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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
More“Fulfilling the Paris Agreement: Pathways to Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment in Developing Countries”, CSO Panel discussion at the World Bank Spring Meetings 2016
Vasudha Foundation organised a panel discussion on “Fulfilling the Paris Agreement: Pathways to Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment in Developing Countries, at the Civil Society Policy Forum at the World Bank Spring Meetings, on Friday...
MoreFEATURE: Seeking Climate Finance for Resilient Indian Cities
Srinivas Krishnaswamy, CEO, Vasudha Foundation, reports on project activities for the CDKN supported project Finding the Finance: Climate Compatible development in Asian cities. With various development challenges that many Indian cities face...
MoreMy Blog on the Paris Agreement
What Makes the Paris Agreement, Historical? by Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Chief Executive Officer, Vasudha Foundation For many of us, who have been following the Global Climate Negotiations, tend to think that the Paris Agreement is indeed a...
MoreLetter from People of India to COP21 and Friends in the Developed World
Dear Friends, You don’t know us. You may not even have heard of us. We speak a different language but we are sure you will understand us. We can’t write; we are illiterate. We are poor. We live in far off places. There’s no...
MorePanel discussion on “Scaling up Renewable Solutions in Developing Economies” at the World Bank Spring Meeting, Civil Society Policy Forum, Washington DC, Friday, 17th April 2015
Vasudha Foundation organized a panel discussion on the theme of “Basket of Options for Scaling up Renewable Energy in Fast Developing Economies such as India”, at the Civil Society Policy Forum at the side lines of the World Bank...
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