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Investing in the Planet: Climate literacy as ESG enabler for Indian corporates
Climate Change Apr 21, 2023

Investing in the Planet: Climate literacy as ESG enabler for Indian corporates

As per the theme for Earth Day 2023, Indian businesses should invest in green solutions and embark on sustainable and green business models ...

India as a gas-based economy: Insights from Gujarat
Energy | Energy Security Apr 20, 2023

India as a gas-based economy: Insights from Gujarat

Replicating the success of Gujarat’s gas market across the country will be difficult but not impossible ...

US$ 1 trillion for renewable energy: Transforming multilateral agencies
Energy | Energy Efficiency Apr 18, 2023

US$ 1 trillion for renewable energy: Transforming multilateral agencies

Public financial institutions such as MDBs and DFIs have to enter the fray to solve the long-term debt funding requirements of the RE sector ...

Decarbonising road transport in India: More wheels needed
Energy | Climate Change Apr 12, 2023

Decarbonising road transport in India: More wheels needed

A policy of carrot and sticks would need to be adopted with affluent and low-income families to decarbonise transport in India ...

Oil geopolitics: Revisiting petrodollar recycling
Energy Apr 03, 2023

Oil geopolitics: Revisiting petrodollar recycling

The changes in geopolitical alignments between oil-producing and consuming nations are likely to have a significant impact on petrodollar recycling in the short term. ...

Underground coal gasification: Option for decarbonisation and source of hydrogen?
Energy | Coal Mar 23, 2023

Underground coal gasification: Option for decarbonisation and source of hydrogen?

Overall, UCG has both strategic advantages and huge environmental and geological risks. India would have to weigh it out before proceeding ...

Water-poor equals time-poor: Gender in the Water Action Agenda
Gender | Water Mar 22, 2023

Water-poor equals time-poor: Gender in the Water Action Agenda

Gender-sensitising the Water Action Agenda would be critical to ensuring truly inclusive transformations ...

Renewable energy in India: The demand for land
Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables Mar 16, 2023

Renewable energy in India: The demand for land

The rush to install RE capacity could come at the expense of forest cover thus increasing India’s annual carbon emissions ...

Should solar cookers displace LPG in India?
Energy Mar 15, 2023

Should solar cookers displace LPG in India?

For alternative energy solutions to succeed, emphasis should be on availability, cost-effectiveness, and convenience ...

LiFE, resilience and well-being: The Indian imperatives
Climate, Food and Environment Mar 14, 2023

LiFE, resilience and well-being: The Indian imperatives

Advancing New Delhi’s agenda for the presidency, the formidable Union Budget 2023 has strongly prioritised the G20 objectives ...

Discom reform: The pendulum swings back
Energy | Energy Security Feb 20, 2023

Discom reform: The pendulum swings back

The privatisation of electricity distribution seems imminent as legislations aim to expand the role of the private sector in this domain ...

India’s ‘Intranational COP’: Spirit of cooperative federalism
Climate Change Jan 20, 2023

India’s ‘Intranational COP’: Spirit of cooperative federalism

Establishing India’s “Intranational COP” can help thrash out a national consensus on India’s climate goals and the means to achieve them. ...

Loss of biodiversity and the new Global Biodiversity Framework
Climate, Food and Environment Dec 28, 2022

Loss of biodiversity and the new Global Biodiversity Framework

Target 3 of the new biodiversity framework represents significant commitment as it would require cooperation at a global level

Introducing geospatial technology in industrial water management
Water Dec 26, 2022

Introducing geospatial technology in industrial water management

Using geospatial technologies is an imperative step for India to make its industrial sector more resilient and sustainable ...

Blue Carbon: India’s time to create some waves
Climate, Food and Environment | Climate Change Dec 26, 2022

Blue Carbon: India’s time to create some waves

India must adopt blue-carbon solutions if it intends to emerge as a global climate leader ...

India’s stance on the new global biodiversity framework
Climate Change Dec 22, 2022

India’s stance on the new global biodiversity framework

China’s missed opportunity presents India with an opportunity to offer credible climate leadership ...

Plucking carbon out of built structures
Economics and Finance | Energy Dec 22, 2022

Plucking carbon out of built structures

Adequate policy changes need to be adopted to reduce carbon emissions in buildings. ...

Residential LPG in India–Access and usage pattern during pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown
Climate, Food and Environment Dec 19, 2022

Residential LPG in India–Access and usage pattern during pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown

The free refill benefits during 2018-2020 led to a boost in the consumption of LPG in India. ...

Climate change fueling climate migration
Climate, Food and Environment | Climate Change Dec 19, 2022

Climate change fueling climate migration

Adequate policies need to be adopted to mitigate the growing climate change-induced migrations. ...

Single-use plastic ban in India: Implementation and scope for improvement
Climate, Food and Environment Dec 13, 2022

Single-use plastic ban in India: Implementation and scope for improvement

Five months have passed since the single-use plastic ban came into force but there is little visible impact on the ground. ...

The gender imbalance at COP27
Climate, Food and Environment | Climate Change Dec 08, 2022

The gender imbalance at COP27

COP27 should strive to be a platform that keeps women at the heart of intergovernmental climate negotiations. ...

Understanding climate change, health, and food security: Action, equity, and sustainable development
Climate, Food and Environment Dec 05, 2022

Understanding climate change, health, and food security: Action, equity, and sustainable development

Although several options exist to address the troika of climate change, health, and food systems, there are hurdles in developing implementable and sustainable policies. ...

Understanding climate change, health, and food security: Climate change and food security
Climate, Food and Environment Dec 05, 2022

Understanding climate change, health, and food security: Climate change and food security

Global food insecurity is aggravated largely due to climate phenomena. The third brief of this four-part series explores the link between climate change and food security ...

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K. M Gopakumar

K. M Gopakumar is a Senior Researcher and Legal Advisor at Third World Network (TWN) and based in New Delhi, India. TWN is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that carries out policy research and advocacy on issues around trade and development, ...

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