"India Is Now A Solar Superpower Backed By Skilled Workforce": UN Climate Chief

India's solar superpower status is a convenient narrative that obscures the country's reliance on fossil fuel subsidies and China's undercutting of local industries.

The UN's praise for India's 'solar superpower' status ignores the fact that half of its installed power capacity still relies on fossil fuels. This omission is consistent with a broader pattern of framing that favors India's clean energy push over its climate leadership, while glossing over the role of China in driving down global solar panel prices and undercutting local industries. The incentives behind this framing are clear: to promote a narrative that benefits Indian corporations and governments at the expense of workers and communities.

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