugee camp complex is not safe for LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs far back as 2018, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR relocated \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/lgbt-refugees-call-on-un-for-safe-space-after-kenya-camp-attacks-idUSKBN2AX1T2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e200 asylum seekers\u003c/a\u003e to Nairobi after violent attacks and temporarily stopped registering newcomers to the camp, according to the Amnesty report.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut relocations and expedited applications have become rare, according to advocates and asylum seekers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese decisions are ultimately authorised by the Kenyan government and made on a \u0026ldquo;case by case\u0026rdquo; basis, said Dana Hughes, a UNHCR spokesperson based in Nairobi. She also said the agency is making \u0026ldquo;every effort to ensure\u0026rdquo; LGBTQ+ refugees are protected.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.e42e5470-b664-47ab-8d67-c9313d6faa5c","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 16:20:48.371","publishDate":"2025-02-03 16:20:48.371","caption":"Kevin is one of dozens of asylum seekers who have reported being the target of escalating abuse at the Kakuma refugee camp, including fire being set to their shelters. 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Thomson Reuters Foundation/Karif Wat","languageId":1,"picture":"/dA/30cf0c266cb825b64d6873eadea0ea78/picture/LGBTQ+_Hostility at Kakuma_1200.jpg","url":"/content.71a88570-d3d3-4033-b4de-8f9d544202b9","titleImage":"picture","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":true,"sortOrder":0,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","pictureType":"photo","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"camera_alt"}]},{"publishDate":"2025-02-03 17:17:02.965","body":"\u003cp\u003eThe government previously told Context that the average wait time is 12 months for an asylum application. But seven asylum seekers told Context they have been waiting up to six years. And many thought their cases were either being deliberately delayed or not processed at all.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Department of Refugee Services did not respond to multiple phone calls and emails, nor a written request submitted in person, asking for an interview.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the country\u0026rsquo;s refugee commissioner John Burugu was asked about this issue at a refugee-led NGO conference in August, he responded that persecution based on \u0026ldquo;those letters\u0026rdquo; \u0026mdash; referring to the acronym LGBTQ+ \u0026mdash; were not valid grounds to seek asylum.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurugu reiterated his position in a September interview with Context. \"We are not interested in anyone's sexual identity,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;It will not be a measure of convincing us to admit someone who fails to meet the threshold of being admitted as a refugee.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAny asylum seeker who meets the legal definition set by Kenya's 2021 Refugees Act would be granted protection after due process, Burugu said. That legislation considers refugees to be people fleeing foreign aggression or facing persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a social group.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough persecution for being LGBTQ+ is not explicitly covered by the regulation, they were previously \u003ca href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr32/6578/2023/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003econsidered \u0026ldquo;at risk,\u003c/a\u003e\u0026rdquo; according to the Amnesty report.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the UNHCR told Context it is not aware of an official change on who qualifies for asylum, it has seen delays in claims by LGBTQ+ people in recent years.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;In the past asylum-seekers with claims of this nature were normally recognised as refugees,\u0026rdquo; Hughes wrote in an email.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;However, since 2021, UNHCR has observed that such claims have been increasingly kept on hold without a decision being made.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHughes added that the backlog of 219,000 overall asylum cases was also a factor in the slow processing and that since October 2024 \u0026ldquo;considerable progress\u0026rdquo; had been made.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenya hosts one of the world\u0026rsquo;s biggest refugee populations, with more than \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/581a19852994ca08211faca4/t/620aff8a94673a4ebb7c3ee7/1644887955628/2020_2021+ANNUAL+LEGAL+AID+REPORT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e823,000 asylum seekers\u003c/a\u003e and refugees registered in the country. Eighty-seven percent of them are at the Dadaab camp in the southeast and at Kakuma, and the remainder live in urban areas.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictor Nyamori, an Amnesty researcher in Nairobi who worked on the Kakuma report, acknowledged that Kenya is grappling with a large number of claims, but said he believes other factors are at play when it comes to LGBTQ+ refugees. \u0026ldquo;We indeed know these processes are being delayed and from the statements of Burugu \u0026hellip; it really firms up some of the fears that are in the community,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"a87733d5-6870-4aba-818f-9c10d98aab95","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"980530e5601795f8c64d39b599eab334","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 17:17:02.965","longerReadName":"‘We’ve lost so many lives’: Why LGBTQ+ refugees are giving up on Kenya","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"none","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"LGBTQ+ cases 'kept on hold'","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","languageId":1,"url":"/content.d9a84f36-eade-4117-b397-052184091a1d","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"publishDate":"2025-02-03 17:46:39.599","body":"\u003cp\u003eUnder attack and losing hope that a refugee status appointment will ever happen, many queer asylum seekers do something that could hurt their cases: leave Kakuma.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsylum cases are typically only handled where asylum seekers are assigned to live, and being away for longer than two weeks can land an asylum seeker in \u003ca href=\"https://reporting.unhcr.org/operational/operations/kenya#:~:text=All%20registered%20refugees%20and%20asylum,arrest%2C%20detention%2C%20and%20prosecution.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003elegal trouble\u003c/a\u003e, potentially leading to detention, said Nyamori.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout a dozen or so discreet shelters have popped up in Nairobi to house queer refugees, often on the outskirts of the city, where residents hide from both police and nosy neighbours.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeing outed can have severe consequences, such as police harassment, rights groups warn. The NGLHRC noted in a 2021 report that \u0026ldquo;there have been quite a \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/581a19852994ca08211faca4/t/620aff8a94673a4ebb7c3ee7/1644887955628/2020_2021+ANNUAL+LEGAL+AID+REPORT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003enumber of cases\u003c/a\u003e of police raids and arbitrary arrests in a number of refugee safehouses.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree refugee shelters visited by Context all confirmed this was an ongoing issue. Ronnie, an asylum seeker from Uganda, helps run one of these shelters in the outskirts of the city.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shelter is behind a high wall and locked metal gate; inside is a small home with a kitchen, shared living area and gender-segregated bedrooms. It shares a plot of land with a midrise building that Ronnie is wary of, so he asks newcomers to keep a low profile.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;We've been raided four times by the police,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"8dc5a792-8dfe-4091-9897-eb0c5e36b27e","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"288b12bccd32b0b0bdc51e8ae2c5d740","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 17:46:39.599","longerReadName":"‘We’ve lost so many lives’: Why LGBTQ+ refugees are giving up on Kenya","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"photo","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Hiding in Nairobi","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","body21":"\u003cp\u003eRonnie, 28, is bisexual and left Uganda six years ago, and only feels comfortable using his first name. Like many others, he fled Kakuma.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe moved to Nairobi, where he felt he could make a life for himself. \u0026ldquo;I have my two hands. I can survive, I can work, I can cook and sustain myself,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrained as a cook, Ronnie had hoped to work in Kenya\u0026rsquo;s \u003ca href=\"https://africanperceptions.org/en/2024/04/kenyas-hospitality-industry-booms-again/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ebooming hospitality industry\u003c/a\u003e but instead runs a small catering business because he cannot legally work in a hotel kitchen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenya\u0026rsquo;s informal economy is dominated by micro businesses such as Ronnie\u0026rsquo;s. A 2019 International Labour Organization report estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/%40ed_emp/%40emp_ent/documents/publication/wcms_820312.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ejust over 80%\u003c/a\u003e of Kenya\u0026rsquo;s workers were in the informal economy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eORAM has provided training for more than 500 asylum seekers to start their own enterprises.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Financial assistance is not sustainable, and therefore we need solutions for individuals to make use of their own skills,\u0026rdquo; Winfred Wangari, who manages ORAM\u0026rsquo;s East Africa programme, said in an interview in Nairobi.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRonnie was given seed money from the NGO for his catering business, which he hopes to expand to train more refugees.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut after waiting years for refugee status, he now wants to leave Africa.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;No one can be strong for six years,\u0026rdquo; said Ronnie. \u0026ldquo;Waiting that long has made me lose hope.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.f6bfa261-0229-47d0-845e-c736cb186795","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 16:19:22.505","publishDate":"2025-02-03 16:19:22.505","caption":"Ronnie lives in one of the dozen or so discreet shelters have popped up in Nairobi to house LGBTQ+ refugees. 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But he left the camp before receiving a decision, after advocating \u0026mdash; and ultimately failing \u0026mdash; to secure better conditions for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKevin was part of a group that \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/05/08/kenya-lgbt-kakuma-refugee-camp-protest-teargas-unchr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003erepeatedly protested\u003c/a\u003e outside the UNHCR\u0026rsquo;s offices, including a three-day sit-in that was dispersed by police using \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news\u0026amp;sc=news\u0026amp;id=291830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003etear gas\u003c/a\u003e. Like Ronnie, he lives in hiding in Nairobi, while he is still registered at the camp.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn what stage his application has now reached would mean returning to Kakuma, an expensive journey to a place where he feels unsafe.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"8ef68c80-1f45-457f-93bc-c1eb81d97731","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"28ecadd50b41fcc72ecad46bfbbf52a2","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"right","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 17:44:30.781","longerReadName":"‘We’ve lost so many lives’: Why LGBTQ+ refugees are giving up on Kenya","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"photo","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Threadbare tolerance","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","body21":"\u003cp\u003eKevin also received support from ORAM to start a barber shop. His business partner does not know he is trans, and he presents as a woman at work. The intolerance he had hoped to leave behind in Kakuma was not confined to the camp, he has learned.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA threadbare tolerance for LGBTQ+ people in Kenya may be at a breaking point. The Family Protection Bill, has not yet gone before parliament, but a \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenya-could-follow-uganda-east-african-nations-wage-war-lgbt-rights-2023-06-22/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003edraft seen by Reuters\u003c/a\u003e introduces the death penalty for \"aggravated homosexuality,\" which includes gay sex with a minor or disabled person or when a terminal disease is passed on.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has coincided with a disheartening series of events for rights campaigners. In 2019, the country\u0026rsquo;s highest court \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/world/africa/kenya-gay-ban-british.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eupheld a colonial-era law\u003c/a\u003e criminalising same-sex relations. When another court decision affirmed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/ruling-by-kenyas-supreme-court-buoys-lgbtq-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efreedom to associate\u003c/a\u003e for LGBTQ+ Kenyans in 2023, protesters took to the street.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProminent Kenyans like first lady Rachel Ruto have said LGBTQ+ Kenyans are \u003ca href=\"https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2023-03-06-first-lady-to-lead-prayers-against-lgbtq-onslaught-on-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ethreatening family values\u003c/a\u003e. Activists say this type of scapegoating is a regular occurrence, pointing to examples like AI images flooding social media that claimed queer people fueled last year\u0026rsquo;s anti-government protests.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter waiting five years for official documentation, the promise of settling in Kenya is more bitter than sweet for Kevin.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Staying in a country where you face homophobia, in a country where you're not free to do (what) you want to do \u0026mdash; even if I get (refugee status), it won't make any use,\u0026rdquo; Kevin said. \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m not free to be who I am.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.f6068101-4899-4296-a04b-2afdb3ce3514","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 16:20:08.882","publishDate":"2025-02-03 16:20:08.882","caption":"Kevin, an LGBTQ+ asylum seeker, received support from ORAM to start a barber shop in Nairobi, Kenya. 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Thomson Reuters Foundation/Karif Wat","languageId":1,"picture":"/dA/a688653cdfdf8db361c6ea706f0281f5/picture/LGBTQ+_Barbershop_1200.jpg","url":"/content.9199c88b-be8f-4146-913b-7b3c82a4c7e1","titleImage":"picture","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":true,"sortOrder":0,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","pictureType":"photo","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"camera_alt"}]},{"publishDate":"2025-02-03 17:12:17.621","body":"\u003cp\u003eHe is now considering an extreme idea: leaving Nairobi for Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which is in the throes of one of the world\u0026rsquo;s most severe humanitarian crises as it hosts a half-million refugees from war-torn neighbouring Sudan.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHughes described the conditions at the Gorom refugee camp in Juba as \u0026ldquo;extremely dire.\u0026rdquo; It houses more than five times the number of people the camp was built for.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut his experience at Kakuma has coloured Kevin\u0026rsquo;s view \u0026mdash; he thinks Gorom may provide a better chance at eventually reaching Canada or the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"b91a68bb-1292-4db0-9a21-302d1f34bb4e","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"745b8a5549806f706ee949ad76ca4628","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 17:12:17.621","longerReadName":"‘We’ve lost so many lives’: Why LGBTQ+ refugees are giving up on Kenya","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"photo","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Fleeing to another ‘dire’ camp","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","body21":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Almost everyone who was in Kakuma has gone (to South Sudan) this year,\u0026rdquo; said Kevin.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Canadian Press cited the UNHCR as saying that \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/its-not-a-right-kenya-blocking-canadians-from-resettling-lgbtq-refugees/article_447ba3a6-19ed-5d2b-b101-254c3a071366.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e450 LGBTQ+ asylum seekers\u003c/a\u003e from Kakuma have arrived in Juba since January 2024, and that 28 people have been resettled in the United States. The UNHCR confirmed these numbers were accurate as of December.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDevon Matthews, head of programmes at Rainbow Railroad in Toronto, said it is up to refugees themselves to decide what is best for them, but there are challenges for those heading to South Sudan, including resetting the clock by entering in a new queue to be considered for resettlement.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatthews said there is evidence of some recent progress in LGBTQ+ asylum cases in Kenya, but that the \u0026ldquo;Kenyan government is outwardly and earnestly homophobic.\u0026rdquo; For those without an advocate or organisation supporting them, people can \u0026ldquo;get lost in the system,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;We resettled a trans woman who was in Kenya for 13 years recently, who had been stuck in an endless loop of bureaucracy,\u0026rdquo; Matthews said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor now, Kevin remains unsure whether he will attempt the route through South Sudan, but he is encouraged by seeing other LGBTQ+ asylum seekers from Kenya in Gorom.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;When you're alone, it's always hard,\u0026rdquo; Kevin said. \u0026ldquo;But when you're many, you can find a way of surviving.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis story is part of a series supported by Hivos's\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://hivos.org/program/free-to-be-me/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eFree To Be Me\u003c/a\u003e programme.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReporting: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSadiya Ansari\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAdditional reporting: Enrique Anarte-Lazo and Jackson Okata\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditing: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAyla Jean Yackley and Barry Malone\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraphics: Karif Wat\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduction: Beatrice Tridimas\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.1e760737-7208-469d-bbda-319496e0211f","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2025-02-03 16:21:35.054","publishDate":"2025-02-03 16:21:35.054","caption":"Kevin is still deciding whether he will leave Nairobi to make the journey to Juba, South Sudan. 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In 2023, \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Children_in_migration_-_asylum_applicants#Unaccompanied_minors_first-time_asylum_applicants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e13,570\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e unaccompanied Syrian children applied for international protection.\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"ce44d014-5747-4ed0-8d60-010ef6870f93","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"3703dbf5cf23a6b3ae2e1dd6730e0bc7","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"right","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-12 11:47:49.683","longerReadName":"Invisible' refugee children caught in Europe's migration red tape","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"flourish","multimediaType2":"photo","multimediaType1":"flourish","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Numbers on the rise","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","multimediaField3":"story/2765158?1683519","multimediaField1":"story/2765676?1683519","body21":"\u003cp\u003eSeveral European countries put asylum applications from Syrians \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/european-countries-put-syrian-asylum-bids-hold-after-assads-fall-2024-12-09/%20 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eon hold\u003c/a\u003e following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in December. Children and adults can still apply, but their applications will not be examined until the situation becomes clearer.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe true number of children travelling alone through Europe is unknown, as many do not register when they arrive and stay on the move.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Italy, local authorities are only responsible for managing child arrivals if the children choose to stay, said Papes.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnaccompanied children who register with the police are accommodated in official reception centres. But children who do not register miss out on state-run services and access to their rights.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.781096d1-a386-4423-b437-d05f329bc862","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-12 10:34:01.069","publishDate":"2024-12-12 10:34:01.069","caption":"People on the move camp out in abandoned silos, in Trieste, Italy. March 5, 2024. Francesco Pistilli/International Rescue Committee/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation","pictureContentAsset":"c36acb119147cf0ac079f6c43011b1b6/picture","pictureName":"People on the move camp out in abandoned silos, in Trieste, Italy. March 5, 2024","source":"Other sources","title":"People on the move camp out in abandoned silos, in Trieste, Italy. March 5, 2024","baseType":"CONTENT","inode":"67d8368b-26bc-43b2-aaf2-a982b090e488","archived":false,"pictureVersion":"/dA/67d8368b-26bc-43b2-aaf2-a982b090e488/picture/20240304-Italy-FPistilli-AmbassadorVisit-0519.jpg","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","working":true,"credit":"Francesco Pistilli/International Rescue Committee/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation","locked":false,"stInode":"37b0303d3360a602fe9c4fa7bc94a9f6","contentType":"ContextPictures","live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","identifier":"c36acb119147cf0ac079f6c43011b1b6","altText":"People on the move camp out in abandoned silos, in Trieste, Italy. March 5, 2024. Francesco Pistilli/International Rescue Committee/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation","languageId":1,"picture":"/dA/c36acb119147cf0ac079f6c43011b1b6/picture/20240304-Italy-FPistilli-AmbassadorVisit-0519.jpg","url":"/content.67d8368b-26bc-43b2-aaf2-a982b090e488","titleImage":"picture","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":true,"sortOrder":0,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","pictureType":"photo","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"camera_alt"}],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"publishDate":"2024-12-12 11:21:08.191","body":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eChildren are often exposed to violence and danger or exploited by smugglers on journeys to Europe that sometimes take years, said Terry Smith from the European Guardianship Network, an organisation working to improve the services for unaccompanied minors in the EU. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eChildren on the move need legal routes, said Smith. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\"We can't do that because the systems don't exist.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eChildren who apply for asylum in the first country they arrive in can legally transit to another member state where they may have family by requesting for their application to be transferred to that country. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBut strict legal considerations and inconsistent standards between countries make it a long, complex and inefficient process.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eStatistics from the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) show that in 2022 only \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://asylumineurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AIDA_Dublin-Update-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e2% of transfer requests\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e were based on family reunification. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eIn Greece, where arrivals of unaccompanied children have doubled compared to last year, deadlines for applications are often missed because other EU states require time-intensive DNA tests to prove familial relationships, said Lora Pappa, director of METAdrasi, a Greek NGO that works with migrants and refugees.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"238f1575-d5cb-41d7-9e0e-c29867da0021","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"ffbf988102e2e92562192e9e0c27997e","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-12 11:21:08.191","longerReadName":"Invisible' refugee children caught in Europe's migration red tape","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"flourish","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"No safe routes","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","multimediaField1":"visualisation/20702402?1683519","languageId":1,"url":"/content.3f227fac-a2c6-423d-adf3-3e6c1c12d6c0","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"publishDate":"2024-12-12 11:50:07.053","body":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eA \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_20_1707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003enew European migration pact\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e will allow applications for family reunification made by unaccompanied children to be submitted after official deadlines. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBut in November, the IRC and 28 other humanitarian organisations signed a \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/Safeguarding%20the%20Rights%20of%20Unaccompanied%20Children%20at%20EU%20Borders%20_EN%20%281%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003ejoint policy brief\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e calling for stronger safeguarding measures for children in the pact, and the resources to back them up.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThe Pact on Migration and Asylum will apply from 2026. Member states must submit plans for implementing the rules by Dec. 12.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"cba26ac9-11ce-43ff-a26c-64c9156fd628","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"ac6d4c9c5fe986ba780e7565edd80e0e","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"left","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-12 11:50:07.053","longerReadName":"Invisible' refugee children caught in Europe's migration red tape","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"photo","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Doubts about new pact","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","body21":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThe pact aims to \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/whats-new-eu-migration-asylum-deal-2023-12-20/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003ereinforce solidarity\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e between EU members, as irregular migration becomes an increasingly fraught political issue and states trade responsibility for arrivals. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eIt includes measures to strengthen screening procedures and prevent secondary movement between countries to help establish which countries are responsible for handling applications.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBut the rights groups said governments need to back up measures with funding and training to ensure children's vulnerabilities are not overlooked during screening and processing at borders. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\"The pact is a missed opportunity when it comes to child protection,\" said Laetitia Van der Vennet, an expert at the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, a signatory of the policy briefing.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThe pact requires a permanent guardian to be appointed to an unaccompanied minor within 15 days of an asylum application being made in an EU member state. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\"Guardianship services are understaffed, underfunded and don't have sufficient people to be able to cater to the needs of minors. Without changing this, it's going to be impossible to respect (the pact),\" said Eleonora Testi, a legal expert at ECRE.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\u0026quot;134233117\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;134233118\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;335551550\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335551620\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559738\u0026quot;:0,\u0026quot;335559739\u0026quot;:0}\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.15d4ad99-1af1-47dd-b4b6-9aed502244b6","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-12 10:33:20.669","publishDate":"2024-12-12 10:33:20.669","caption":"People on the move receive emergency items and information from the International Rescue Committee's outreach team in the Piazza della Liberta, opposite Trieste Centrale railway station, in Trieste, Italy. 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Inescapable floods.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2024, billions of people across the world faced climatic conditions that broke record after record: logging ever more highs for heat, floods, storms, fire and drought.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the year drew to a close, the conclusion was both blatant and bleak: 2024 was the hottest year since records began, according to European climate scientists.\u003c/p\u003e","publishDate":"2024-12-11 12:15:12.077","contentLevel":"live","source":"Context","updatedDate":"2024-12-11 12:00:00.0","inode":"68dc186d-45be-4826-8773-3b3f574d48b6","numberOfSponsorsToShow":"0","multimediaSource":"none","seoHeadline":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","userNeed":"Give me context","locked":false,"stInode":"cd01f562725c713d9c8a0aa2dbb472b0","contentSubtype":"none","contentType":"ContextLongerRead","identifier":"26f4f6a49a8d68d451c10edb155c5d38","urlTitle":"climate-change-forged-a-new-reality-in-2024-this-is-life-now","customTemplate":"light","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","primaryTopic":"climateRisks","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"homepageHeadline":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","region":"Global","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-11 12:15:12.077","title":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","headlineStyle":"over image","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"working":true,"headline":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","whatSTheContext":"In 2024, billions of people endured heatwaves, storms and floods; 2025 is set to be worse as man-made climate change wreaks havoc","languageId":1,"numberOfSupportersToShow":"0","url":"/content.fdfd0152-92ae-4ac5-a411-7abd5c7e94cf","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","leadMediaType":"photo","publishedDate":"Wed Dec 11 12:00:00 UTC 2024","teaser":"","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","longerReadChapter":[{"publishDate":"2024-12-11 09:39:03.665","body":"\u003cp\u003eIntolerable heat. Unsurvivable storms. Inescapable floods.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2024, billions of people across the world faced climatic conditions that broke record after record, logging ever more highs for heat, floods, storms, fire and drought.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the year drew to a close, the conclusion was both blatant and bleak: 2024 was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/2024-will-be-hottest-year-record-eu-scientists-say-2024-12-09/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehottest year since records began\u003c/a\u003e, according to European climate scientists.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it may not hold this dubious honour for long.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is life now and it's not going to get easier. It's only going to get harder. That's what climate change means,\" said Andrew Pershing, chief programs officer at Climate Central, a U.S.-based non-profit climate advocacy group.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Because we continue to pollute the atmosphere, we're going to get, year after year, warmer and warmer oceans, warmer and warmer lands, bigger and badder storms.\"\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOthers use still bolder language.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We are on the brink of an \u003ca href=\"https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae087/7808595?login=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eirreversible climate disaster\u003c/a\u003e,\" said the 2024 State of the Climate report.\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"0af39fcf-b543-446e-8e03-8e1954177001","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"82f0d1b527e5ded9f9b30a14ac7eb58b","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-11 09:39:03.665","longerReadName":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","title":"no title","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"none","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"CC section 1","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","body21":"\u003cp\u003eHere's how that looked this year, what 2025 holds, and why there are still reasons to be hopeful.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.a3967a5a-c9f8-48fe-8f4b-40aea31e4124","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"no title","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"body31":"\u003cp\u003eThose three months exposed billions of people to extreme heat, heavy rain, deadly floods, storms and wildfires.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriederike Otto of World Weather Attribution, a global team that examines the role of climate change in extreme weather, said heatwaves were a \"game changer\".\u003ca href=\"https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/19705430/\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe world has not caught up: many \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/from-philippines-to-mali-countries-struggle-to-count-heat-deaths\"\u003edeaths go unrecorded\u003c/a\u003e while some African countries lack an official definition for a heatwave, meaning heat action plans don't kick in, she said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is a huge amount of awareness that needs to be had to even adapt to today's heat extremes but, of course, we will see worse,\" Otto told Context.\u003c/p\u003e","publishDate":"2024-12-11 09:47:24.148","body":"\u003cp\u003eThis was the first year when the planet was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than it was in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, a time when humans did not burn fossil fuels on a mass scale, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheer number of days of extreme heat endured by billions of people - from the desert town of Phoenix, Arizona to the desert town of Phalodi in India's Rajasthan - was startling.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSunday, July 21, was the hottest day ever.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-data-shows-july-22-was-earths-hottest-day-on-record/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eJuly 22\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe day after dipped a smidgen cooler.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese consecutive records came during Earth's \u003ca href=\"https://assets.ctfassets.net/cxgxgstp8r5d/47T3SeXG9B40B12GhHW89h/16ed6591ea594637867cc9d7acf0720a/Climate_Central_People_Exposed_to_Climate_Change__June-August_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehottest season on record\u003c/a\u003e - June to August - according to Climate Central.\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"bdec88b4-540c-4a18-bb8e-3c469b35bc6d","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"ae7dbddf042a97a6e124cc75b94253b7","alignment3":"left","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"right","alignment":"left","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-11 09:47:24.148","longerReadName":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"flourish","multimediaType2":"flourish","multimediaType1":"flourish","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"SOS","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","multimediaField3":"visualisation/19705430?1482596","multimediaField2":"visualisation/19647373?1482596","multimediaField1":"visualisation/20479327?1482596","body21":"\u003cp\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.4026892f-0630-4b97-9563-2309b33a5099","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"publishDate":"2024-12-10 11:16:26.118","body":"\u003cp\u003eBetween June 16-24, \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/report/global-heat-review-june-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003emore than 60%\u003c/a\u003e of the world's population suffered from climate change-driven extreme heat.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis included 619 million in India, where more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/india/unrelenting-heatwave-kills-five-indian-capital-2024-06-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e40,000 people suffered heatstroke\u003c/a\u003e and 100+ died over the summer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirds fell from the sky as temperatures neared 50 C (122 F).\u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/india/unrelenting-heatwave-kills-five-indian-capital-2024-06-19/#:~:text=NEW%20DELHI%2FGUWAHATI%2C%20June%2019,from%20heavy%20rain%2C%20authorities%20said\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"364f749f-1e5c-4224-b6fd-fe2dbe2cb68a","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"b8705037affaf7126643d49783893e0b","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-10 11:16:26.118","longerReadName":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"flourish","multimediaType1":"none","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Nine days in June","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","multimediaField2":"visualisation/19706140?1482596","body21":"\u003cp\u003eMillions were affected: from China to Nigeria, Bangladesh to Brazil, Ethiopia to Egypt, Americans and Europeans, too.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClimate Central said one in four people had no break from exceptional heat from June to August, the highs made at least three times more likely by climate change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring those months, 180 cities in the Northern Hemisphere had at least one dangerous extreme heatwave - a phenomenon made 21 times more likely by human action, Climate Central said.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.c5fc9222-bad1-4712-828b-9ecbfd52f472","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Amber Milne","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"publishDate":"2024-12-11 09:48:38.238","body":"\u003cp\u003e\"The number of days where you are starting to push the physiological limits of human survival (are rising), said Pershing, citing Pakistan and the Persian Gulf as two areas that neared breaking point this year.\u003ca href=\"https://pictures.reuters.com/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult\u0026amp;ALID=2C0FQESYXOSY5\u0026amp;PBC=%3a2C0FQESYXOSY5\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHundreds died during the haj pilgrimage to Mecca as Saudi Arabia topped 50 C (122 F).\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"0298e2e3-2647-478f-a2a0-00a88eef34ef","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"5a908dbee04279446b89789e3db228b5","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-11 09:48:38.238","longerReadName":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"flourish","multimediaType1":"none","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Too hot to work","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","multimediaField2":"visualisation/20607500?1482596","body21":"\u003cp\u003eIn the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, Americans broiled under a heat dome when high pressure trapped hot air overhead.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNASA's Earth Observatory said \u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152995/in-the-grip-of-global-heat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eextreme heat\u003c/a\u003e was often exacerbated by hot nights, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/how-urban-heat-islands-are-making-cities-dangerously-warm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003edearth of green space\u003c/a\u003e or air con, or a surfeit of concrete, which absorbs heat.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeat and drought \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/why-is-the-weather-becoming-more-extreme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efuelled wildfires\u003c/a\u003e this year, with blazes in the Mediterranean, United States and Latin America. Fires burned from the \u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153087/fires-char-the-siberian-arctic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSiberian Arctic\u003c/a\u003e to Brazil's \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/why-is-the-worlds-largest-wetland-on-fire\"\u003ePantanal wetlands\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"(The Pantanal) is a wet area that is not supposed to burn for months on end so that is probably something I would look out for next year where we see wildfires in ecosystems that are not traditionally burning ecosystems,\" said Otto.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.23f38c78-80a3-47e9-9069-65e0af4391fb","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"publishDate":"2024-12-10 16:43:15.242","body":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"new normal\" hits the vulnerable hardest.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The people who are succumbing to heat-related deaths are not the millionaires and billionaires,\" said Pershing.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you are a reasonably well-to-do person you can afford air conditioning, you have a vehicle that can get you where you need to go, you have ways to keep yourself cool. If you don't have access to these things or you lose them because of a power outage or another storm, that creates these additional vulnerabilities.\"\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"ebfe7934-b085-447f-a3b5-219fdb753281","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"20d519f8b2a0012a42a2a6ae4d44048f","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-10 16:43:15.242","longerReadName":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"none","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"The most vulnerable","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","body21":"\u003cp\u003eIn Africa, nearly 93% of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/08/extreme-heat-workers-climate-health/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eworkforce faces extreme heat\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the Arabian Peninsula, it is more than 83% of workers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEuropean and Central Asian workers could be next in line.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Otto, the answer to this fast-spreading risk lies in empathy, putting the poor and vulnerable - \"the vast majority of the global population\" - at the centre of climate action.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In Bangladesh, when you put the survival of the poorest in the centre of the action, you actually have a society that is really \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/bangladesh-confronts-growing-threat-of-warming-driven-floods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewell-equipped to deal with tropical cyclones\u003c/a\u003e,\" she said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People know what to do and there are drills and practices.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver linings, though, are rare.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Empathy is in short supply,\" said Otto.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.d059413d-7d3c-41b3-bac7-c87512347fb4","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Amber Milne","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"body31":"\u003cp\u003eClimate Central found a similar link between October's \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/spain-floods-expose-flaws-in-europes-early-warning-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efloods in Spain\u003c/a\u003e and unusually warm waters in the Tropical Atlantic.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman-driven climate change made these elevated sea surface temperatures up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/ocean-csi-spain-floods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e300 times more likely\u003c/a\u003e, Climate Central said.\u003c/p\u003e","publishDate":"2024-12-11 09:39:59.285","body":"\u003cp\u003eOcean temperatures also hit alarming levels in 2024, wreaking havoc on land and sea.\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"e074f9c1-cc6f-4930-a046-345b622b8333","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"5541f26d3190ce1d4c1c2e723a8d8dab","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-12-11 09:39:59.285","longerReadName":"Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"flourish","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Boiling seas","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","multimediaField1":"story/2636371?1482596","body21":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/hurricanes-helene-milton-force-rethink-of-us-disaster-readiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHurricane Milton\u003c/a\u003e came barely two weeks after Hurricane Helene, with abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/hurricane-milton-october-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eturbo-charging the twin storms\u003c/a\u003e that lashed the U.S. Southeast.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In some places in the Gulf of Mexico ... temperatures were 400 times more likely because of climate change,\" Pershing said.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.dfd6380d-9d62-4567-afc1-f5904b71a8a2","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[],"multimediaFileUpload1":[]},{"publishDate":"2024-12-10 14:19:12.42","body":"\u003cp\u003eOtto said this year's extremes, notably Europe's floods, illustrated a \"failure of imagination\" and a refusal to adapt.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We don't just need the \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/ai/ai-enhances-flood-warnings-but-cannot-erase-risk-of-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eweather forecast or warnings\u003c/a\u003e. 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tonnes of carbon dioxide\u003c/a\u003e in 2022, satellite data from Climate Trace showed, equivalent to about 8.6% of Poland's \u003ca href=\"https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eentire CO2 emissions\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSitting on some of the largest coal reserves in Poland, at its 1980s peak Bełchat\u0026oacute;w employed tens of thousands of people.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut rising pressure from the European Union and a lawsuit from the legal non-profit ClientEarth against the PGE subsidiary running the plant, culminated in the company's decision to \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/poland-plans-close-europes-most-polluting-power-plant-by-end-2036-2021-06-08/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eshut it down by 2036\u003c/a\u003e and close the last coal mine by 2038.\u003c/p\u003e","publishDate":"2024-10-31 15:06:13.085","body":"\u003cp\u003eIn the industrial city of Bełchat\u0026oacute;w, the logo of Polish energy giant PGE is plastered on buildings, signposts and the football kits of children dashing to after-school practice.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a nod to the driving force of the local economy: PGE's coal-fired power plant - Europe's biggest and one of the world's top 10 polluters.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the plant is due to close by 2036 as Europe \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/net-zero/peak-coal-predicted-this-year-despite-promises-to-quit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eseeks to slash\u003c/a\u003e planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions, a date which hangs over the city like the clouds of the smoke streaming from its cooling stacks.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Everyone has a friend who works in the mine,\" said Michał Gawrysik, a 40-year-old local shopkeeper. \"Bełchat\u0026oacute;w is the kind of place where nothing else is produced.\"\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"b4788a90-a1f4-42b6-896a-554728283b40","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","body41":"\u003cp\u003eCutting emissions is a condition for Poland receiving 3.85 billion euros ($4.16 billion) from the EU, the largest slice from the bloc's \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/eu-countries-give-final-approval-multibillion-euro-green-transition-fund-2021-06-07/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e17.5-billion-euro Just Transition Fund\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnvironmentalists welcomed the decision to shut the plant, but Bełchat\u0026oacute;w's future hinges on whether it can transform its economy.\u003c/p\u003e","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"ef04082b6fd8b843c6c364fef15125b2","alignment3":"parallax","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"body52":"\u003cp\u003ePGE did not respond to requests for comment. It said in 2021 it was \"fully aware of the societal and economic effects\" of the closure and the need to secure a future for employees and residents, adding that it would spend nearly 1.15 billion euros on investments, with a focus on clean energy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut workers feel they have been kept in the dark.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This whole transformation is a bit like yeti,\" said Krzystof. \"We've heard about it, but no one's seen it.\"\u003c/p\u003e","alignment2":"parallax","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-10-31 15:06:13.085","longerReadName":"Workers at Europe's dirtiest power plant wary of life after coal","title":"no title","multimediaType4":"flourish","multimediaType3":"parallaxPhoto","multimediaType2":"none","multimediaType1":"photo","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Poland coal section 1","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","multimediaField4":"visualisation/19755699?1482596","body21":"\u003cp\u003eSome \u003ca href=\"https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e20,000 people\u003c/a\u003e work in the Bełchat\u0026oacute;w plant, nearby mines and in other related jobs in the region. Closing the plant could spell doom for the city of 55,000 people and the surrounding area.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBełchat\u0026oacute;w also generates around 20% of Poland's electricity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a taboo topic for workers, who preferred not to give surnames, over fear of losing their jobs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's suicide,\" said Krzystof, a miner at Bełchat\u0026oacute;w.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.217ae48a-e923-4f33-87f8-e911c56364eb","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Amber Milne","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","titleVisibility":"no title","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-10-30 13:14:26.872","publishDate":"2024-10-30 13:14:26.872","caption":"Communist-era housing blocs, where people worry about the energy gap that will be left when coal is phased-out in Bełchatów, Poland, September 11, 2024. 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in collaboration with an outside training company and with the support of EU funding.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.c3878cb2-ba50-4f36-8df7-1f9304bcba7f","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Amber Milne","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-10-30 13:08:17.967","publishDate":"2024-10-30 13:08:17.967","caption":"Residents gather to hear about vocational training funding opportunities at the local cultural centre. 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Krukiewicz wants to retrain as a nurse but it wasn\u0026rsquo;t among the \u003ca href=\"https://belchatow.pl/pozyskaj-dofinansowanie-na-zawodowa-reaktywacje/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003elisted courses\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile for small business owners, such as beauty parlour owner Kamila Dorozińska, a future without the plant is hard to predict.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Will people be able to afford a beautician or hairdresser?\" when the plant closes, she asked.\u003c/p\u003e","publishDate":"2024-10-30 14:54:28.47","body":"\u003cp\u003eAt a restaurant where plant workers celebrate their retirement, Robert Sykuła tucks into a slice of cheesecake and thinks of his own last day in four years' time.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the last pit closes in 2038, 73% of the current workforce will be entitled to their retirement pension, according to research from Instrat.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is no longer a young city,\" Sykuła said.\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"6a0e4b20-ff94-41f7-bd6a-55b48210f323","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"8cd39752e50e264ba8aa02df2a1a6e35","alignment3":"right","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"left","alignment":"centered","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-10-30 14:54:28.47","longerReadName":"Workers at Europe's dirtiest power plant wary of life after coal","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"photo","multimediaType2":"photo","multimediaType1":"flourish","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Leave no one behind?","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","multimediaField1":"visualisation/19737791?1482596","body21":"\u003cp\u003eMany of PGE's 7,000 direct employees have a right to \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.pl/web/aktywa-panstwowe/umowa-spoleczna--zielone-swiatlo-dla-utworzenia-nabe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eseverance packages\u003c/a\u003e under a transition deal made between unions, the government and energy companies in 2022.\u003cu\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.pl%2Fweb%2Faktywa-panstwowe%2Fumowa-spoleczna--zielone-swiatlo-dla-utworzenia-nabe\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7CAmber.Milne%40thomsonreuters.com%7C7f6815c80687427c708d08dcf83cd17b%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C638658187339859606%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=hJeSa6ls8NDqyUMrU7kN8h0K%2F3rxIqGsbVeu8iGM0LU%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/u\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the deal does not cover any \u003ca href=\"https://instrat.pl/en/belchatow-en-2021/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efinancial compensation for contract workers\u003c/a\u003e, and this affects some 5,500 contractors in related sectors, like machine maintenance and transportation, Instrat said.\u003cu\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finstrat.pl%2Fen%2Fbelchatow-en-2021%2F\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7CAmber.Milne%40thomsonreuters.com%7C7f6815c80687427c708d08dcf83cd17b%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C638658187339879460%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=pFFEriW%2FmIE1Y9F9EUEsyY7Qoy6BupTh88Jr9RzjvQI%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/u\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe closure could also hit women hard as they are often employed in the service sector, and already make up 61% of Bełchat\u0026oacute;w city's unemployed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"(As a woman) in this town, unless you have a diploma to be a doctor or a nurse, you work in retail or restaurants,\" said Ewa Krukiewicz, 30, who has been out of work for months.\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.5fd4e329-a39d-4419-bca2-0d54d4973ede","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Amber Milne","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-10-30 13:09:43.122","publishDate":"2024-10-30 13:09:43.122","caption":"Kamila, who owns a local beauty parlour, worries about the 'domino effect' for business when the plant complex closes. 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As the daughter of a power plant worker, she feels forgotten by the clean energy transition.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People don't care if (the city) is green,\" she said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBełchat\u0026oacute;w could be left with only \"churches and kebab shops\" by the time the plant and mines close, Krukiewicz quipped.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReporting: Joanna Gill\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditing: Jonathan Hemming, Ana Nicolaci and Jack Graham\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotography: Joanna Gill\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-teams=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGraphics: Diana Baptista\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduction: Amber Milne\u003c/p\u003e","publishDate":"2024-10-30 13:43:33.243","body":"\u003cp\u003eLocals in Bełchat\u0026oacute;w are worried that without new businesses the city could become a ghost town.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCouncillor Rożniatowski said the town needs to establish industrial zones and boost rail connections to encourage large businesses to relocate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTourism could form part of the post-industrial face-lift, such as a new slag heap turned ski-slope, \u003ca href=\"https://pgegiek.pl/aktualnosci/przy-kopalni-belchatow-powstala-blizniacza-gora-kamiensk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eKamieńsk Mountain\u003c/a\u003e, where dumped mining material has created the highest artificial mountain in Poland at 395m (1295.93 ft).\u003c/p\u003e","inode":"c2c822b2-5c9a-4117-b08f-311a9a3c5348","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"712bdd36ee1f61f919df2077a570c2d0","contentType":"ContextLongerReadChapter","identifier":"4e01c6f87172ac192f4f80344cd0fd74","alignment3":"centered","alignment4":"centered","mediaType":"none","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"alignment2":"centered","alignment":"parallax","hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-10-30 13:43:33.243","longerReadName":"Workers at Europe's dirtiest power plant wary of life after coal","title":"full width","multimediaType4":"none","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"photo","multimediaType1":"parallaxPhoto","baseType":"CONTENT","archived":false,"sectionTitle":"Ghost town","working":true,"live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","body21":"\u003cp\u003eBut all efforts to make Bełchat\u0026oacute;w more attractive for businesses will be for nought if it cannot persuade young people they have a future in the city, said local councillors.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany young people appear to have seen the writing on the wall for Bełchat\u0026oacute;w. A 2019 survey said only a third of 16- to 19-year-olds \u003ca href=\"https://belchatow2050.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/raport_belchatow-2050.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eplanned to stay\u003c/a\u003e in the city after their studies.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People are worried about the transformation, and nobody took responsibility,\" said Izabela Warwas, a professor at Ł\u0026oacute;dź University.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe believes that led many people in Bełchat\u0026oacute;w to vote for Patryk Marjan in local elections this year, making him the first far-right candidate from the populist Konfederacja party to become a city mayor in Poland.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarjan said the city should not be \"sacrificed on the altar of the Green Deal\".\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"url":"/content.53636b7d-2658-40bc-8f04-5d17ab2bb3e6","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Amber Milne","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","titleVisibility":"full width","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","leadImage":[],"multimediaFileUpload4":[],"multimediaFileUpload3":[],"multimediaFileUpload2":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-10-30 13:22:33.659","publishDate":"2024-10-30 13:22:33.659","caption":"Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Bełchatów, Poland. 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Nearly all fired by coal, closing these plants could accelerate the global transition to net zero.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo what would it take to close them?\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Context\u0026rsquo;s new series, our correspondents take a closer look at the opportunities and challenges presented by tackling Super Polluters. We spoke to coal miners, plant workers, politicians and more to understand what the barriers are.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnalysis of coal power often focuses on national-level emissions or specific companies, missing the local contexts. Super Polluters are responsible for powering millions of homes and employing thousands of people.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the city depending on \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/just-transition/long-read/workers-at-europes-dirtiest-power-plant-wary-of-life-after-coal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eEurope\u0026rsquo;s largest power plant\u003c/a\u003e, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/just-transition/long-read/the-energy-capital-powering-india-and-poisoning-its-residents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eIndia\u0026rsquo;s energy capital\u003c/a\u003e ravaged by health issues, our reporting gets to the heart of one of the biggest challenges facing the world today.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs leaders consider the future of coal, what will it take to slash emissions from the world\u0026rsquo;s dirtiest power plants? And how can the communities which depend on them find a green future?\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","languageId":1,"numberOfSupportersToShow":"0","url":"/content.f209f6d4-c420-42f8-bb1e-9bbf434dbde8","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Amber Milne","hasLiveVersion":true,"modUser":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","publishedDate":"Thu Oct 31 17:21:00 UTC 2024","teaser":"The world's largest coal-fired power plants fuel economies and climate change","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"event_note","enhancedCollectionTheme":{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-11-01 11:51:19.422","primaryColour":"#292526","publishDate":"2024-11-01 11:51:19.422","title":"Super polluters","baseType":"CONTENT","inode":"64dd15ca-43da-4821-923d-9bec5f1ddec7","archived":false,"host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","working":true,"locked":false,"stInode":"3335c0ee6413bbdd1f76c0c58005693f","contentType":"CollectionTheme","live":true,"owner":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","identifier":"ffa9e9dbaf73736c843de0393b822ecd","languageId":1,"url":"/content.bb49b064-fc2b-48f6-afc7-df02f9e85df9","titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Amber Milne","hasLiveVersion":true,"folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"modUser":"user-05f5ff08-3a2a-4c39-a7ee-d3f754c3b4ed","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"color_lens"},"articlesAndOpinions":[{"publishDate":"2024-10-31 16:55:10.903","contentLevel":"Live","updatedDate":"2024-10-31 16:40:00.0","inode":"aac1432e-5098-402b-8b39-48488bfc7ca9","bodyPart21":"\u003ch2\u003eWhy is China developing new coal?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2022, Beijing said it would keep building coal-powered plants and approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-new-coal-plants-set-become-costly-second-fiddle-renewables-2023-03-22/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e106 gigawatts of new coal-fired\u003c/a\u003e capacity: the most since 2015 and enough to power all of Britain. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDomestic electricity demand is growing and reached a \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-power-demand-growing-faster-than-expected-2024-industry-association-says-2024-10-29/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003erecord peak\u003c/a\u003e this summer due to high temperatures, according to the China Electricity Council.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecurity concerns over energy shortfalls have also led to a rash of new power permits being granted in recent years.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina said its new facilities aim to \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-plunging-coal-plant-approvals-signal-energy-policy-pivot-report-says-2024-08-22/\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eguarantee enough power\u003c/a\u003e to meet peak demand as well as back up its renewable capacity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","userNeed":"Give me context","contentSubtype":"explainer","identifier":"f0d5d875692852e9246c5b7073a5ff52","goDeeperStory2":"d52af890186c39cd0af9838ab961db92","goDeeperStory3":"91b6d81b6090aecc5c39abdfe9742227","goDeeperStory1":"75c3de84d7343e35dbcc864e7de65ff3","howWeGotHereStory1ReutersLink":"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-plunging-coal-plant-approvals-signal-energy-policy-pivot-report-says-2024-08-22/","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"homepageHeadline":"Why is China upping coal power despite green energy boom?","hostName":"context.news","archived":false,"bodyPart41":"\u003ch2\u003eWhat is China doing to transition away from coal?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina says it will start \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/chinas-coal-country-full-steam-ahead-with-new-power-plants-despite-climate-2023-11-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ephasing down coal after 2025\u003c/a\u003e but it is unclear whether new plants will still be approved.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to expanding its renewable sector, China has started decommissioning coal-fired plants and is integrating\u0026nbsp; renewables in its new coal projects.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/chinas-coal-country-full-steam-ahead-with-new-power-plants-despite-climate-2023-11-30/\u0026nbsp;%20\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003enew mega-plant\u003c/a\u003e Yushen Yuheng in China's coal heartland is replacing 702 MW of power from small, less-efficient plants and its construction includes 60 MW of wind power, 260 MW of solar and 100,000 tons annually of carbon capture.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina is a global leader in green jobs and has nearly 4.6 million people \u003ca href=\"https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/10/renewable-energy-jobs-irena-ilo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eemployed in the solar power sector\u003c/a\u003e, according to the World Economic Forum.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut a recent study by the Beijing Institute of Technology stressed the need for policy to support the creation of new industries and jobs, and the retraining of workers during the clean energy transition.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina could \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420724006573#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20the%20International%20Labour,et%20al.%2C%202022)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003elose 8.2 million jobs\u003c/a\u003e in its coal supply chain, with renewables filling a quarter of those, researchers found.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Reporting by Beatrice Tridimas; editing by Lyndsay Griffiths.)\u003c/p\u003e","headline":"Why is China upping coal power despite green energy boom?","whatSTheContext":"The world's largest polluter continues to build coal-fired power plants alongside renewable energy investments","URL_MAP_FOR_CONTENT":"/justTransition/why-is-china-upping-coal-power-despite-green-energy-boom","url":"/content.aac1432e-5098-402b-8b39-48488bfc7ca9","bodyPart31":"\u003ch2\u003eWhat capacity for renewable energy does China have?\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina had over \u003ca href=\"https://www.irena.org/Data/View-data-by-topic/Capacity-and-Generation/Country-Rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e750,000 megawatts\u003c/a\u003e (MW) of renewable energy capacity from wind and solar in 2022, the most of any country in the world and three times that of the next biggest, the United States, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWind and solar capacity in China are expected to surpass coal generation, according to GEM, and have already helped drive a \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-plunging-coal-plant-approvals-signal-energy-policy-pivot-report-says-2024-08-22/\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e7% drop in coal power\u003c/a\u003e output between June 2023 and June 2024, according to joint report GEM compiled with the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut slow integration of renewable power to the grid and poor infrastructure to centres of demand are \u003ca href=\"https://globalenergymonitor.org/report/china-continues-to-lead-the-world-in-wind-and-solar-with-twice-as-much-capacity-under-construction-as-the-rest-of-the-world-combined/\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eslowing progress\u003c/a\u003e, GEM said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","urlMap":"/justTransition/why-is-china-upping-coal-power-despite-green-energy-boom","hasLiveVersion":true,"publishedDate":"Thu Oct 31 16:40:00 UTC 2024","country":[{"China":"China"}],"primarySection":"climate","homepageTeaser":"\u003cp\u003eThe world has pledged to wean itself off 'dirty' coal to slow the pace of climate change, so why is China - already the world's top producer and consumer of coal - upping its output?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina is home to dozens of \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/just-transition/super-polluting-coal-plants-power-economies-and-the-climate-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epolluting coal-fired power plants\u003c/a\u003e and emits more greenhouse gasses than any other nation.\u003c/p\u003e","source":"Context","body":"\u003cp\u003eThe world has pledged to wean itself off 'dirty' coal to slow the pace of climate change, so why is China - already the world's top producer and consumer of coal - upping its output?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina is home to dozens of \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/just-transition/super-polluting-coal-plants-power-economies-and-the-climate-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epolluting coal-fired power plants\u003c/a\u003e and emits more greenhouse gasses than any other nation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut to keep global warming below the internationally agreed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) threshold, countries must \u003ca href=\"https://www.iea.org/reports/from-taking-stock-to-taking-action/executive-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003equit their coal habit\u003c/a\u003e, retire plants early and run existing plants less, according to the International Energy Agency.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina has said the country will start cutting coal between \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-says-china-will-phase-down-coal-consumption-over-2026-2030-2021-04-22/\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e2026 and 2030\u003c/a\u003e but is yet to commit to a full phase-out.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a smart hedge ahead of losing its coal, China has emerged as a global leader in renewable energy - but continues to \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/china-2023-coal-power-approvals-rose-putting-climate-targets-risk-2024-02-22/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003edevelop harmful coal-fired power\u003c/a\u003e in the interim. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are the facts about coal and China you need to know:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow big is China\u0026rsquo;s coal industry?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina mined a record \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-has-more-than-1-bln-tonsyear-new-coal-mines-pipeline-report-says-2024-09-10/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e4.7 billion metric tons\u003c/a\u003e of coal in 2023 and is developing mines to produce an extra billion tons each year, according to U.S.-based Global Energy Monitor (GEM), a non-governmental organisation that tracks energy projects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn coal-intensive regions such as Shaanxi, in northern China, coal mining employs up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-in-net-zero-transitions/executive-summary\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e8% of the local workforce\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClimate justice advocates say countries that rely heavily on coal for jobs face a \u003ca href=\"https://www.wri.org/insights/countries-phasing-out-coal-power-fastest#:~:text=China%20is%20predicted%20to%20reach,role%20for%20decades%20to%20come\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eharder transition\u003c/a\u003e to clean energy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts two biggest polluting power plants \u0026ndash; Togtoh Power Station in Inner Mongolia and Huadian Laizhou in Shandong province \u0026ndash; each produced over 27 million tons of CO2 in 2022, according to Climate Trace, an organisation that tracks greenhouse gas emissions through tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pollution from each mega-plant roughly matches the emissions of seven standard coal-fired power plants, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator#results\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eU.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","howWeGotHereStory1Title":"China's plunging coal plant approvals signal energy policy pivot, report says","numberOfSponsorsToShow":0,"multimediaSource":"Youtube","seoHeadline":"Why is China upping coal power despite green energy boom?","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"0c1fe4e050678a90a8e3295d2d5f3fd9","contentType":"ContextArticle","howWeGotHereStory2ReutersLink":"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/china-2023-coal-power-approvals-rose-putting-climate-targets-risk-2024-02-22/","urlTitle":"why-is-china-upping-coal-power-despite-green-energy-boom","typeOfContent":"evergreen","primaryTopic":"justTransition","howWeGotHereStory2Title":"China 2023 coal power approvals rose, putting climate targets at risk","region":"AsiaPacific","modDate":"2024-10-31 16:55:10.903","title":"Why is China upping coal power despite green energy boom?","multimediaType3":"flourish","multimediaType2":"flourish","multimediaType1":"flourish","baseType":"CONTENT","working":true,"howWeGotHereStory3ReutersLink":"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-has-more-than-1-bln-tonsyear-new-coal-mines-pipeline-report-says-2024-09-10/","live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","multimediaField3":"story/2671062?1683519","multimediaField2":"story/2668972?1683519","multimediaField1":"visualisation/19928723?1683519","howWeGotHereStory3Title":"China has more than 1 billion tons/year of new coal mines in pipeline, report says","languageId":1,"articleTags":[{"Cleanpower":"Clean power"},{"Fossilfuels":"Fossil fuels"},{"Net-zero":"Net-zero"},{"Climatepolicy":"Climate policy"}],"otherSectionsAndTopics":[{"NetZero":"CLI - Net Zero"}],"numberOfSupportersToShow":0,"titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","leadMediaType":"Photo","teaser":"The world's largest polluter continues to build coal-fired power plants alongside renewable energy investments","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"keyboard"},{"publishDate":"2024-10-31 09:42:43.269","contentLevel":"Live","updatedDate":"2024-10-29 11:27:00.0","inode":"8e1b4d95-bde3-41f2-b0ac-fcf8eea34399","bodyPart21":"\u003cp\u003eAnalysis of coal power often focuses on national-level emissions or specific companies, which can miss the local contexts of the world's largest polluters and the development priorities they support.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany super polluting plants, for example, are in China and developing Asian countries, where growing electricity demand is fuelling reliance on coal-fired power.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When you replace coal, you need to replace the services that it provides,\" said Carlos Fern\u0026aacute;ndez Alvarez, chief coal expert at the International Energy Agency (IEA). \"If you close the coal mine, life in that town won't be the same.\"\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeeting global climate targets to restrict global warming to 1.5 C requires a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003erapid shift away from coal\u003c/a\u003e, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt last year's U.N. COP28 \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/just-transition/without-fairness-fossil-fuel-phase-out-flounders-at-cop28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eclimate talks in Dubai\u003c/a\u003e, world leaders agreed for the first time to a \"just, orderly and equitable\" transition away from fossil fuels, and will meet in Baku, Azerbaijan next month to discuss how to finance developing countries' efforts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut governments have to balance these commitments with keeping the lights on, with global electricity demand expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-set-to-rise-strongly-this-year-and-next-reflecting-its-expanding-role-in-energy-systems-around-the-world\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003egrow by 4%\u003c/a\u003e this year, according to the IEA.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","userNeed":"Broaden my perspective","contentSubtype":"none","identifier":"75c3de84d7343e35dbcc864e7de65ff3","goDeeperStory2":"d52af890186c39cd0af9838ab961db92","goDeeperStory3":"91b6d81b6090aecc5c39abdfe9742227","goDeeperStory1":"3ee4e23c5d27babd79fa20089510dd7b","howWeGotHereStory1ReutersLink":"https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/india-asks-utilities-order-33-bln-equipment-this-year-boost-coal-power-output-2024-07-03/","folder":"SYSTEM_FOLDER","hasTitleImage":false,"sortOrder":0,"homepageHeadline":"Super polluting coal plants fuel economies and the climate crisis","hostName":"context.news","archived":false,"bodyPart41":"\u003ch2\u003e'Just, orderly and equitable'\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs countries consider the future of coal, Fern\u0026aacute;ndez Alvarez from the IEA said zoning in on individual plants demonstrated the scale of the just transition challenge.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn coal-intensive regions, the entire local economy may rely on the industry, presenting the challenge of not just finding new jobs for those directly engaged in the sector, but also the many others in the supply chain and services.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Belchatow, Poland, for example, the most polluting power plant in Europe is the biggest employer in the region, with some \u003ca href=\"https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9621\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e20,000 people working\u003c/a\u003e in the plant, mines and other coal-linked sectors.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA region developed around a single industry needs to diversify, said Antonina Scheer, a policy fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When it comes to coal, if there's no other natural resources there, it's not obvious what you do with that area,\" said Scheer. It is also hard to attract finance for reskilling workers, she said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFunding the transition\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinancing the shift away from coal remains a key challenge for leaders at the next COP meeting in Azerbaijan.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt can be hard to get financing to close plants, which may have debts or power purchase agreements to supply electricity for decades to come, especially for countries with younger plants expected to generate returns on investment.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile clean energy attracts investment because it has clear returns, shuttering power plants is costly and often falls to the public sector, the Grantham Institute's Scheer said.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The closure is always much more difficult to find financing,\" she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne option for generating finance is the burgeoning carbon credit market that offers companies credits in exchange for money towards removing carbon from the atmosphere.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Rockefeller Foundation's Coal to Clean Credits initiative, for example, future carbon saved by early retirement of power plants generates credits to cover costs like lost revenue to asset owners, investing in clean power and worker compensation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoal-dependent low-income countries such as Vietnam and South Africa are also seeking investment from wealthy governments through Just Energy Transition Partnerships.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut so far, \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-justice/uncertainty-over-coal-jobs-ahead-of-south-africa-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eprogress has been slow\u003c/a\u003e, with poorer nations unwilling to transition away from coal without significant grants from richer countries.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Reporting by Beatrice Tridimas and Jack Graham; Additional reporting by Bhasker Tripathi, Joanna Gill and Kim Harrisberg; Editing by Jon Hemming.)\u003c/p\u003e","headline":"Super polluting coal plants fuel economies and the climate crisis","whatSTheContext":"Moving on from the world's dirtiest power plants presents a huge climate opportunity but social risk","URL_MAP_FOR_CONTENT":"/justTransition/super-polluting-coal-plants-power-economies-and-the-climate-crisis","url":"/content.c6dc6e05-a7e9-4586-872d-1c7041b90d63","bodyPart31":"\u003ch2\u003ePhase out or phase down?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndia and China were home to 52 of the world's top 100 polluting plants in 2022, according to satellite data from \u003ca href=\"https://climatetrace.org/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eClimate Trace\u003c/a\u003e, an organisation that uses technology to track greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe countries have yet to commit to phasing out coal, instead prioritising electricity supply, including a rapid expansion of renewable energy to complement coal.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor example, there are no plans yet to shut down India's largest super polluting power plant, Vindhyachal STPP, given the 4.76 gigawatts it supplies to hundreds of thousands of homes in India each year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plant is piloting carbon capture to try to \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/net-zero/cop28-climate-dispute-what-are-unabated-fossil-fuels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecurb emissions\u003c/a\u003e, but these technologies are yet to be proven at a scale to make a meaningful dent in fossil fuel emissions. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is harder for developing nations with growing populations and energy demands to move away from coal, said Dina Azhgaliyeva, a senior researcher at the Asian Development Bank Institute.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDeveloping Asian countries need investment to help build up battery storage technology to level out a varying supply, Azhgaliyeva said.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Reliable energy supply is really important before shutting down power plants,\" she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","urlMap":"/justTransition/super-polluting-coal-plants-power-economies-and-the-climate-crisis","hasLiveVersion":true,"publishedDate":"Tue Oct 29 11:27:00 UTC 2024","country":[{"Global":"Global"},{"China":"China"},{"India":"India"},{"Poland":"Poland"}],"primarySection":"climate","homepageTeaser":"\u003cp\u003eShuttering the world's dirtiest power plants could help to eliminate vast amounts of planet-heating emissions that are threatening \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/what-is-the-world-doing-about-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003einternational climate goals\u003c/a\u003e of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit).\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom India to Poland, these \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/net-zero/peak-coal-predicted-this-year-despite-promises-to-quit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esuper polluting power plants\u003c/a\u003e most often run on coal and emit tens of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","source":"Context","body":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLargest coal plants have disproportionate climate impact\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShutting coal plants has social and economic consequences\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinance for plant closures more difficult than renewables\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONDON - Shuttering the world's dirtiest power plants could help to eliminate vast amounts of planet-heating emissions that are threatening \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/what-is-the-world-doing-about-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003einternational climate goals\u003c/a\u003e of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit).\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom India to Poland, these \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/just-transition/peak-coal-predicted-this-year-despite-promises-to-quit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esuper polluting power plants\u003c/a\u003e most often run on coal and emit tens of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut simply shutting them down is no easy feat.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContext spoke with workers and experts across the globe about the social and economic barriers to bringing an end to \"super polluter\" coal-fired power plants that have a disproportionate impact on climate change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is a small set of very egregious emitters that are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution emitted by the sector,\" said Don Grant, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder who focuses on high-polluting power plants.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to his research, the top 10 highest emitting power plants in 2018 released carbon at rates up to \u003ca href=\"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac13f1/pdf\u0026nbsp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e75% higher\u003c/a\u003e per unit of electrical power than other plants in their countries, underscoring the importance of focusing the climate fight on super-polluting coal-fired plants.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","howWeGotHereStory1Title":"Exclusive: India asks utilities to order $33 billion in equipment this year to boost coal power output","numberOfSponsorsToShow":0,"multimediaSource":"Youtube","seoHeadline":"Super polluting coal plants fuel economies and the climate 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Deeper","baseType":"CONTENT","working":true,"howWeGotHereStory3ReutersLink":"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/cop28-deal-fossil-fuels-gives-impetus-just-transition-2023-12-18/","live":true,"owner":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","multimediaField3":"visualisation/19927537?1683519","multimediaField2":"visualisation/19872385?1683519","howWeGotHereStory3Title":"Explainer: COP28 deal on fossil fuels gives impetus to 'just transition'","languageId":1,"articleTags":[{"Cleanpower":"Clean power"},{"Fossilfuels":"Fossil fuels"},{"Energyefficiency":"Energy efficiency"},{"Net-zero":"Net-zero"},{"Climatepolicy":"Climate policy"}],"otherSectionsAndTopics":[{"NetZero":"CLI - Net Zero"}],"numberOfSupportersToShow":0,"titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Beatrice Tridimas","modUser":"user-90875411-8732-418e-81c6-8746d442c300","leadMediaType":"Photo","teaser":"Moving on from the world's dirtiest power plants presents a huge climate opportunity but social risk","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"keyboard"},{"publishDate":"2024-11-12 15:35:53.313","contentLevel":"Live","updatedDate":"2024-11-12 10:45:00.0","inode":"7415bcf9-590c-4041-bdef-4f70405f262b","bodyPart21":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich countries use the most coal energy and why?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile coal use is gradually falling, Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine led to global demand \u003ca href=\"https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-2023/executive-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003erising to record highs.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than half the world's \u003ca href=\"https://climatetrace.org/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003etop 100 polluting power plants\u003c/a\u003e are in China and India, according to satellite data from Climate Trace, an organisation that tracks greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina is expected to reach peak coal in 2025, but has pledged to wind down its use by 2030, but India has no plans to retire coal plants before that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShutting an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of workers, in both mines and plants, is costly and complex.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolutions for financing such a big transition include the Asian Development Bank's Energy Transition Mechanism and the European Union's Just Transition Fund.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut more money is needed to support developing countries, say climate finance analysts.\u003c/p\u003e","userNeed":"Give me 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managed to quit coal power?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany European countries have \u003ca href=\"https://www.wri.org/insights/countries-phasing-out-coal-power-fastest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ephased out coal power completely. \u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreece and Britain were the fastest, followed by Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Romania and Germany, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wri.org/insights/countries-phasing-out-coal-power-fastest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eWorld Resources Institute.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOutside Europe, the fastest reductions were in the United States, Israel and Chile.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to the IEA, ramping up renewables, improving energy efficiency, cutting methane emissions and increasing electrification with new technologies could deliver \u003ca href=\"https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-roadmap-a-global-pathway-to-keep-the-15-0c-goal-in-reach/executive-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003emore than 80% of the drop in emissions\u003c/a\u003e needed by 2030.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountries with the quickest coal exit plans generally have high incomes\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c/strong\u003esmall populations, lower electricity demands and relied on coal imports and ageing power plants.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut even countries with large coal mining sectors, like Greece and the United States, were able to reduce coal power.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is a just transition?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA just transition would ensure that workers and affected communities do not pay an excessive price as their nations switch to a future free of fossil fuels.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe International Labour Organization defines it as \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilo.org/regions-and-countries/europe-and-central-asia/areas-work/enterprises-development/green-jobs-and-just-transition-eastern-europe-and-central-asia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\"greening the economy\"\u003c/a\u003e in a fair and inclusive way, and a switch that spawns job opportunities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne example is via financial support.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor example, the EU is due to pay Poland 3.85 billion euros ($4 billion), the largest slice of the bloc's 17-billion-euro ($19-billion) Just Transition Fund.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fund aims to support people most affected with retraining in renewable energy, compensation, and financial lifelines to coal-rich regions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis article was updated on November 12, 2024 to include a new report from the Coal Transmission Commission.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Reporting by Joanna Gill; Editing by Lyndsay Griffiths.)\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","urlMap":"/justTransition/peak-coal-predicted-this-year-despite-promises-to-quit","hasLiveVersion":true,"publishedDate":"Thu Oct 17 11:00:00 UTC 2024","country":[{"Global":"Global"}],"primarySection":"climate","homepageTeaser":"\u003cp\u003eCoal has powered the world's factories, heated homes and fuelled economies for two centuries and it is still \u003ca href=\"https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-mid-year-update-july-2024/demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewidely used to generate electricity\u003c/a\u003e despite global promises to kick the habit and save the climate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut coal is the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel and a big emitter of planet-warming carbon dioxide.\u003c/p\u003e","source":"Context","body":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal coal use expected to peak this year\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChina and India have majority of worst-polluting coal\u0026nbsp;plants\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany European countries have phased out coal completely\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBRUSSELS -\u0026nbsp;Coal has powered the world's factories, heated homes and fuelled economies for two centuries and it is still \u003ca href=\"https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-mid-year-update-july-2024/demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewidely used to generate electricity\u003c/a\u003e despite global promises to kick the habit and save the climate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut coal is the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel and a big emitter of planet-warming carbon dioxide.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt U.N. COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan on Tuesday, the Coal Transition Commission, chaired by France and Indonesia, published its first report on how to finance, accelerate and scale up the \u003ca href=\"https://poweringpastcoal.org/news/ambitious-action-on-coal-phase-out-must-underpin-the-2025-ndcs/#:~:text=Co-chaired%20by%20the%20governments,and%20clean%20energy%20for%20all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003emove from coal to clean energy.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench Energy Minister Agn\u0026egrave;s Pannier-Runacher, said the report laid out a clear path towards raising the billions needed for the transition so that \"no country has to choose between fighting poverty and fighting climate change\".\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoal use must \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efall by 80% from 2010 levels\u003c/a\u003e by 2030 to meet the global aim to hold warming to within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, in line with the 2016 Paris climate agreement, according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere's what you need to know about burning coal, how it affects climate change and which countries are phasing out coal-fired plants.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is burning coal so bad for the planet?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurning coal produces large quantities of polluting emissions that contribute to respiratory illnesses.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also releases carbon dioxide, which traps heat in the atmosphere, \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/why-is-the-weather-becoming-more-extreme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eleading to climate change\u003c/a\u003e and impacts ranging from drought to wildfires, floods to tropical storms.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe power sector must be \u003ca href=\"https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-in-net-zero-transitions/executive-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecompletely decarbonised in advanced economies\u003c/a\u003e by 2035, and worldwide by 2040, to keep temperature rises within 1.5C, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet every year, about 15.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide are \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/more-than-800-coal-plants-worldwide-could-be-profitably-decommissioned-research-2024-06-17/#:~:text=Around%2015.5%20billion%20metric%20tons,threshold%20of%201.5%20degrees%20Celsius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eemitted into the atmosphere\u003c/a\u003e by coal power stations.\u003c/p\u003e","howWeGotHereStory1Title":"COP29 countries endorse global carbon market framework","numberOfSponsorsToShow":0,"multimediaSource":"Youtube","seoHeadline":"How do coal-fired power plants help drive climate change?","host":"a3e5623ed14bac2488d71df6d734ffdb","locked":false,"stInode":"0c1fe4e050678a90a8e3295d2d5f3fd9","contentType":"ContextArticle","howWeGotHereStory2ReutersLink":"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/cop29-what-are-key-issues-un-climate-summit-baku-2024-11-07/","urlTitle":"peak-coal-predicted-this-year-despite-promises-to-quit","typeOfContent":"evergreen","primaryTopic":"justTransition","howWeGotHereStory2Title":"COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?","modDate":"2024-11-12 15:35:53.313","title":"How do coal-fired power plants help drive climate change?","multimediaType3":"none","multimediaType2":"photo","multimediaType1":"Go Deeper","baseType":"CONTENT","working":true,"howWeGotHereStory3ReutersLink":"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/britain-become-first-g7-country-end-coal-power-last-plant-closes-2024-09-29/","live":true,"owner":"user-051a318d-d568-4f79-a525-a0aa2413719e","howWeGotHereStory3Title":"Britain to become first G7 country to end coal power as last plant closes","languageId":1,"articleTags":[{"Cleanpower":"Clean power"},{"Fossilfuels":"Fossil fuels"},{"Net-zero":"Net-zero"}],"otherSectionsAndTopics":[{"NetZero":"CLI - Net Zero"}],"numberOfSupportersToShow":0,"titleImage":"TITLE_IMAGE_NOT_FOUND","modUserName":"Noah Anthony Zbigniew Enahoro","modUser":"user-051a318d-d568-4f79-a525-a0aa2413719e","leadMediaType":"Photo","teaser":"Success at COP29 hinges on China and India, but there is still time to switch from coal and save the planet, experts say","__icon__":"contentIcon","contentTypeIcon":"keyboard"}],"podcastEpisode":[],"enhancedSummary":[{"hostName":"context.news","modDate":"2024-11-01 11:48:10.696","publishDate":"2024-11-01 11:48:10.696","title":"sec 1","body":"\u003cp\u003eThe world\u0026rsquo;s dirtiest power plants have a disproportionate impact on climate change. Nearly all fired by coal, closing these plants could accelerate the global transition to net zero.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo what would it take to close them?\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Context\u0026rsquo;s new series, our correspondents take a closer look at the opportunities and challenges presented by tackling Super Polluters. 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