Alok Raj Gupta

Energy & Natural Resource Economist

[Ullekh NP/ഉല്ലേഖ് എൻപി @Ullekh]

Hype vs hope: Why the Indian government & the private sector are gung-ho about green hydrogen. Do the pros outweigh the cons as India seeks to cut its dependence on ff imports?

Experts share their views
@alokrg @NITIAayog
https://t.co/9FgxGUaQ3V

[Open Magazine @Openthemag]

The Green Hydrogen Moment: India seeks to cut its dependence on fossil fuel imports, writes @Ullekh https://t.co/LLAKXXEJ8L

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

@passportsevamea I hv nt yet rcvd my wife's passport. You are providing misleading updates. There has been no sms/email regarding dispatch. Last formal update hs nt changed for a month. Pls provide a correct status (file no. GZ1077249598022) @rpoghaziabad @meaMADAD Passport need is time sensitive

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

Applied for reissuance on 10th dec, police verification done on 14th but for >10 days status says under review at PSK Ghaziabad (file no. GZ1077249339222 - Kritika Mathur Gupta). Phone constantly busy - customer care says no info. Please help ASAP. @passportsevamea @rpoghaziabad

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

@passportsevamea @rpoghaziabad @DrSJaishankar Passport has not been received yet. Status same since my 1st tweet in over a week. Haven't receivd sms/email regarding dispatch. RPO never picks up the phone. PassportSeva site says no date available for query appointment @ psk either. Very upsetting exp. (Ref: GZ1077249339222).

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

@passportsevamea Ok but status on https://t.co/G07GeFajdF says it is still under review. I have neither received any sms nor any email regarding the passport dispatch. Pls confirm/dm the speed post tracking number if possible. Why this mismatch in updation? @rpoghaziabad @DrSJaishankar

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Countries at #COP27 pledged funding to the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) to close the gaps in essential weather and climate data for the most vulnerable countries to strengthen resilience.

More via @WMO: https://t.co/3eiFwMHV9O

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

US is responsible for a fifth of global cumulative #carbon #emissions. It's really hard to debate with the idea of common but differentiated responsibility (CBDR).

Very informative thread by @DrSimEvans on global GHG emissions landscape. #climatechange

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

@CarbonBrief Here's the top 10 countries in terms of their cumulative emissions between 1850-2021

US = 20%
CN = 11%
RU = 7%
BR = 5%
ID = 4%
DE = 4%
IN = 3%
UK = 3%
JP = 3%
CA = 3%

https://t.co/20xX6yOSHi

[Catherine Abreu @catabreu_]

BREAKING: at #COP27, the UN Secretary General’s high-level expert group is releasing a new standard to turn empty net-zero commitments into meaningful climate action. Stick with me for details - it’s very good news 🧵

[Dan Ondu @Ondu_Ke]

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #COP27

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

Oh mother! And worse, no one will be alive to see the climate catastrophe play out. #COP27

[David Ho @_david_ho_]

At this point, maybe we should ask women for help. #COP27

[John Reed 🏳️‍🌈 @JohnReedwrites]

Morgan Stanley predicts a “coming decade of outperformance” for #India: “We forecast that India will be the third-largest economy by 2027, with its GDP more than doubling from the current $3.4tn to $8.5tn over the next 10 years.”
https://t.co/rhpBfdjsJ7

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

My economics professor at grad school (whose doctoral mentor was the great economist, Paul Samuelson, at MIT) had once said that we can solve the #ClimateChange problem if the world planted + maintained 100 billion trees. Simple.

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

Outcomes of climate summits and negotiations would be very different if only those under 40 years of age were to participate and take decisions. Perspective, politics, and priorities are very different for the old and the young. #ClimateCrisis #COP27 #ClimateAction

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The transition to net-zero emissions must be rapid, global, inclusive & just.
It must be country-led, country-driven & supported by the international community.

Initiatives like the Global Accelerator on Jobs & Social Protection for Just Transitions can help leave no one behind.

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

Finally, something light up to the spirit of common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR). #COP27 #ClimateAction #ClimateChange

[COP27 @COP27P]

For the first time since the adoption of the UN climate convention, Parties agreed to introduce #LossAndDamage funding as an agenda item at the climate conference. (1/2) #COP27

[Alexandria Villaseñor @AlexandriaV2005]

There are so many blocked websites in Egypt at #COP27 , that it is noticeable and hard for us to work. We can't use our @Earth_Uprising Medium site, because Medium is blocked. News agencies we refer to are blocked.
There is no climate action without truth and information.

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

And the world leaders took note, and fixed the problem, and we all lived happily ever after.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

I have just warned global leaders at #COP27:

We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.

Our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible.

We need urgent #ClimateAction.

[Alok Raj Gupta @alokrg]

$190 bil worth subsidies given across #G20 in 2021 alone on hydrocarbons. High subsidies lead 2 sustained - even increased consumption, this amount is >50% of the financing required 2 support developing nations 2 fight #climatechange, of which just <10% has been provided. #COP27