Climate Communication in the Time of COVID-19
Date : May 8, 2020
Communicating about climate change has never been easy. The subject is complex, marred by uncertainties and tends to evoke emotionally and politically charged responses. How then do we talk about climate change as the global community grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic today? How do we do this in a post-pandemic world? In the last few years, climate change moved to the centre stage of gl...
COVID-19 and the Renewable Energy Sector
Date : May 6, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected all sectors of the global economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its global GDP growth estimate from 3.3% from just three months ago to a contraction of 3%, something not witnessed since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The energy sector has not been immune to COVID-19. The outbreak has contributed to a dampened demand for oi...
5 Individual Actions Against Climate Change
Date : August 20, 2019
“It's the individual effort of everybody working together towards a collective goal that causes real, effective change”. -David Hogg Climate change is no longer a thing of the distant future. It is happening as we speak and is reflected in the increasingly frequent droughts and hurricanes, in the heatwaves scorching some areas and in the snowstorms muffling others. It is not a reality we...
What Philanthropy Can Do For Climate Change
Date : November 14, 2018
Philanthropy can play an important role in achieving India’s ambitious climate goals. Less than 2 per cent of global philanthropic dollars are currently being spent on the fight against climate change. But things are changing. In September 2018, the philanthropic community announced a $4 billion commitment over a period of five years to combat climate change—the largest-ever philanthropic in...
Blue Sky Thinking: What is Needed
Date : November 17, 2017
Before we despair at ever seeing blue skies above Delhi by fixing its awful air quality, we must remember that such situations have prevailed in other major cities like London and Los Angeles and have been tackled successfully. This did not happen overnight but took several years working to a thought out comprehensive plan. What is needed? First a recognition that this is a problem that can be ...
F20 Foundations Platform on Climate Change
Date : November 1, 2017
The F20 Foundations Platform is an alliance of over 40 foundations that have joined forces in order to further shape the political discourse on future sustainability measures. At the July 2017 G20 Summit in Hamburg, the Platform called for common and transnational action towards a zero-carbon economy and the successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Further, the Foundations Platform aims to hi...