How can renewable energy models put people first?

How can renewable energy models put people first?

As with any large infrastructure push, renewable energy (RE) expansion can bring unintended consequences for the communities living in and around project sites, such as reducing access to arable land, disrupting livelihoods, and reshaping local economies. In Sujanpura, Gujarat, with the construction of a solar power plant, for instance, pastoralists have lost their grazing grounds. Families now spend INR 200–300 a day on hay for their livestock—…