Events

Storytelling can be a powerful tool for startups to create awareness, inspire and educate their audience, engage better with their stakeholders, be it customers, partners or investors, secure funding and mobilize support for their businesses. Join us for this dynamic session and discover the...

Smallholder farmers represent a pivotal demographic for land restoration businesses, offering significant scope and potential for mutual growth and sustainability. Engaging with smallholder farmers offers land restoration businesses a wide array of benefits, ranging from economic growth and...

Are you ready to take your pitching skills to the next level? Join us for an insightful and dynamic session led by Luni Libes, the Land Accelerator Africa trainer, serial entrepreneur, impact investor, and a sought-after speaker and mentor in the global startup ecosystem. Luni's expertise has...

Agriculture remains the foundation of Rajasthan's economy, with agriculture and allied sectors contributed to 30.23% in state's Gross State Value Added (GSVA) at current prices in 2021-22. Electricity supply for irrigation is an essential component in agriculture production. The agriculture...

Access to electricity is a pre-requisite for achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of good health, quality education, clean water, sanitation and eventually, socio-economic development.

Even though India has achieved nearly 100% household electrification, many areas...

Join a first-of-its-kind program that fosters entrepreneurship and supports leaders who are restoring farms and forests across South Asia

World Resources Institute India (WRI India) and Sangam Ventures are co- hosting the...

To ensure energy security based on sustainable development values and minimize the impact of climate change, it is necessary to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency in states systematically. Kerala targets to become a 100% RE state by 2040 and net zero by 2050. Although it achieved 720...

The industry sector plays a significant role in India's economy, contributing 31% to its GDP. This sector also has various direct and indirect linkages with other sectors, which further drive economic growth and employment. However, for the year 2019, the electricity and heat sector were the top...

Tamil Nadu’s MSMEs are leaders in many industries. However, they need to battle high fluctuating energy and fuel costs as energy demand rises during heatwaves, or when international geopolitics lead to a global energy crisis. Furthermore, increasing global commitments by governments, corporates...

Industries holds a prominent position in the Indian economy, accounting for 31% of the GDP. Industry’s relevance can be identified through various direct and indirect linkages with other sectors, contributing to economic growth and employment. Carbon emissions for India in the year 2019 were...

WRI India invites you to a closed-door session, Roadmap for an ‘Aatmanirbhar’ EV Battery Ecosystem in India. The roundtable discussion will bring together all the stakeholders of the battery ecosystem to explore ways for facilitating the creation of a sustainable, secure and cost-effective...

Empowerment of women is a central theme of India’s G20 Presidency, with the aim of reducing the gender gap in workforce participation by 25% by 2025 and bringing more than 100 million women into the labor force. Uddheshya will bring together gender experts, transport agencies, research...

India has been experiencing severe heat waves over the past few decades, and the summer temperatures are rising every year. As per the India Meteorological Department, Pune, the number of heatwave days in India has increased from 413 over 1981-1990 to 600 over 2011-2020. The rising heat is also...

WRI India, along with CII, is pleased to invite you to a G20 Business 20 (B20) - Think 20 (T20) convening with industry and experts from India and the world to deliberate on the emerging carbon market regime and how carbon markets can be designed to foster credible and sustained industrial...

Every year, millions of people die due to the absence of cooling that could help assuage the worst of deadly heat waves. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD, Pune), the number of heatwave days in India has increased from 413 over 1981-1990 to 600 over 2011-2020. In India, it is also...

India's ambitious goal of transitioning towards clean energy depends heavily on technically and commercially viable options available for storing and retrieving power of different kinds. Like any other technology, it is vital to identify the right storage option for suitable applications. Out of...

India has set itself a target to achieve net zero by 2070. Globally, buildings alone are responsible for more than 40% of the total energy consumption. In India...

The Forum for Decarbonising Transport, a NITI Aayog-led platform for supporting meaningful discourse around policy and practice for transport decarbonization in India, in partnership with WRI India, is organising a workshop to present and discuss the development of different climate models for a...

India has a coastline of over 7600km, which can be explored for the generation of alternate source of renewables such as ocean energy. This can help India meet its renewable energy targets and widen the energy mix. Ocean energy is energy derived from the ocean’s movements or its physical and...

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Tamil Nadu Sustainable Energy Transformation Dialogues (TN-SET Dialogues) is a two-day event led by a...

Across the globe, 15 countries have already announced their official national hydrogen strategies, while several others have announced roadmaps and official statements to establish their domestic hydrogen ecosystem. Although in the past there was significant interest in developing a hydrogen...

Climate action in cities is crucial to achieving long term decarbonization goals and limiting global warming to below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Indian cities are major growth centres with urban population projected to nearly double in the next three decades: by 2050, 877 million people...

The past few years have seen rise of impact investing as an important pillar in funding sustainability or restoration-based start-ups. Creating a social value, impact investing seeks to add value to society as value creation for society and financial returns are equally important for impact...

In today's fast-paced and competitive business environment, staying ahead requires sound strategic planning and creative approaches to respond and adapt to evolving market conditions, connect with customers, and continually innovate to maintain a competitive edge. Join us for this special...

Access to investment is an important growth catalyst for enterprises. Understanding what investors investigate about a company before investing in it is significant when these enterprises seek investments. To accustom entrepreneurs with such due diligence procedures, Karthik Chandrasekar from...

Electric three-wheelers, particularly e-Rickshaws are leading the way for India’s EV revolution. The Indian e-rickshaw market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 9% and will touch $5 billion by 2025. Access to affordable finance through innovative business models and financial products could...

In 2020, New Delhi was one of the most polluted capital cities in the world, according to IQ Air. New Delhi is India’s capital and the heart of the National Capital Region, and emissions from transport are one of the biggest factors that impact air quality in the area.

If Delhi must meet...

Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. Several efforts have been initiated at the global level to combat climate change and its impacts. Many countries have agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and transition to net zero emissions. India has also promised to...

Many land restoration entrepreneurs’ business models rely on effectively engaging with smallholder farmers. It is essential to organize them to participate in the supply chain, and to empower them to participate in land-restoring, sustainable or organic farming and production methods. Other land...

Across the globe, 15 countries have already announced their official national hydrogen strategies, while several others have announced roadmaps and official statements to establish their domestic hydrogen ecosystem. Although in the past there was significant interest in developing a hydrogen...

India had over one million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road at the end of 2021, most of which were electric two and three-wheelers (e-2ws/e-3ws). After a COVID-induced slump, India’s EV sales doubled in 2021 with further gains in the first quarter of 2022– indicating a promising growth...

This year, at Land Accelerator, South Asia; WRI India and Sangam Ventures are supporting 46 restoration entrepreneurs through business creation and growth acceleration process. It is a two-phase program with an initial pack of 6 weekly webinars aimed at building the foundation of these...

MSMEs are the backbone of India’s economy; they employ 110 million workers and generate 29% of India’s GDP. For many MSMEs, addressing their high energy costs is key to their competitiveness and survival. Focusing on their transition to cheaper, clean energy can help accelerate the achievement...

Event Details

• 20th June 2022 | Tiruppur Exporters' Association Hall, Tamil Nadu
• 20th June 2022 | Ernakulam, Kerala
• 22nd June 2022 | Naroda Industrial Association Office, Gujarat | 3:00 PM - 5.30 PM
• 24th June 2022 | Hotel Deventures,
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Customers are what make a product successful! Without customer demand, your innovation holds little to no value. Once you understand this, you need to create a sustainable and scalable business around your customer. A Business Model Canvas will do just that by helping you identify your business...

The Indian automotive industry is the fifth largest in the world and creates nearly 30 million jobs. However, the current transport sector is undergoing a seismic shift as the country moves towards the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) to support decarbonization goals. With India’s ambitious...

Solar PV and Wind energy in Tamil Nadu accounts for nearly 45% of the total installed capacity and 20-25% of generation mix. With India announcing an ambitious 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity target by 2030, utilities at the state level will play a crucial role in managing addition of...

WRI India, in collaboration with Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), and supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, recently developed the Surat Clean Air Action Plan (SCAP) and the ‘Handbook of Clean Construction Practices.’

Building construction is...

Rajasthan is among the leading renewable energy (RE) states in India - with installed capacity of solar and wind at an impressive 37% of the state's total installed capacity. There is a significant opportunity for the state to achieve a higher renewable energy-based future - one that is...

The adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in India is slowly taking a well-defined path of growth, especially in the e-2W and e-3W segments. Batteries form a critical component of EVs, accounting for nearly 30-40% of their total cost. The performance and safety of EVs are also linked with their...

Join us to listen to our five Land Accelerator South Asia alumni sharing their incredible entrepreneurial journey. Tips, strategies and connections have been most instrumental in their companies’ growth and greater impact. Know their stories and learn how an acceleration program like the Land...

Over 36 million children aged 5 and under live in India’s urban areas, many of them in vulnerable conditions. Studies indicate that healthy childhood development is highly affected by a child’s access to a safe and stimulating public realm, including green open spaces and opportunities to play....

Developing strong value chains for forest produce, particularly wood, can provide powerful economic incentives for growing more trees and thus restoring our land ecosystems. This restoration-based economy will not only help in improving livelihoods and incomes for tree growers, but also help in...

Electric bus (e-bus) adoption in India is gaining traction as multiple cities have embarked on the journey of electrifying their bus-based public transport systems in the recent years. This traction is aligned with the recent impetus from the Government of India to aggregate e-bus demand under...

India’s freight sector plays an important role in ensuring speedy, efficient, and economical transport of goods across the country. Today, close to 71% of the freight transported in the country is completed on road. Thus, road freight movement contributes significantly to transport related air...

The WRI’s The Living Lab for Equitable Climate Action, WRI India and grassroots NGO Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE) have collaborated on a new working paper titled...

During the Conference of the Parties (COP21) developing nations emphasized the need for financial and technical support required to meet the climate goals set by the international community. Efficient mobilization of finance can provide the necessary infrastructure and impetus to the growth of...

At COP26 in Glasgow, India presented a long-term vision to go net-zero by 2070. Such vision would require deep decarbonization from all key economic sectors, especially the building and construction sector as it contributed to roughly 25% to India’s carbon emissions in 2016. Businesses are...

The Government of NCT of Delhi announced the Delhi Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy in August 2020, with a vision to promote the adoption of electric vehicles in the city and to make Delhi, the EV Capital of India. The policy has already undertaken various initiatives and progressive steps to move...

Finding sustainable ways to power the transport system has long been a vital component in tackling the climate crisis globally. When it comes to personal 2-wheeler and 4-wheeler segments, electric vehicles will have a dominant role to play in the coming years. However, as the size of a vehicle...

Although hydrogen is a clean fuel, with multiple applications across industry, power, and mobility, its production from fossil fuels dilutes its potential as a decarbonizing vector. However, hydrogen produced from renewable sources is emission free and is considered a green fuel. One of the...

The Land Accelerator South Asia program supported 58 restoration entrepreneurs this year with funding support from IKEA Foundation and program support from our ecosystem partners Startup India, AGNIi, and Invest India...

World Resources Institute (WRI India) and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) are organizing a stakeholder workshop to understand the requirements of cities to implement the interventions identified for control of road dust re-suspension and strengthen the already existing framework of actions for...

Date: 26 November 2021

Time: 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Location: The Claridges, New Delh

Read the policy paper here.

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Reducing food loss and waste (FLW) is recognized globally as an opportunity to address the challenge of hunger, nutrition insecurity, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while also advancing economic development. A recently published working paper by WRI India and Food and Land Use (FOLU) India...

Widespread access to residential charging is critical for accelerating e-mobility in Indian cities. The amended Model Building Byelaws by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) recommend that 20% of all parking spaces in new multi-unit buildings, including residential buildings, be...

Many cities in the global south face unreliable, inadequate, or polluted supply of freshwater. Rapidly growing urban populations and increased competition for water across sectors, coupled with climate change, pose increasing risks to water supplies.

There is an urgent need for...

The past few years have seen the rise of impact investing as an important pillar in funding sustainability/restoration based start-ups. Impact investing seeks to add value to society. For the impact investors, value creation for society and financial returns are equally important.

For...

Marketing strategy is not only to put the startup and its products on a path to success, but also to guide the sales team. To create and implement a marketing strategy, you need to engage a marketing strategist who understands startups and your particular vertical and is experienced in both...

Currently energy generation and management model in India is centralized, marked by the unidirectional flow of electricity from large power plants to the consumer. Drawbacks of this system are inherent transmission losses and consumers’ dependence on the central grid.

DREG system can...

Extensive plantations or urban green infrastructure is one of the more cost-effective options that cities can adopt to mitigate air pollution, urban heat island effects, etc. Designing better plantation strategies with Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) plant species is a beneficial option...

The latest Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicle (FAME) notification discusses aggregation of demand for electric buses in 9 cities of India. At a time when public bus agencies are struggling to identify resources for fleet augmentation, central and state subsidies...

"Managing for Growth" - The art of developing a replicable model and accessing your customers to sustainably scale your business to predictable revenues and profitability. As a growing business, it is critical for you to have a business plan in place and interlink that to your start-ups everyday...

A 3-part dialogues series on exploring sustainable mobility solutions in Asia, the event is being conducted by the Asian Century Foundation (ACF) in partnership with WRI India Ross Center.

The dialogue series will focus on various aspects of ‘Sustainable Mobility’ in India, China and...

This session will advance into a Fireside chat with leading restoration entrepreneurs, post a 15-minute talk by sectoral expert from AGNIi (Accelerating Growth of New India's Innovations) about how AGNIi can help Land Accelerator start-ups in promoting their growth. The ultimate goal of this...

This workshop focuses on highlighting the array of support programs, grant opportunities, networks and government policies that exist in the Indian startup ecosystem. It will cover the benefits under the Startup India initiative offered to all startups in India and the nature of support that may...

Freight sector has gained a substantial foothold in the India markets with the onset and growth of eCommerce. During the COVID crisis freight transport highlighted its importance by ensuring steady movement of essential goods and medical supplies across the entire country. As a result, this...

The pandemic has affected millions worldwide with the virus hitting India particularly hard. At WRI India we lost a dear colleague Ravi (Ravindranath Ponnapureddy) to post-COVID-19 complications.

Ravi provided leadership to public transport planning at WRI India. He was passionate about...

Building your vision and mission early on in your venture can help you set up for success. Join Aritra Bhowmik and Ashna Rustagi from Sangam as they help you answer the top 3 questions you need to ask yourself to ensure that you’re on the right (for you!) track and with the right people....

India is targeting an ambitious renewable energy target of 450 gigawatts of installed capacity by 2030. But as of March 2021, nationwide installed capacity stood at 96 GW, about a fifth of the intended target. India would have to install 35 GW every year for the next 10 years if we are to...

WRI India, in partnership with Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), EcoCollab and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited (MLDL), is organizing a four-part virtual stakeholders’ consultation on ‘Value-chain approach to decarbonizing the building and construction sector in India'....

As the government of Maharashtra rolls out an updated Electric Vehicle (EV) policy, there is a need to build a roadmap for its effective implementation by inviting perspectives from the EV industry, wider industry and prospective users.

The Town Hall (a part of a series of virtual public...

COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted bus-based public transport systems. These losses have occurred at a time when Indian bus transport already faces huge gaps in bus fleet and support infrastructure. The Government of India has allocated INR 18,000 crore, for deployment of 20,000 buses in...

WRI India is launching its report on ‘Powering Development in Climate Vulnerable Areas: The Role of Decentralized Solar Solutions in India’ on 20 April. Please join us for the report launch and panel discussion at 5 PM IST.

Watch the full event here...

India will launch the National Hydrogen Energy Mission (NHEM) in 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated in her budget speech on February 1. Considering India’...

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A shift towards clean energy for public transport brings multi-dimensional benefits. Despite this, the adoption has been varied and uneven in scale. The major barriers in accelerating e-bus adoption include the high upfront cost, issues related to planning the charging infrastructure, and...

WRI India, in partnership with CII, is pleased to announce the fourth session of its MSME Training Series, aimed to facilitate a transition towards a low-carbon, profitable and resilient MSME sector.

WATCH THE FULL WEBINAR HERE...

Over the last 7 years, WRI India, through its flagship initiative Green Power Market Development Group (GPMDG) has worked with C&I consumers to scale up Renewable Energy (RE) in India by supporting them with transactions, informing about government policies, and piloting some innovative...

Cities being the engines of growth and centres for economic, social & cultural development, are also the biggest consumers of energy. Cities contribute to 70% of global CO2 emissions, emanating from transport, industry, buildings and waste contributing towards climate change. Further, air...

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Cities being the engines of growth and centres for economic, social & cultural development, are also the biggest consumers of energy. Cities contribute to 70% of global CO2 emissions, emanating from transport, industry, buildings and waste contributing towards climate change. Further, air...