Reports

What is sustainable consumption? Can we solve the climate crisis with an ultimate win-win: consume but not pollute? This paper raises these uncomfortable questions and establishes that Efficiency is not Sufficiency.

The proposal, submitted to the UNFCCC in 2018, elaborates how the New Market Mechanism under the Paris Agreement should be designed to achieve real carbon emission reductions. It also proposes a non-market mechanism to enhance the sequestration of carbon on land and forests.

The report reviews the approaches to adaptation followed by different countries—developed and developing—in an attempt to understand the best way to plan adaptation.

This was a proposal submitted to the Warsaw Mechanism on Loss & Damage to protect farmers from climate-induced extreme weather events.

A scoping study on the role of agriculture insurance in protecting farmers of Asia and Africa from extreme weather events.

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is one of the world’s largest crop-insurance schemes supported by the government. This report assesses the performance of PMFBY and recommends changes to make it more effective as a safety net to combat climate change.

Global Stocktake (GST) in the Paris Agreement is to assess collective progress toward the Agreement’s long-term goals. But how do we ensure that GST review operationalizes equity and enhances ambition? This policy brief provides some key pointers for the same.

Indian Climate Research Network (ICRN) was an initiative of the Centre for Science & Environment, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and IISc Bengaluru to promote climate change research in India. This is the second newsletter of ICRN.

Indian Climate Research Network (ICRN) was an initiative of the Centre for Science & Environment, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and IISc Bengaluru to promote climate change research in India. This is the first newsletter of ICRN.

Government of India has unveiled a major programme called KUSUM to solarise the irrigation pump. But how sustainable is the solar pump programme? The report, using case studies, recommends major changes in the design of KUSUM.

How do we provide electricity to the energy-poor using renewable sources? How do we make decentralized and distributed electricity future a reality? This report, using real-data, proposes a framework and a plan to make mini-grids a reality.

While Solar PV has become a real alternative to the fossil fuel plants, Solar Thermal technology has lagged behind. This report is a roadmap to developing solar thermal technologies in India.