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Coal, hydropower nergy transitions involve state-sanctioned violence: Study

Coal and hydropower energy transitions in India are characterised by significant state-sanctioned violence, which can marginalise Indigenous and frontline communities. While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has declared that all coal production must be phased out by 2050 to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, India is in the midst of a transition toward increased coal production, the University of California Irvine, US, research found.