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BRICS should promote digital agriculture as a shared public good through interoperable data systems, AI, satellite intelligence and farmer-centric technologies to strengthen food security and climate resilience, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India’s energy transition is reshaping sectors, jobs, investments and regional economies, requiring distributional governance, reskilling, social protection and benefit-sharing to ensure that transition costs and benefits are equitably managed, write Dr Jay Ganesh Pandey, Research Associate, Electricity & Renewables Division, TERI and Prof. Gopal K Sarangi, Associate Professor, TERI SAS.
Carbon markets alone cannot bridge India’s nature-finance gap; a diversified nature-finance framework combining public and private finance, biodiversity credits, ecosystem payments and blended capital is needed, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
India's steel sector must adopt a phased decarbonisation strategy that mandates proven low-cost measures while financing and de-risking emerging technologies to manage rising domestic and international carbon pressures, writes Mr Sidharth Sinha, Consultant, TERI.
Climate adaptation should expand people’s agency to safely stay or move by addressing the social, economic and institutional factors that shape climate-related mobility choices, write Dr Kanika Chowdhary, Associate Fellow and Ms Rashmi Murali, Fellow, Social Transformation & CSR Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India and other biodiversity-rich countries in the Global South should move from biodiversity-finance discussions towards functioning biodiversity credit markets, with a focus on domestic demand, credible methodologies, investable restoration projects and safeguards, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
India's sustained growth requires greater investment in water-resilient infrastructure, with industries and financial institutions integrating water security into business continuity, lending, investment and risk-assessment frameworks, write Ms Neha Lakhwan, Research Scientist, Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt. Ltd, and Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Senior Advisor, Water Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India's CSR framework should evolve from grant-based funding toward catalytic capital that leverages private finance for inclusive growth, sustainable livelihoods and climate-resilient development, write Ms Leena Nandan, Distinguished Fellow and Mr Sidharth Sinha, Consultant, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India-Russia ties remain strategically important within BRICS, reflecting India's strategic autonomy and its ability to maintain pragmatic partnerships with both Russia and the West, writes Mr Ajai Malhotra, Dist. Fellow & Sr. Advisor (Climate Change). The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Nepal's glacier-triggered flood highlights the urgent need for proactive climate-risk monitoring, early-warning systems and pre-emptive disaster mitigation across the Himalayas, writes Dr Prasoon Singh, Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).