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Power distribution firms have a key role to play in the transition to electric mobility, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, Renewables and Electricity Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India’s urban financing should recognise wetlands, lakes, floodplains and green spaces as core infrastructure, integrating nature-based solutions with engineered systems to strengthen climate resilience and reduce urban risks, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Division, TERI.
South Asia can move beyond simply generating carbon credits and build a wider ecosystem around MRV, geospatial monitoring, verification, carbon accounting, finance and digital infrastructure, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
BRICS should promote digital agriculture as a shared public good through interoperable data systems, AI, satellite intelligence and farmer-centric technologies to strengthen food security and climate resilience, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India’s energy transition is reshaping sectors, jobs, investments and regional economies, requiring distributional governance, reskilling, social protection and benefit-sharing to ensure that transition costs and benefits are equitably managed, write Dr Jay Ganesh Pandey, Research Associate, Electricity & Renewables Division, TERI and Prof. Gopal K Sarangi, Associate Professor, TERI SAS.
Carbon markets alone cannot bridge India’s nature-finance gap; a diversified nature-finance framework combining public and private finance, biodiversity credits, ecosystem payments and blended capital is needed, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
India's steel sector must adopt a phased decarbonisation strategy that mandates proven low-cost measures while financing and de-risking emerging technologies to manage rising domestic and international carbon pressures, writes Mr Sidharth Sinha, Consultant, TERI.
Climate adaptation should expand people’s agency to safely stay or move by addressing the social, economic and institutional factors that shape climate-related mobility choices, write Dr Kanika Chowdhary, Associate Fellow and Ms Rashmi Murali, Fellow, Social Transformation & CSR Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India and other biodiversity-rich countries in the Global South should move from biodiversity-finance discussions towards functioning biodiversity credit markets, with a focus on domestic demand, credible methodologies, investable restoration projects and safeguards, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
India's sustained growth requires greater investment in water-resilient infrastructure, with industries and financial institutions integrating water security into business continuity, lending, investment and risk-assessment frameworks, write Ms Neha Lakhwan, Research Scientist, Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt. Ltd, and Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Senior Advisor, Water Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).