Articles
Overcoming the price hump: Financing energy efficiency
20 Dec 2018
Around the world energy efficiency is being looked as resource to address some of the critical problems of the energy sector. This has probably been the most cost effective way to address energy security, peak demand management, electricity access while mitigating climate change impacts.
Unpacking the climate negotiations at COP24 – week 1
10 Dec 2018 | Ms Noemie Leprince Ringuet
The Energy and Resources Institute is attending the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP 24) in Katowice, Poland from 2nd to 14th December 2018. This is a summary of developments over the course of week 1, and an analysis of what can be expected for week 2.
Assam and the economic costs of climate change
19 Nov 2018 | Ms Trisanki Saikia
Assam, due to its geographic location and poor socio-economic conditions, offers a good example of the need to take into account the economic burden of climate change
Towards COP24: From Bangkok to Katowice
26 Sep 2018 | Ms Kavya Bajaj
For successful implementation of the Paris Agreement, issues frustrating developing and developed nations must be resolved; political trade-offs may provide an answer
Road to COP24
27 Aug 2018
Climate Finance - Where are we? Where do we want to go? How do we get there?
Storm Havoc: Better to worry now than regret later
06 Aug 2018 | Ms Shreya Trivedi
Natural events are no more a national concern; rising impact requires international collaborations
Forests in India are net source of GHG emissions
03 Mar 2018
While forests begin to be seen as a tool for carbon sequestration, over 93% of GHG emissions in India continue to emanate from this same resource. This situation will remain unchanged if related policies and programmes are implemented at their current pace and commitment.
Can micro measures in urban cities offset the impact of heat stress?
27 Feb 2018 | Mr Ganesh Gorti
The growing instances of the impacts of extreme heat are a warning sign for what awaits us. The year 2015 saw massive heat related causalities across India, and Delhi was no exception to this.
Climate Change Adaptation: Finding Untapped Opportunities in Uttarakhand
27 Feb 2018
High up in the tough terrains of Uttarakhand, located are the remote villages of Rudraprayag. In these upper Himalayas, where the land used to be usually covered with about a feet of snow upto a decade ago, climate change has decimated the amount of snowfall to hardly about 6 inches, which too melts away quickly. Although more bare land is available now for farming, it is still usually deprived of nutrients to support the cultivation of green vegetables or the finest variety of rice. The farming community is usually restricted to growing wheat, millets, and tuberous roots such as turmeric.