India's Gati Shakti plan could spur clean energy investment. : The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its latest ‘sustainable recovery tracker’, has observed that carbon emissions are set to rebound as countries focus on economic recovery post the Covid pandemic. The IEA noted that global energy-related CO2 emissions are currently on track for the second largest single-year rebound in history in absolute terms, erasing most of the pandemic-related reduction from 2020. “This 2021 rebound has been driven by increased electricity consumption, particularly in Asia, where coal power generation is prevalent.