Reports
Greening India’s Workforce: Gearing up for Expansion of Solar and Wind Power in India
India’s clean energy goals have the potential to put 34,583 people to work in wind power, 58,647 in utility solar and 237,980 in rooftop solar jobs over the next five years. Solar jobs will be well distributed across India, with Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh in the lead. Wind jobs, like wind capacity, are likely to be concentrated in a few states that have high wind potential…Read more
Mapping Multiple Climate-related Hazards in South Asia
This research report presents the first comprehensive overview of the multiple climate hazard risks, and the proposed key issues and challenges facing South Asia. It suggests methods for mapping such risks and estimating their impacts on people and agriculture in South Asia by carrying out regional, country-wise and sub-national assessment of five climate-related risks that include floods, droughts, extreme rainfall, extreme temperature and sea-level rise…Read more
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investments Report 2017
A new report by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance tells the story of the latest developments, signs and signals in the financing of renewable power and fuels. The report says that the investment in renewables capacity in 2016 was roughly double of that in fossil fuel generation, although total investment was $241.6 billion (excluding large hydro), the lowest since 2013…Read more
Policymaking
Rethink gender issues to better tackle climate change
Strategies to deal with global warming need to direct more resources towards gender equality as faulty assumptions on gender issues distort how we think about climate change
Will new electricity rules hobble India’s rooftop solar sector?
New rules announced by the power ministry on selling surplus electricity from rooftop solar installations could hold back expansion of the sector that has seen slow growth
Ill-planned dams, roads worsened Himalayan flash flood disaster
Climate change made the Uttarakhand flash flood in the Indian Himalayas possible, and poor development policies on building dams and roads made it disastrous
Events
15-18 January: World Future Energy Summit 2018
Venue: Abu Dhabi, UAE Organiser: The International Water Summit
15-16 January: International Forum on Migration Statistics 2018
Venue: Paris, France Organiser: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Latest Articles
Articles
Better financing can boost livelihoods around renewables
Innovative funding for applications of decentralised renewable energy will boost demand in India while generating livelihood options for a large number of people
Brace for hotter summers as temperatures rise across India
High heat and humidity will take an increasing toll in death and ill-health in India and other tropical countries unless global temperature rise is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius
Batteries will be pivotal in India’s electric mobility transition
India’s ambitious plans for the electric vehicle market will stay in first gear till stronger and cheaper batteries become more widely available
Rethink gender issues to better tackle climate change
Strategies to deal with global warming need to direct more resources towards gender equality as faulty assumptions on gender issues distort how we think about climate change
Global warming is melting snow faster in the Himalayas
Climate change has hastened the melting of snow in the Himalayas in recent decades, creating unprecedented vulnerabilities that scientists are yet to fully understand
Countries come up short on carbon-cutting commitments
The United Nations has sounded a red alert as new pledges by countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions fall far short of the action required to stop runaway global warming
Will new electricity rules hobble India’s rooftop solar sector?
New rules announced by the power ministry on selling surplus electricity from rooftop solar installations could hold back expansion of the sector that has seen slow growth
Ill-planned dams, roads worsened Himalayan flash flood disaster
Climate change made the Uttarakhand flash flood in the Indian Himalayas possible, and poor development policies on building dams and roads made it disastrous
We must make peace with nature to protect earth
The United Nations has warned that immediate action is needed to face the triple environmental emergency of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution
Countries need long-term strategy to combat climate crisis
A long-term low-carbon economic strategy can help a country to reduce policy uncertainty, which would help investment decisions by both the public and private sectors