CJI Surya Kant Highlights Need for Balanced Climate Justice and Fair Energy Transition

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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant emphasized the need for courts to balance environmental protection with development needs during the Commonwealth Policy Dialogue on Climate Justice in London. He highlighted the unequal burden on developing countries urged to rapidly transition to renewable energy, contrasting their situation with nations that industrialized over centuries using fossil fuels. Kant also noted the environmental and social costs of minerals essential for clean energy and called for fair distribution of transition responsibilities without imposing new hardships on vulnerable communities.