India Archives

Row of yachts and superyacht docked at Croatian resort town

Q&A: Paris Agreement won’t rectify carbon footprint of the rich

Feature / SEI Scientist Emily Ghosh discusses the continued disparity in carbon emissions between the poor and everyone else.

10 January 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Pollution, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Car, bicycle and foot traffic coalesce amid a monsoon in the New Market area of Kolkata, India

Operationalizing finance for loss and damage

Project / Vulnerable countries are already experiencing severe losses and damages from unavoidable climate change impacts. They urgently need financial support.

2022 - 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Participation and Public policy

Tibetan prayer flags on glacier on mountain top with higher peaks in background and large clouds under blue sky, Langtang National Park, Himalayas, Nepal

Glacial lake outburst floods: A shared risk across the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Feature / When glacial lakes breach their moraine dams, huge amounts of water are released, with devastating impacts across regions.

10 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk and Mitigation

View over Medellín, Colombia, located in a valley between mountains, smog over downtown area

The good news on NDCs is how they address health

Perspective / Integrating health in nationally determined contributions (NDCs) can motivate ambitious climate actions.

28 October 2021 / About Mitigation, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Upscaling small scale organic waste processing ventures for circular economy in cities in SSA and East Asia

Project / Study generated critical knowledge to inform upscaling of investments in small-scale organic waste processing ventures in low- and-middle income countries

2021 - 2022 / About Cities, Household energy and Pollution

The politics of bioeconomy and sustainability: lessons from biofuel governance, policies and production strategies in the emerging world

Other publication / This book explores the often overlooked political aspects of bioeconomy promotion and sustainability politics in Global South democracies.

18 May 2021 / About Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Land use, Public policy and Renewables

Plastic bag floating over reef in the ocean, Costa Rica - stock photo

Waves of Change: Plastic waste management and recycling

Project / This project will work on contributing to a reduction in plastic leakage to oceans and a more sustainable environment in India, Kenya and Sweden.

2021 - 2023 / About Cities, Pollution, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Wellbeing

Aerial view of Guanajuato, Mexico with white and orange-coloured colonial-era buildings, including churches, hotels and houses

Seizing the urban opportunity: how national governments can recover from Covid-19, secure shared prosperity and tackle the climate crisis through cities

Other publication / Cities provide critical venues to advance climate resiliency and decarbonize. We examine six economies and propose how cities can lead on climate action.

17 March 2021 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate policy, Finance, Innovation, Participation, Public policy, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Forest, farms and fuelwood: Measuring changes in fuelwood collection and consumption behavior from a clean cooking intervention

Journal article / Researchers examined fuelwood use in two rural Indian districts where clean cooking solutions were implemented.

3 March 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Forests, Household energy and Pollution