Aditi Sinha
India had, at COP26, declared to the world its strong commitments to attain net zero status by 2070. The target...
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Aditi Sinha
The centrepiece climate change event of 2021 is over, and an agreement has been reached. The Glasgow Pact managed to...
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Aditi Sinha
For nearly three decades, the UN has been bringing together countries for global climate summits, known as COPs, or the...
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Aditi Sinha
In about a week from today, world leaders will gather at COP26 in Glasgow. The pressure is on for countries to urgently ramp...
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Aditi Sinha
We spoke with Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy at the Smith School and the School of...
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Manu Maudgal and Akanksha Golchha
The Covid-19 pandemic brought the power distribution sector to a tipping point—reform or perish. On the demand side, the shifting...
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LEAD at Krea University
Unlocking India's Green Recovery : Bridging Global Approaches with Local Priorities With the second wave of the pandemic devastating the...
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Saloni Sachdeva
Global Wind Day is observed every year on June 15. According to globalwindday.org, it is a “day to discover the...
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Nidhi Madan
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that a rapid transition is required to limit the global temperature rise...
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Anshu Bharadwaj, Jamshyd Godrej
In recent weeks, there have been media reports on the possibility of India announcing net zero emission targets. This has...
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Anshu Bharadwaj, Jamshyd Godrej
The global debate on combating climate change is in a decisive phase. The recent extreme weather events in Uttarakhand and...
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Aditi Sinha
Communicating about climate change has never been easy. The subject is complex, marred by uncertainties and tends to evoke emotionally...
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Gayatri Ramanathan
As one sits down to write this piece, the number of COVID-19 cases in India is over 50,000, global infections...
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Vivek Sen
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected all sectors of the global economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its...
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Vaishali Sharma, Shubhashis Dey
The COVID-19 outbreak has deracinated life across the globe to expose the structural weaknesses of our system, such as income...
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Shishir Soti
We are living through the Anthropocene, a geological age defined by the influence of humans on our environment. The impact...
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Shubhashis Dey
India has endorsed the long-term UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) target of limiting the increase in the...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
“It's the individual effort of everybody working together towards a collective goal that causes real, effective change”. -David Hogg Climate...
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Mr. Krishan Dhawan
The recent decision by Maruti Suzuki, which has a 51 per cent market share, to stop producing and selling diesel cars from...
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Mr. Krishan Dhawan
As the country seeks to provide power and other basic public services, it needs to do so on a basis...
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Vivek Sen and Saloni Sachdeva
Distribution, the crucial link between power generation plants and end users, presents a complex challenge that India’s power sector is...
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Aditi Sinha
The rooftop solar sector in India is gradually gaining momentum. More and more home owners as well as businesses are...
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Shishir Soti
Philanthropy can play an important role in achieving India’s ambitious climate goals. Less than 2 percent of global philanthropic dollars...
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Mr. Krishan Dhawan
There are many reasons to encourage electric mobility (EM) in India. These include environmental - replacing ICE engines will reduce...
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Mr. Krishan Dhawan
Under the recently announced GST guidelines, the Government made clear what it thought about hybrid cars, which will attract 28%...
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Mr. Krishan Dhawan
Before we despair at ever seeing blue skies above Delhi by fixing its awful air quality, we must remember that...
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Mr. Krishan Dhawan
During the British Raj, military cantonments were established across the country. For space availability and strategic reasons, these were originally...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
The F20 Foundations Platform is an alliance of over 40 foundations that have joined forces in order to further shape...
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Krishan Dhawan
Let me start with two quotes from Peter Drucker: “It is management’s public responsibility to make whatever is genuinely in...
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Krishan Dhawan
Recent press reports indicate some very welcome trends in cleaning up the cooking fuel being used. State run oil companies...
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Krishan Dhawan
Now that the Paris Agreement on climate change has been ratified, India must plan on making good on its Nationally...
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Ravi Gadepalli and Shilpa Kharwal
An efficient public transport system is a key pre-requisite for the sustained development of a city. It helps citizens to...
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Deepak Gupta and Saloni Sachdeva
The last few years have seen rapid growth in India’s decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector with the development of various...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
India submitted an amendment proposal for phasing down the use of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol at the thirty-fifth Meeting...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
With rapid population increase, India’s electricity demand has also multiplied manifold. This energy challenge can be addressed by strengthening the...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
In a collaborative effort, Shakti and the Clean Energy Access Network (CLEAN) contributed an article on renewable energy-based mini grids...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation and increasing household income are leading to higher waste volumes in India. The safe and effective...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Policymakers must recognise the intermediate public transport systems like autorickshaws and private buses which provide transport services where city bus...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Moving towards stricter emission norms to minimise pollution, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, recently amended emission standards of thermal...
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Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) At the 19th session of the Conference of Party (COP) under UNFCCC held in Warsaw...
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