11 years of making change
Vasudha Foundation is a non profit organisation set up in 2010, with the belief in the conservation of Vasudha, which in Sanskrit means the Earth,
the giver of wealth and with the objective of promoting sustainable consumption of its bounties.
This fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions!
Climate Change
Energy Access Solutions
Renewable Energy
Sustainable Development Goals
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GHG Platform India
An Indian Civil Society Initiative to Understand India’s GHG Emission Estimates. The Platform provides an independent estimation and analysis of India’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across key sectors, namely, Energy, Industry, AFOLU (Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use) and Waste.
Energy Transition for India – A Business Case
Two projects are being implemented to make a business case for energy transition to India. One is on Stranded Assets in the Coal-Fired Power Generation Sector and the second is on the impact of Water Scarcity on Coal-Fired Power Plants.
CCA RAI-II
Vasudha Foundation is undertaking a project supported by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), for the state of Punjab. This is a part of a bigger project being implemented by GIZ under the bilateral cooperation of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), India titled ‘Climate Change and Adaptation in Rural Areas of India Phase – II (CCA RAI-II)’.
Creation of a Pan-India Platform to Strengthen Action on Climate, Environment and Development
With support from Oak Foundation, this initiative is for Integrating Climate Change and Environment into Development and bringing together common voices in India, through a Pan-India Platform, with the intent to strengthen action on climate, environment, and development.
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Interactive Information on Power Generation in India
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On January 14, 2022, Vasudha Foundation in collaboration with the State Knowledge Management Centre on Climate Change (SKMCCC) of EPCO, Government of Madhya Pradesh and with support from Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation launched the “Climate Change and Environment Action Plans” of Bhopal and Indore districts. The Action Plan takes into...
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India leads the way with ambitious climate goals at COP 26 meet
This piece is the take of the Vasudha Foundation on the recent announcements made by the Honourable Prime Minister of India at COP 26. For the last 3 decades, United Nations (UN) has been bringing together all the countries for global summits. During the last two decades, climate change has emerged as the highest priority
MoreLook beyond solar PV for Decentralized Power Generation
Jaideep Saraswat, Vasudha Foundation India’s power sector is undergoing a substantive overhaul on several tenets. First, it has transitioned from a power deficit to a surplus nation due to accelerated capacity additions.[1] Second, access to electricity has been provided to all the willing households in India.[2] Third, the honorable prime minister of India has raised
MorePrinciples and Criteria of Green Recovery in India that enable NDC-enhancement in 2021
by Chetna Ahlawat, Vasudha Foundation The outbreak of Coronavirus in late 2019 has brought life to a screeching halt for people across the world. After being under lockdown for months, governments across the globe are designing green recovery as an umbrella term to revive all nations from the pandemic. Despite their varying approaches, some common green
MorePromotion of Renewable Energy (RE) at the heart of Green Recovery in India
by Divya Singh,Vasudha Foundation India under Pandemic and Green Recovery 2020 sees the world struggling with the socio-economic impacts during the different phases of the global pandemic caused by the Covid 19 virus. Across the globe, people protected themselves, countries-imposed lockdowns and physical distancing measures. Especially in countries which reacted too late this led to significant
MoreGreen Recovery in India to Strengthen Sustainable Agriculture
by Chetna Ahlawat, Vasudha Foundation As of 2019, in addition to ensuring food security, agriculture has contributed 15.9% to the Indian GDP and employed 42.3% of its population. Despite its high reliance on monsoons, agriculture continues to be the largest provider of livelihoods in rural India. India is among the top three producers of wheat, pulses,
MoreGreen Recovery in India to Strengthen Overall Social Resilience
by Chetna Ahlawat, Vasudha Foundation Crises and emergencies – natural or man-made – have always revealed underlying inequalities existing in society. The Coronavirus has not been very different in this regard. According to Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy in India, the unemployment rate in 2020 which stood at 8.74% in March rose to 23.48% in
MoreFinancing of a systemic energy transition in the aftermath of Corona pandemic
by Divya Singh,Vasudha Foundation Growth of Renewable Energy Sector in India India, over the last 6 to 7 years, has witnessed significant transformations in energy systems and structures with a strong policy thrust on renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE). It has set an ambitious RE generation target of 175 GW RE installed capacity by
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