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Need for a ‘Chipko 2.0’ movement
Climate, Food and Environment | Urbanisation | Climate Change Dec 20, 2017

Need for a ‘Chipko 2.0’ movement

Environment is becoming good politics. The timing is apt for both an administrative and political vision to give a Green Roadmap for India.

Transition to a low carbon economy: China’s influence on outcomes
Energy | Coal | Energy Access Sep 27, 2017

Transition to a low carbon economy: China’s influence on outcomes

Transition to a low carbon economy is path dependent as initial conditions such as resource availability and other geographic, climatic, economic, social and institutional factors leading to differences in spatial structures, infrastructure and consumption patterns affect the pace of transition. China’s initial conditions favour the ...

US withdrawal from Paris Agreement: India should withstand pulls and pushes
Climate Change Jun 23, 2017

US withdrawal from Paris Agreement: India should withstand pulls and pushes

The Paris Agreement differs radically in as much that the commitment made by a Party in the Agreement is basically about the process.

China's renewable energy ambitions
Energy Access | Energy Efficiency Apr 26, 2017

China's renewable energy ambitions

The Chinese government has put forth plans for significant ownership of the global renewable energy supply chain.

Resetting China's energy security goals
Energy Security | Energy Access | Oil, Gas and Renewables Feb 22, 2017

Resetting China's energy security goals

The co-existence of China's geopolitical approach to energy security and its attempt to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in its primary energy mix will test its intention to decarbonise its economy.

India's perspective on post-Paris climate negotiations
Climate, Food and Environment | Energy | Climate Change | Energy Efficiency Nov 08, 2016

India's perspective on post-Paris climate negotiations

Indigenisation of technology innovation — both products and processes — will be critical to resolving the climate-development nexus.

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Mette Frederiksen

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Arpan Gelal

Arpan Gelal is Research and Program Coordinator at the Centre for Social Innovation and Foreign Policy (CESIF), Nepal. He is also a teaching faculty at National College, Kathmandu University. He researches and writes on Nepal’s foreign policy, international relations, geopolitics, ...

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