The Heat Is On During India’s 2024 General Elections
Dr. Vijay Limaye | April 15, 2024
India typically experiences intense heatwaves between March and June each year, and these events impose an extreme burden on public health as well as on the economy at large...
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Workshop Accelerates Heat Preparedness Action in India
Dr. Vijay Limaye | March 14, 2024
With 2023 confirmed as the hottest year documented in global temperature records since 1850, the life-threatening risks of extreme heat are becoming...
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Gender Equity in India’s Clean Energy Transition
Dr. Vyoma Jha | March 6, 2024
On this International Women’s Day, the role of women in advancing the clean energy transition in India is taking center stage....
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Equity in Motion: Mobilizing E-Vehicles in Rural India
Sameer Kwatra | February 1, 2024
This week marked a significant milestone as NRDC, in collaboration with partners Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and the Small Industries...
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India Takes Action to Address Mounting Heat Risks in Cities
Dr. Vijay Limaye | January 12, 2024
Intense heat waves are becoming more frequent and severe across India, threatening public health, electricity grid reliability, agricultural yields, amongst other impacts...
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Raising the Profile for Women-led Subnational Climate Action
Dr. Vyoma Jha & Charlotte Steiner | December 21, 2023
The recently concluded COP28 climate talks in Dubai highlighted growing international consensus and commitments on accelerating the transition towards...
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Progress on Global Cooling as Global Warming Talks Close
Prima Madan & Sameer Kwatra | December 1, 2023
With the planet rapidly heating up, cooling has been a hot topic at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai last week...
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Taking Climate Action Forward: India Key to Dubai Climate Talks
Sameer Kwatra & Dr. Vyoma Jha & Charlotte Steiner | December 1, 2023
With the window to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius rapidly closing, COP28 kicked off in Dubai today...
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People-Centric Approaches to Climate Solutions
Sameer Kwatra | October 31, 2023
Local climate action and people-centric approaches are critical to building on the ground capacities of communities vulnerable to the impacts of climate change...
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A Case for Climate Neutral and Resilient Villages
Sameer Kwatra & Dr. Vyoma Jha | October 16, 2023
Led by India, the world’s largest economies committed to urgently accelerate climate action at the G20 New Delhi Summit that concluded last month...
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The Power of States in Driving Climate Action
Dr. Vyoma Jha | August 31, 2023
India aims to install 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2070, making it the country...
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Green Jobs for Gender Equality
Sameer Kwatra | August 30, 2023
Countries around the world affirmed their commitment to gender equality and empowering women as agents of change in the clean energy transition at the G20 Energy Transitions...
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India’s Air Pollution Challenge Spans Rural and Urban Areas
Dr. Vijay Limaye | July 26, 2023
Across the globe, the health burden of air pollution from burning fossil fuels is substantial, resulting in increased risk of premature mortality, reduced life expectancy....
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US-India Climate Partnership: A World of Opportunities
Dr. Vyoma Jha & Sameer Kwatra | June 20, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Official State Visit to the United States this week, follows a series of high-profile meetings between him and President Joe Biden over the past year....
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Building Synergies for a Women-led Clean Energy Transition in India
Dr. Vyoma Jha | June 14, 2023
Co-Authored with Akanksha Golchha, Charu Lata and Srinivas Ethiraj of NRDC India. Women are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change and at the same time are capable of bringing more effective change at the grassroots level through community engagement and household level action...
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Utilities Vital to the Success of India’s EV Transition
Charlotte Steiner | June 6, 2023
Over half of India’s three-wheeler registrations in 2022 were electric. Overall, electric vehicle (EV) sales in India in the first quarter of 2023 have already increased by 81 percent over the same period in 2022...
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Solutions at Scale: Advancing Action on India’s Heat Risks
Dr. Vijay Limaye & Prima Madan | June 6, 2023
Co-authored by Abhiyant Tiwari and Ashish Jindal of NRDC India. India, a country on the front lines of dangerous climate change impacts, is taking aggressive action to better prepare people for the hazards posed by extreme heat...
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Jodhpur’s First Heat Action Plan Highlights Vulnerable Areas
Dr. Vijay Limaye & Dr. Kim Knowlton | April 19, 2023
The Indian city of Jodhpur this week launched its first-ever Heat Action Plan (HAP) to strengthen local preparedness and resilience to intensifying extreme heat hazards...
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More States Adopt Building Energy Codes in India
Prima Madan | April 10, 2023
In a boost for energy efficient buildings, two more states in India, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, adopted the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 last month...
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Telangana Announces a Groundbreaking Cool Roof Policy
Prima Madan, Vijay Limaye, Sameer Kwatra & David B. Goldstein | April 3, 2023
In a major push to provide a low-cost, climate friendly solution to cope with extreme heat, Telangana state in India today launched a comprehensive state-wide cool roofs policy...
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India’s Leadership Advances Heat-Health Protections
Vijay Limaye & Kim Knowlton | February 19, 2023
For people in India, the severe heat of 2022 was historic, as extreme temperatures arrived early and stayed late. March 2022 logged the hottest March maximum temperatures ever recorded in the country...
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Renewable Energy: A Driver for Job Growth | NRDC
Sameer Kwatra | February 06, 2023
India recently announced its Union Budget for 2023-24 with a vision of developing an empowered and inclusive economy. The budget clearly highlighted green growth as one of the priority areas to achieve this goal – renewable energy can help reduce...
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India at COP27: A Defining Moment and a Balancing Act
Sameer Kwatra | October 31, 2022
As one of the largest economies with a defining role in fighting the worsening planetary climate crisis India faces a balancing act at the global climate negotiations, COP27, to be held in Egypt from November 6-18 this year...
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Hariyali Green Villages: Women Lead Climate Solutions
Charlotte Steiner & Sameer Kwatra | June 14, 2022
NRDC, Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), and partners have implemented the transformative Hariyali Green Villages initiative in 15 villages in Gujarat and Rajasthan over the past year...
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Building Capacity to Address India’s Air Pollution Challenge
Vijay Limaye | September 19, 2022
Air pollution in India is a national challenge: 94 percent of the country’s population is exposed to very poor air quality, and the country has witnessed one of the most dramatic rises in pollution over the last twenty years with its rapid industrialization and continuing reliance on polluting fossil fuels...
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Advancing Global Heat Resilience & Climate-Friendly Cooling
Vijay Limaye & Prima Madan | November 14, 2022
As global leaders convene this month in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for COP 27, the United Nations climate summit, the risks of a warming planet are coming into sharper focus worldwide...
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Mobilizing Renewable Energy for EV Charging in India
Sameer Kwatra | July 22, 2022
For many in India, driving an electric vehicle (EV) is part of living a “greener” life. However, the electricity used to charge EVs can often come from conventional fuels like coal and natural gas...
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India Could Create Millions of Jobs Through Renewable Energy
Sameer Kwatra & Charlotte Steiner | January 27, 2022
In the past year, India has seen multiple waves in an ongoing pandemic, increases in extreme weather events including heatwaves, floods, droughts, growing economic instability, and a spotlight on global inequities: climate disasters are striking with increasing severity,
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Catalyzing Clean Energy Solutions through Skilling
Sameer Kwatra | September 29, 2022
For several years, the sole source of electricity in Santokben’s house was a 1 kW solar panel, installed on the rooftop of her house in the Fangani village of Gujarat, India. Santokben’s working hours were thus largely dependent on sunlight; as a result, the number of productive hours and income opportunities available to Santokben were limited...
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Investing in People for Energy Access
Sameer Kwatra | May 25, 2022
While the renewable sector is growing at a fast pace in India, the quality and reliability of electricity has remained a major challenge, particularly in rural areas. Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) is a medium to provide 24 X 7 energy access to all. DRE can not only help bridge the energy access gap, but can be a powerful tool for creating jobs...
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India Could Create Millions of Jobs Through Renewable Energy
Sameer Kwatra & Charlotte Steiner | January 27, 2022
In the past year, India has seen multiple waves in an ongoing pandemic, increases in extreme weather events including heatwaves, floods, droughts, growing economic instability, and a spotlight on global inequities: climate disasters are striking with increasing severity, often hammering places where people are already vulnerable...
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Coordinating Actions to Counter India’s Air Pollution Crisis
Vijay Limaye | November 07, 2022
India continues to suffer from some of the worst air pollution levels in the world and reducing its heavy toll is critical for securing country’s long-term health and prosperity. According to Indian scientist, outdoor air pollution...
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When Extreme Heat Hits India’s Slums, These Women Cool Things Down—and Save Lives
Nicole Greenfield | November 16, 2021
Whether facing heat waves, water scarcity, or COVID-19, women-led networks in Ahmedabad are working together to keep their families and neighbors safe...
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Strengthening City Actions to Reach India’s Clean Air Goals
Vijay Limaye & Anjali Jaiswal - Alum | November 21, 2019
ndia’s air pollution challenges have made international news headlines this month, with air quality in Delhi reaching emergency levels of more than 20 times the World Health Organization (WHO) standard...
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As Temperatures Soar in India, One City’s Efforts Are Saving Lives
Nicole Greenfield | July 23, 2019
The western city of Ahmedabad is preparing residents to cope with the longer and more intense heat waves sweeping across South Asia—and inspiring other Indian cities and states to follow suit...
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Salt of the Earth, Courtesy of the Sun
January 30, 2019
By powering their pumps with solar energy instead of diesel, Indian salt farmers are investing in their own brighter futures. In the remote, sun-cracked desert of India’s westernmost state, Gujarat, tens of thousands of farmers work to harvest one of the country’s most essential commodities...
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Implementing Women-Led Clean Energy Solutions in India
Sameer Kwatra | October 19, 2022
Women are inequitably affected by climate change due to a long-entrenched history of roles, social structures, and access to resources...
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Recognition for NRDC’s Work on Clean Energy Jobs in India
Sameer Kwatra | December 02, 2019
The Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ) recognized NRDC as a "Valued Partner in Skill Gap Studies in Renewable Energy in India" at the Intersolar Conference held on 27-29 November in Bangalore, India...
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Trading Coal Plants for Solar Farms in India
Nicole Greenfield | August 31, 2017
Senior attorney and India program director Anjali Jaiswal leads a small team that’s accomplishing big things in one of the world’s most polluted countries. When President Trump announced his intention to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, he singled India out...
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Cooling India Without Making a Hot Mess
Vaishnavi Chanrashekhar | January 19, 2016
Senior attorney and India program director Anjali Jaiswal leads a small team that’s accomplishing big things in one of the world’s most polluted countries. When President Trump announced his intention to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, he singled India out...As the country's economy improves—and temperatures rise—tens of millions of people are installing air conditioners. That spells trouble for climate change.Until recently, air conditioners were considered a luxury in India...
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Empowering India
Vaishnavi Chanrashekhar | January 19, 2016
Anjali Jaiswal, director of NRDC’s India program, discusses harnessing the power of clean energy in the country. Renewable energy has tremendous potential. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced a solar energy target of 100 gigawatts by 2022...
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India's Red-Hot Problem
Kim Castleberry | August 31, 2015
Fighting deadly heat waves is futile, but preparing for them might wind up saving thousands of lives across the country. Thanks to climate change, extreme heat waves have become a sign of the times—especially in India...
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