Policy Brief
Financing Just Transition: Synergies between NCQG and JTWP
18 Nov 2024
| Dr Manish Kumar Shrivastava
| Dorothy Ashmita Biswas
The discussions and negotiations for the JTWP and the NCQG so far reflect the broader challenge of aligning global ambitions with practical actionable steps towards equitable climate action. Looking ahead, the JTWP has the potential to be a framework for deeper, more effective collaboration towards a collective narrative around implementing the Paris Agreement through just transition pathways at global as well as national scales, leading to tangible progress towards a sustainable and equitable future. This potential cannot be realized without a commensurate outcome of the NCQG process. The NCQG must be aligned to the needs of the JTWP outcomes.
Biodiversity and Land Restoration in India: A Narrative of India's Sustainability Efforts Vis-à-vis the World
12 Nov 2024
| Mr R R Rashmi
| Dr Manish Anand
Emissions and Consumption: An Approach to Climate Justice
12 Nov 2024
| Mr R R Rashmi
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Ms Palak Khanna
| Madhuparna Maiti
| Ishita Srivastava
A Transformative Global Goal on Adaptation: Scope, Science and Policy
12 Nov 2024
| Ms Suruchi Bhadwal
| Dr Manish Kumar Shrivastava
| Ronnie Abolafia-Rosenzweig
| Christine A. Shields
| Mari R. Tye
Road to Baku: The New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance
15 Oct 2024
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Ms Palak Khanna
| Ishita Srivastava
Climate finance plays a crucial role in climate efforts. This paper examines the evolution of the discussions on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), which will be a key determinant of the success of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29). Despite recent progress, current climate finance targets and mechanisms remain inadequate. This paper analyses the positions of various countries and coalitions. Developing countries stress the responsibility of developed countries, emphasizing equity in climate finance.
Internationalizing Sustainable Lifestyles for Climate Justice
27 Sep 2024
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Madhuparna Maiti
| Shivangi Raj
Mainstream frameworks on sustainable consumption and production fail to holistically capture downstream segments of resource consumption and production systems, especially in relation to lifestyle choices. Building on previous work by TERI, this policy brief seeks to develop composite metrics on consumption for G20 countries and discusses ways to further internationalize sustainable lifestyles.
Sustainable Organic Waste Management : A Playbook for Lucknow, India
23 Sep 2024
| Ms Shweta Gautam
| Ms. Videesha Velijala
In 2020, global municipal solid waste (MSW) generation reached 2.24 billion tonnes, a figure projected to rise to 3.88 billion tonnes by 2050. This increase will be largely driven by the fastest-growing regions, including sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East, where waste levels are expected to double or even triple.
Green Public Procurement for Advancing Sustainable Development in India: Policy Nudges for Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production
09 Aug 2024
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Ishita Srivastava
Green Public Procurement (GPP), a sub-component of sustainable public procurement, seeks to achieve environmental sustainability by leveraging the government sector’s purchasing power. GPP can be defined as the deliberate and systematic integration of environmental objectives into the procurement process of goods, services, and works by public agencies. This policy brief employs a case study-based approach to identify strategies for promoting GPP in India.
Accelerating the Growth of Green Bonds in India
08 Feb 2024
| Dr Manish Kumar Shrivastava
| Uday Veer Singh
India's enormous financial requirements to address climate change and ensure just transitioning for its economy cannot be met by the lone public sector and would require catalyzing private finance and institutional investment into climate initiatives. Green bonds offer an emerging financial instrument that holds the potential to attract private investors into climate action. However, unlike the exponential growth of green bonds in the global market, they still occupy only a scanty share of the Indian bonds market.
Advancing Environmental and Climate Goals Through a Multidimensional Model of Green Budgeting
04 Dec 2023
| Dr Shailly Kedia
| Palak Khanna
| Madhuparna Maiti
While environmental regulation is the principal responsibility of environmental ministries, their locus standi in terms of implementation is limited as much of the implementation lies with other line ministries/departments and public agencies. Hence, it is essential that ‘environment’ is mainstreamed across ministries, departments, and sectors.