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August 27, 2021

How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

In a country plagued by increasing droughts and floods, growing water challenges are putting India’s energy security in a precarious position. Photo by Sylvain Massuel/IRD

Perspectives

August 27, 2021

Tackling Climate Risks by Promoting NBS in Indian Cities

Bigger cities in India like Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad etc., are moving towards extensive greening of spaces but the underlying social, political and economic impacts of such land-use change is yet to be fully understood. Photo by Prima Prottasha/Unsplash

Perspectives

August 25, 2021

Green Hydrogen through Electrolysis: Fuelling the Future

Hydrogen as a form of electricity storage can help manage the vagaries of electricity from renewable sources.

Perspectives

August 19, 2021

Hydrogen holds promise as an alternative clean energy carrier

70 million metric tonnes of hydrogen

Climate, Economics and Finance

Initiatives

August 19, 2021

Towards a Climate-smart COVID-19 Recovery

Food, Land and Water

Research

August 18, 2021

Food Loss and Waste in India: The Knowns and The Unknowns

FOOD LOSS AND WASTE IN INDIA: THE KNOWNS AND THE UNKNOWNS

Research

August 13, 2021

Accelerating Innovation in Urban Service Delivery in Indian Cities: Lessons from TheCityFix labs India

Accelerating Innovation in Urban Service Delivery in Indian Cities

Perspectives

August 3, 2021

Bengaluru's ORR is not safe for pedestrians: Three ways to make it better

The lack of pedestrian infrastructure forces people to walk on the carriageway, making them vulnerable to road crashes.

Food, Land and Water

Mumbai

Media

July 26, 2021

Mumbai becomes the third Indian city to join the global Cities4Forests alliance

Cities4Forests
Forests

Cities4Forests
Forests

Media

July 21, 2021

Delhi Govt, WRI India sign MoU to redesign city roads

Sustainable Cities

Media

July 19, 2021

RELEASE: WRI India and CESL sign MoU to catalyze India’s EV journey

Net-zero emissions
EV Ecosystem
Decarbonizing Transport

Net-zero emissions
EV Ecosystem
Decarbonizing Transport

Media

July 17, 2021

CESL, WRI India sign pact to build strategy for renewable energy sector

Perspectives

July 8, 2021

Opportunity for Electric Two-wheeler (e-2W) in Hyperlocal Economy of India

During the COVID-19 pandemic, home delivery options have become the “new normal” in domains like healthcare, food, grocery, and logistics services delivery, and are expected to grow further in 2021.

Perspectives

June 30, 2021

Parched Cities of India: Jal Jeevan Mission as a Ray of Hope for Urban Water Resilience

Achieving the SDGs can help India meet its urban water demand, strengthen urban resilience, and mitigate the impacts of unplanned urbanization and climate change. Photo by reddees/shutterstock.

Perspectives

June 30, 2021

Creating a flood resilient Indian ‘Sheher’ through Water Sensitive Urban Design

Every year at the onset of rains, Sheher prepares itself with cleaning its drains, adding or repairing some of its grey infrastructure, purchasing new water pumps to drain the water, and year after year the efforts fall short. Photo by Hardik Joshi/Unsplash

Perspectives

June 29, 2021

Making Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in City Bus Services in India Work

To realize the potential of PPPs in bus operations, there is a need to identify and address the inherent and localized challenges in bus service planning and improve the execution of PPP contracts. Photo by RealityImages.

Perspectives

June 29, 2021

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in City Bus Services in India: NCC and GCC

PPPs emerged as a way for cities to combine public sector’s expertise in planning and managing a bus service with private sector’s capabilities to access finance and introduce cost effectiveness in bus operations and maintenance.

Media

June 24, 2021

RELEASE: Ani Dasgupta Selected as World Resources Institute’s New President & CEO

Mumbai

Media

June 23, 2021

#SaferbyDesign: Transformation of 3 junctions in Mumbai

Road Safety
Walking
Pedestrian Infrastructure

Road Safety
Walking
Pedestrian Infrastructure

Perspectives

June 23, 2021

As the pandemic gets more Indians pedalling, what can cities do to make streets safer for cyclists?

In recent years, many Indian cities have made progress planning and providing for cycling.