Media Mention•Jun 05, 2021
Punjab Signs Pact to Launch Use of Emissions Trading Scheme
The Tribune, one of North India's largest circulated English dailies, reports on the launch of the emissions trading scheme in Punjab on it's website
Via The Tribune
Chandigarh, June 5: In a bid to address the problem of growing industrial air pollution, the Punjab government on Saturday announced partnership with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC India) to launch the use of an emissions trading scheme (ETS).
The state’s Industry and Commerce and the Science, Technology and Environment Departments would work with them to design and establish pollution markets in Punjab.
The partnership includes providing technical assistance and capacity building to public officials to effectively use data and research evidence from established and functioning emissions trading market in Surat in Gujarat.