Sustainable Futures Collaborative

Where does India’s public clean energy research money go? Our new 'India’s Clean Energy RD&D Tracker' brings together 1,359 publicly funded projects at 90+ institutions, worth about INR 1,443 crore, in one place for the first time. Visit the Tracker: www.sustainablefutures.org/indias-clean...

Built with the Climate Policy Lab at @fletcherschool.bsky.social, Tufts University, the tracker is an evolving resource, and we will update it as more data becomes available. Designed by @revisual.co.

Where does India’s public clean energy research money go? Our new 'India’s Clean Energy RD&D Tracker' brings together 1,359 publicly funded projects at 90+ institutions, worth about INR 1,443 crore, in one place for the first time. Visit the Tracker: www.sustainablefutures.org/indias-clean...

(1/6) As India's energy transition continues to accelerate, a new set of questions emerge: how is India’s clean energy innovation ecosystem evolving, what are the strategic choices shaping public RD&D investments, and what could this mean for the country’s innovation trajectory?

(5/6) We also ask whether India should align with global RD&D trajectories or strategically invest in areas where it can create competitive advantages, with implications for India’s energy security, technological self-reliance, and global competitiveness.

(1/6) As India's energy transition continues to accelerate, a new set of questions emerge: how is India’s clean energy innovation ecosystem evolving, what are the strategic choices shaping public RD&D investments, and what could this mean for the country’s innovation trajectory?

(3/6) Alongside the report, we will also launch our public clean energy RD&D Tracker that provides a breakdown of publicly available clean energy investments and activities across technologies, institutions, and types of innovation. Watch this space for more information.

(1/6) As India's energy transition continues to accelerate, a new set of questions emerge: how is India’s clean energy innovation ecosystem evolving, what are the strategic choices shaping public RD&D investments, and what could this mean for the country’s innovation trajectory?

(1/4) India’s average temperature during 2015-2024 rose by 0.89°C above the 1901-30 baseline, which makes it important to understand how the changing heat exposure is impacting people & places, while also examining how emerging institutional and policy responses are shaping India’s heat resilience.

(3/4) The report calls for mainstreaming heat action across sectors and levels of governance, sustained adaptation finance, and embedding health outcomes in the planning, implementation and evaluation of heat action.

(1/4) India’s average temperature during 2015-2024 rose by 0.89°C above the 1901-30 baseline, which makes it important to understand how the changing heat exposure is impacting people & places, while also examining how emerging institutional and policy responses are shaping India’s heat resilience.

1/4 “Scrapping only counts if the vehicle is destroyed rather than moved across a state boundary…Otherwise, the problem is simply relocated.” Arunesh Karkun spoke to the Financial Express about the environmental issues surrounding end-of-life vehicles scrappage in India.

3/4 On ideas India could adopt to confront the environmental challenge of vehicular scrapping, he highlighted “collecting a recycling fee at first registration... crediting producer obligations on total material recovered, and targeting enforcement at vehicles measured to be high emitters.”

1/4 “Scrapping only counts if the vehicle is destroyed rather than moved across a state boundary…Otherwise, the problem is simply relocated.” Arunesh Karkun spoke to the Financial Express about the environmental issues surrounding end-of-life vehicles scrappage in India.

By centring the debate on AC, the far-right response to the heatwaves in Europe has “completely neglected the science of how you cool human beings”. - Aditya Valiathan Pillai in @carbonbrief.org. www.carbonbrief.org/eight-facts-...

There are many solutions, he adds, that are already widely used across hot developing countries, such as ceiling fans, windows that open and cross-ventilation, as well as strategies to reduce cumulative hours of heat exposure.

1/2 #Bonn ended with a familiar mix: negotiated compromises, lingering disagreements, and incremental progress. But beneath the small gains lie deeper rifts (over finance, trade, and implementation) that will define what's possible at #COP31 later this year.

1/4 As Indian cities confront rising temperatures, the challenge is no longer just responding to extreme heat. We need to build institutions that can tackle heat as a long-term risk. Our interviews with policymakers and implementors revealed that heat often struggles to compete with more

3/4 - Better integration of heat into urban planning and public service delivery - Improved use of data and technology for decision-making

1/4 As Indian cities confront rising temperatures, the challenge is no longer just responding to extreme heat. We need to build institutions that can tackle heat as a long-term risk. Our interviews with policymakers and implementors revealed that heat often struggles to compete with more

1/2 #JobAlert: We're #hiring a Research Associate/Senior Research Associate, Environmental Governance and Policy, in New Delhi. Our work aims to make lasting and sustainable improvements to India’s air quality by strengthening the foundations of our approach to air quality management.

1/3 #JobAlert: We're #hiring a Communications Associate/Senior Communications Associate at Sustainable Futures Collaborative (SFC), in New Delhi. The role involves implementing SFC’s communications strategies across our thematic areas and in institutional storytelling.

2/3 Applicants must have 2-5 years of experience in a communications role and a Bachelor's/Master's degree in Journalism, Communications, Social Sciences, Environmental Studies, Public Policy, or a related discipline.

1/6 NEW PUBLICATION: As part of The Climate Futures Project (climatefuturesproject.in), Nikita Shukla, @aman-srivastava.bsky.social & Easwaran J Narassimhan unpack the @asiapolicy.asiasociety.org's 2022 climate policy modelling study, ‘Getting India to Net-Zero’, which provides guidance and advice

5/6 This factsheet explores what the ASPI study tells us and what questions remain unanswered. Read the factsheet here: climatefuturesproject.in/aspi-2022/

1/6 NEW PUBLICATION: As part of The Climate Futures Project (climatefuturesproject.in), Nikita Shukla, @aman-srivastava.bsky.social & Easwaran J Narassimhan unpack the @asiapolicy.asiasociety.org's 2022 climate policy modelling study, ‘Getting India to Net-Zero’, which provides guidance and advice

3/6 energy savings, and energy security. At the same time, it identifies important areas for improvement. Limited transparency around model inputs, the absence of uncertainty analysis, insufficient attention to regional differences, & a lack of quantitative assessment of

1/6 NEW PUBLICATION: As part of The Climate Futures Project (climatefuturesproject.in), Nikita Shukla, @aman-srivastava.bsky.social & Easwaran J Narassimhan unpack the @asiapolicy.asiasociety.org's 2022 climate policy modelling study, ‘Getting India to Net-Zero’, which provides guidance and advice

1/3 We are screening our audio-visual exhibit, Making the ‘Invisible’ Visible: Indoor Heat, Unpaid Domestic Work, and Women’s Resilience, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Bengaluru, on 6 June from 4 PM onwards. Using thermal imagery and audio narratives, the exhibit documents

2/3 how women living in heat-vulnerable settlements across New Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad experience, navigate, and cope with extreme heat in their homes and daily lives. The screening will be followed by a discussion on indoor heat, its gendered impacts, and Heatwatch’s research on

1/5 NEW PUBLICATION: Climate change is no longer only an environmental challenge — it is rapidly becoming a public health crisis. As extreme heat intensifies across India, the country’s health systems are being pushed to their limits. In the essay ‘What is the Health Agenda for Climate Adaptation?’,

4/5 across public health programmes. As warming accelerates, adaptation cannot only mean responding to emergencies. It must also mean rebuilding health systems that can protect people under sustained climatic stress. The essay is part of, Critical Perspectives on Extreme Heat in India, by

1/5 NEW PUBLICATION: Climate change is no longer only an environmental challenge — it is rapidly becoming a public health crisis. As extreme heat intensifies across India, the country’s health systems are being pushed to their limits. In the essay ‘What is the Health Agenda for Climate Adaptation?’,

2/5 Nitya Mohan Khemka and @bhargavkrishna.bsky.social argue that India’s current health systems are not equipped to measure, anticipate, or respond to the full scale of climate-related health risks. From undercounted heat-related illnesses to fragmented health and meteorological data,