Reports

How should cities in India promote and implement source-segregation model of waste management? This Model Framework has been developed based on learnings from various cities in India.

This is a report on a pilot project being implemented in Zanzibar to demonstrate the efficacy of decentralized solid waste management practices.

This is a report on a city-wide pilot project being implemented in Muzaffarpur, Bihar to demonstrate the efficacy of decentralized solid waste management practices. The Muzaffarpur model is now being implemented in other cities of Bihar.

How should cities in Africa promote and implement source-segregation model of waste management? This Model Framework has been developed based on learnings in Zanzibar, which has been instrumental in empowering women from the local community.

The aim of waste management is to promote waste minimization, recycling and recovery. The book examines the applicability of waste to energy in the Indian context.

This report is an analysis of the gaps in the existing composting policy of India and suggests changes to strengthen the current marketing mechanisms and policy of city compost.

A group of international researchers worked together to publish this paper in International Affairs to provide a critical perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the developing world.

The report documents the status of land acquisition legislation in different states of the country. It has a simple recommendation: A good land acquisition legislation is one which increase the direct cost and reduces the indirect costs.

What should be the structure and methodology to prepare a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) and Social Impact Management Plan (SIMP) while acquiring land for a development projects? This report gives an indicative structure that can be modified to suit the project and location.

How do we ensure that the quality of the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) reports is good-enough to make decision on compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement? This report proposes a framework to empanel qualified organizations and individuals to make good SIA reports.

The rating established that incentives play a major role in environment performance. As Indian fertilizer sector is incentivized to reduce energy consumption, they are the world’s best in energy. But as there is lack of incentives in other environmental areas, the sector is not so good in those.

The Paris Agreement talks about a Global Goal on Adaptation without exemplifying what that goal should be. This report proposes a completely new framework on adaptation and how a global goal can be constructed around it.