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Food, Land and Water

Perspectives

May 5, 2022

Photo Story: Tracking Tomatoes From Plough to Plate

Growing tomatoes is often a gamble even for well-informed, progressive farmers, due to high input costs, sensitivity to climatic variations such as frost, rainfall, temperature, the perishable nature of the crop, and uncertain market returns.

Perspectives

March 23, 2022

How India Can Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

In India under the current practices, more than half of India’s projected carbon dioxide emissions in 2040 will come from buildings, appliances, factories and vehicles that do not yet exist.

Perspectives

March 21, 2022

Groundwater Regulation: A Challenge To Make the ‘Invisible Visible’ in India

According to the World Bank Report, 2012, India is the world’s largest groundwater user, estimated at 230 cubic kilometres per year − over a quarter of the global total.

Sustainable Cities

Perspectives

February 14, 2022

Conventional Pathways for Hydrogen Production

It is expected that green hydrogen will play a critical role in meeting rising cross-sectoral demand.

Perspectives

February 1, 2022

Here’s Why India Needs a Comprehensive 2030 Electric Bus Rollout Plan

The e-bus technology is different from that of a conventional bus and so is its modus operandi. Hence, its rollout calls for a departure in planning.

Perspectives

January 14, 2022

Accelerating Electrification of Small Commercial Freights in India

In addition to Central government initiatives, several state governments have also earmarked specific subsidies to support the electrification of freight.

Perspectives

December 17, 2021

Ensuring a Carbon-Free Expansion of Indian Cities

As the largest developer of public assets and procurer of materials and services, government bodies, can transform markets to promote low carbon buildings.

Perspectives

December 10, 2021

How Can Energy Access Explorer Support Jharkhand’s Development Objectives?

EAE is an online, open-source, interactive, geospatial platform that will provide an opportunity to visualize energy, health and education indicators, and aid decision-making to accelerate development of the state.

Perspectives

November 18, 2021

Abating Transport Emissions With Electric Vehicle Adoption in India

With India’s commitments at the COP26 summit to achieve the net-zero emissions status by 2070 and lower its emission intensity by 45% from 2005 levels by 2030, EVs could help realize these goals and play a pivotal role in India’s green narrative.

Perspectives

November 15, 2021

Biomass Gasification: A Circular Economy Enabler for Hydrogen Production

A biomass gasification plant built by EQTEC Iberia. Image source: EQTEC Iberia(https://renewablesnow.com/news/eqtec-finds-partner-for-us-biomass-gasification-projects-655038/).

Perspectives

November 10, 2021

Mitigating Climate Impacts, One Click at a Time: Opportunities for E-commerce in Reducing Emissions From Urban Freight

With India’s new climate commitments emphasizing transitioning towards a low carbon economy and reaching net zero by 2070, it becomes imperative to pay attention to the role of low carbon logistics in decarbonizing transport.

Perspectives

November 10, 2021

Complete Decarbonization of 2-Wheeler Segment in India by 2030: Expected e-2Ws Sales and Battery Capacity Requirement

Considering the dominance of two-wheelers on Indian roads, the government think tank, NITI (National Institute for Transforming India) Aayog has set the ambitious target of electrifying 80% of 2W sales by 2030. Photo by moEVing Urban Technologies

Perspectives

November 8, 2021

More than Half of all E-Buses in India Found on Maharashtra Roads

Pune's e-buses have already travelled a distance equivalent to nearly 20 round trips to the moon.

Climate, Economics and Finance

Perspectives

November 2, 2021

COP26: Unpacking India’s Major New Climate Targets

India made an eagerly awaited announcement of new climate action targets at the COP-26 summit in Glasgow. Photo: UNFCC / Flickr

Perspectives

October 26, 2021

Resurrecting Public Spaces in a post-Covid India

While managing an immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cities are also looking ahead to plan and resource long-term recovery efforts. Photo by Manoej Paateel/Shutterstock

Perspectives

October 6, 2021

Moving from City-Wide Vulnerability Assessments to Localised Community Resilience Actions

Climate action in urban areas is increasingly becoming important in structuring policies and regulations for disaster mitigation and overall governance.

Perspectives

October 5, 2021

Bottlenecks for Rooftop Solar in Indian Cities and How to Address them

Indian cities have figured intermittently in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)’s solarization plans.

Perspectives

September 3, 2021

How Indian Cities Could Become Climate Resilient

Robust urban buildings sector data will be critical inputs in India’s response to climate change and to strengthen participation of cities in the energy transition

Perspectives

August 27, 2021

‘Code Red for Humanity’: Sinking Indian cities

The principle of a warmer world is that more water will be evaporated, which will exacerbate droughts, and this enhanced water in the atmosphere will increase the amount of rain when it does rain.

Perspectives

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