Despite some successful initiatives, stubble burning continues to be a major problem in rural India ...
The complex problem of antimicrobial resistance needs to be combated with a coordinated strategy, supported by governmental and cross-sector collaboration ...
Despite the incremental progress made during COP29, much work needs to be done to align with the speed and scale required for the 1.5°C target ...
Although neuromorphic approaches to hardware and software are still nascent, India should explore them to become a key player in the field of emerging technologies. ...
An intersectional approach is necessary to tackle floods, which pose unique health and safety challenges for vulnerable women and girls ...
India’s new semiconductor PLI scheme, the largest of its kind, is an important endeavour, but key challenges need to be addressed to ensure success ...
Climate financing needs an intersectional gendered perspective to increase its effectiveness and maximise social benefits ...
The COP29’s Climate Finance Action Fund could set a new green standard for petrodollar recycling, but its current targets are too modest to have a big impact ...
As climate change intensifies, it is reshaping the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases, necessitating a proactive adaptation in India’s public health response. ...
LDCs often face capacity and financial constraints, resulting in low compliance rates. Enhanced support, improved WTO capacity, and increased cooperation and knowledge sharing are needed. ...
A robust Indian green bond market can significantly finance the country’s ambitious net-zero goals ...
LDCs in Africa struggle with high-risk loans for climate adaptation. Debt swaps, green bonds, and sustainability-linked bonds could provide needed funding ...
As a key player in the GBA, India can enhance its energy security, drive economic growth, and strengthen its leadership in the biofuel sector while meeting its national and climate goals ...
India must transition to zero-emission trucks with targeted policies, infrastructure, and cleaner technologies to meet net-zero goals and cut reliance on diesel freight ...
By leveraging public and private capital, blended finance can close funding gaps and attract private investments, facilitating India’s transition to a net-zero future ...
Through domestic censorship and global initiatives like the Digital Silk Road, China aims to create an alternative digital order, challenging the U.S.-led multi-stakeholder approach to internet governance ...
China’s de-dollarisation and its geopolitical ambitions, especially regarding Taiwan, are contradictory. It cannot disrupt regional peace while trying to establish the RMB as a trusted global currency. ...
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Saudi Arabia's OPEC+ strategy supports Vision 2030 by balancing oil production cuts and economic diversification ...
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By implementing infrastructural plans in a responsible manner, India can prove that it is possible to balance road connectivity with forest preservation without having to choose between them ...
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With the 1.5°C goal deadline fast approaching, creating an enforcement and accountability framework to reduce emissions and limit the increase in global temperatures is imperative ...
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The prospects for reviving the JCPOA under Iran's new president inspire cautious optimism, which is tempered by the Supreme Leader’s control over the country and the upcoming US Presidential elections ...
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China's soft power diplomacy in Nepal serves as a tangible manifestation of its broader foreign policy goals, aiming not only for a China-dominated Asia but also a Chinese-led world order ...
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The global nuclear order is increasingly defined by regional contestations, necessitating comprehensive diplomatic strategies that address global and local dimensions of nuclear risk ...
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As China expands its influence in the Global South and the US and India increase aid, smaller developing nations revert to non-alignment to gain concessions from both. ...
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As cyber threats in recent times increasingly leverage Artificial Generative Intelligence, the integration of LLMs into cybersecurity cannot wait. ...
Shantanu Kishwar has an undergraduate degree in Literary and Cultural Studies, and International Studies, from FLAME University, and a Master's Degree in History from Ambedkar University. He works in the development and policy space, with experience studying education, labour, and ...
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Diya Shah is a Research Assistant at ORF’s Centre for Economy and Growth. Her work explores developments in climate finance as part of a broader, ever-evolving climate discourse, specifically focusing on gaps in global financial infrastructures, adaptive finance and carbon ...
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