Philanthropic Partnerships to Scale Green Hydrogen & Decarbonise Industries
Date : September 25, 2023
Image by freepik The recent G20 meeting in Delhi, India, called for building a sustainable and equitable global hydrogen ecosystem. Japan, was the first country to put hydrogen on the G20 agenda during its presidency in 2019. G20 reinforced the confidence being placed on Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia as viable alternatives to fossil energy sources to aid global efforts in achieving climate goal...
Will Climate Fuel Green Globalisation: Looking Ahead of G20
Date : September 25, 2023
Climate change is at the heart of development plans today. All major economies have adopted PM Modi’s national commitments on net zero and aim to propel economic development and raise overall standard of living keeping in mind the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. The recent G20 meeting in Delhi, India, resulted in the Delhi Declaration with a consensus to ‘urgent...
World Ozone Day – Electric Vehicles Making an Impact
Date : September 14, 2023
Image by kjpargeter The ozone layer is a delicate gas shield that safeguards Earth from the sun's harmful rays. It plays a crucial role in preserving life on our planet. The International Day for preservation of the Ozone Layer, or simply, “World Ozone Day”, commemorates the ratification of the Montreal Protocol, an international environmental treaty, signed on September 16, 1987. Its prim...
Green Hydrogen: A Vital Resource for Achieving India’s Low-Carbon Growth
Date : April 10, 2023
The pace of India’s clean energy transition has accelerated with the announcement of India’s short and long-term climate goals at the Conference of Parties (COP)-26 in Glasgow. The 500 GW target of non-fossil installed capacity, reduction of emission intensity by 45% by 2030, and schemes such as Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme, Production-linked Incentives ...
Union Budget 2023
Date : March 30, 2023
Green growth has been highlighted as one of the four transformative opportunities in “the first budget of Amrit Kaal”, envisioned to shape the country's future leading up to its 100th year of independence in 2047. Amid strong growth projections at 7% GDP growth, the government has increased capital investment outlay by 33% to INR 10 lakh crores. The budget is indicative of an expansionary pu...
Green GroWth: Enabling Gender Inclusivity and Empowerment Perspectives
Date : March 7, 2023
As we usher in an era of green industrial and economic transition, it is important to consider how we can re-imagine the new developmental paradigm. Will it endeavour to achieve an integrated, holistic and “sustainable” tomorrow or will it exacerbate current inequities? Today, we have an opportunity to design equity and agency into the unfolding low-carbon development pathway. The concern a...
In Conversation with Deeksha Vats
Date : January 30, 2023
Clockwise - Sachin Kumar, Deeksha Vats, (back) Antara Bose, Manu Maudgal Manu Maudgal, Head–Corporate & Philanthropic Engagement; Sachin Kumar Director, Industry, Building & Cooling Programmes and Antara Bose, Coordinator–Corporate & Philanthropic Engagement, had a fruitful and engaging meeting with Ms Deeksha Vats, Group Chief Sustainability officer, Aditya Birla Group at the Sha...
Electric Trucks: For Developing India by 2047
Date : January 20, 2023
On completion of 75 years of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to transform India into a developed country by the centenary of India’s independence in 2047. This means that eventually consumption and economic growth rate will increase in India. Transport is indispensable to achieve this transition and increase the economic growth since it facilitates the movement of goods at ...
Establishing a Global Alliance to Accelerate Climate Action
Date : December 12, 2022
Climate-related disasters have become more frequent in recent years. Most notable among recent events was the unprecedented flooding, a conflation of glacial melting and extreme rainfall that submerged about a third of Pakistan in water. Temperature rise is predicted to reach about 2.8°C by end-of-century. A warmer earth would kick off a chain of cataclysmic disasters. To avoid extreme climate ch...
Raising Domestic Corporate Funding for Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Date : October 12, 2022
Climate change is here and now. With over 80 per cent of India’s districts are vulnerable to climate change, and it is in India’s interest to make development choices that provide sustainable prosperity to its people and aid the global urgency to transition towardsNet Zero pathways. Net Zero means a state in which the Green House Gases (GHGs) going into the atmosphere are balanced by remova...