or expanding dozens of mines in the coming years and also plans to import coal. and the demand that rajini vaidyanathan describes connects to india s economic development. to some, this is non negotiable. india cannot live without coal. our country is a developing country. coal is one of the major resources for the indians. if we stop the coal production under pressure of the world community, then how can we maintain our livelihoods? the answer may lie in moving from one abundant resource to another, from coal to sunshine. it is cheaper to build a solarfarm in india than anywhere else on the planet. india wants 40% of its electricity capacity from non fossil fuels by 2030, its expanding output to a50 gigawatts. but it has a long way to go. now at present only, 100 gigawatts
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are directly or indirectly employed in india s coal industry, and the coal consumption is only going up because of an expanding middle class. they are buying air conditioners, there refrigerators, so the electricity usage is going up. and india continues to import coal. in fact there was a coal shortage in parts of india recently, and there was little stock of strategic reserves of imported coals, and india s coal consumption continues to rise because of that. and in the coming days we can see more new coal mines being opened for use. also in this leak is japan. the documents reveal that it s arguing in favour of something called carbon capture and storage. that s an emerging and currently expensive technology designed to suck c02 out of the atmosphere and store it underground. rupert wingfield hayes has more from tokyo. japan stands out a bit, because
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so that s saudi arabia. the leak also reveals that a senior australian government official rejects the un s conclusion that closing coal fired power plants is necessary. that s despite ending the use of coal being one of the stated objectives of the upcoming cop26 conference in glasgow. then there s india the world s second largest consumer of coal, after china. its prime minister narendra modi is going to cop26. he s previously stated that we in india are doing our part. but a senior scientist from india s central institute of mining and fuel research, which has strong links to the indian government, says coal is likely to remain the mainstay of energy production in the next few decades for sustainable economic growth of the country . our correspondent in delhi is vineet kar. it would not be wrong to say that coal is sort of a lifeline for a lot of poor communities to keep, they use coal to keep themselves warm, to cook food. i was recently reading a report that said as many as 4