India Archives

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

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

Man hoses down mattress storefront, Yelahanka New Town, Bengaluru, India

A model-based estimate of the groundwater budget and associated uncertainties in Bengaluru, India

Journal article / This study seeks to fill in some gaps in groundwater data in India in an effort to measure how natural and man-made factors affect water supply levels.

16 December 2020 / About Cities, Planning and modelling and Water resources

LPG refill sales in rural Koppal for general and PMUY beneficiaries (2016–2018)

Capital cost subsidies through India’s Ujjwala cooking gas programme promote rapid adoption of liquefied petroleum gas but not regular use

SEI brief / Although a subsidy programme in India has encouraged adoption of modern cooking gas, households have not shifted away from using highly polluting solid fuels.

20 January 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Household energy, Pollution and Public policy

Large black pot on cookstove, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

In-use emissions from biomass and LPG stoves measured during a large, multi-year cookstove intervention study in rural India

Journal article / The study aimed to measure in-home emissions from a variety of stoves in rural Indian communities.

23 November 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Household energy and Pollution

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

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