Two thousand villages uprooted, 43 lives lost, and thousands of people displaced in Punjab in recent floods is not an anomaly, but a recurrent catastrophe. Recent years have been marked by a cascade of climate hazards, revealing a nationwide pattern of escalating climate risks and mounting damages. The statistics reveal a glaring reality: human proclivitiesContinue reading “Sub-National Disaster Finance: Missed Opportunities and Challenges”
Author Archives: Amrita Goldar
Resilience as a Development Imperative: Taking Stock of India’s Industrial Preparedness
As climate extremes intensify and infrastructure systems around the world face unprecedented stress, the global community is grappling with a stark reality that resilience is no longer optional rather an urgent imperative. International frameworks such as the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, as well as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, both acknowledge the urgencyContinue reading “Resilience as a Development Imperative: Taking Stock of India’s Industrial Preparedness”
Legacy Mechanisms, New Expectations: A Perspective on the Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T
The recently released report “Report on the Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T” (henceforth referred to as the Roadmap), prepared as part of the COP29 and COP30 Presidencies, is framed as an action-oriented consolidation of existing initiatives and potential leverage points within the international climate finance system. The report realistically acknowledges the tension between itsContinue reading “Legacy Mechanisms, New Expectations: A Perspective on the Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T”
Setting Adaptation Targets: India’s Strategic Approach to GGA Indicators
As countries gear up for the COP 30 negotiations in Belém, one of the most anticipated discussions would be centred around the finalisation of the indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA). What started off as an exhaustive pool of close to 10,000 indicators has iteratively been pruned down to a list of 100,Continue reading “Setting Adaptation Targets: India’s Strategic Approach to GGA Indicators”
Bridging the Gap: Lessons from Energy Efficiency for Material Productivity in India
There are significant environmental, social and economic impacts of material extraction. Mining of minerals, metals, and other natural resources often occurs in ecologically sensitive areas rich in biodiversity and home to a significant tribal population. Additionally, as India imports a lion’s share of its requirements for strategic minerals like Cobalt, Nickel, and copper, it becomesContinue reading “Bridging the Gap: Lessons from Energy Efficiency for Material Productivity in India”