India and China collectively represents an important economic polarity in the contemporary world. Together with substantial economic growth and improvement in other developmental indicators, they provide increased stability to the global economic and political order. As expected, a large part of this substantial economic growth is driven by substantial energy needs. Although there has been substantial decoupling of energy and economic growth, the nature and character of this decoupling is a matter of concern for policymakers and politicians alike. The more significant bulwark that is navigating choices for energy has been due to the concern for the environment- local and global (climate change). It would be interesting to assess these choices (energy and environmental; particularly with response to challenges posed due to climate change) between India and China in a comparative framework. Through studying …