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This caught me as I was leaving for Malaysia.
https://time.com/6246057/india-coal-solar-power-climate-fight/
Sticking to 1.5 is bad faith and dishonest. 1.1 is already a disaster
"The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates India needs $1.4 trillion in additional investment in coming decades to align its energy system with global climate targets."
The implication is that progress comes from leveraging money. No other social factors are cultural factors are taken into account as possible leverage points.
"leaders in India insist that they have the right to power up using coal."
This next seems core,
"Political leaders across the Global North and South can reform the institutions that govern the global economy, ensuring that the market decisively favors clean energy over fossil fuels. Or, we can all bid farewell to global climate targets and gird ourselves for the far more costly dangers that come next."
The article does not deal with the numbers about the scale and available resources and does imply that the market and fiance will drive the process and succeed. Let's look good so long as we have not yet fallen off the cliff.