Author: Santosh
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A $179 Million Carbon Market Lesson: KOKO Networks and Its Clean Cooking Play
KOKO Networks is a company I have cited many times as an example of what clean cooking success looks like. Founded in Kenya in 2013, KOKO built a bioethanol cooking solution and made it accessible at subsidised prices: stoves at…
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What I Read in 2025
As usual, my last year’s reading was split between deliberate explorations and guilty pleasures. The thrillers, murder mysteries, and crime fiction were my airport reading and guilty pleasures, feeding the inner child who grew up on comics and superhero books.…
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Sankalp Bharat 2025
Last Friday, I moderated the opening plenary of the Sankalp Bharat 2025 to explore the next phase of transformation of Indian agriculture. We didn’t just discuss problems but mapped the big shifts required for Indian agriculture over the next decade. Here are four things we all agreed…
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RESTORE 2025
The Economics of Restoration is complicated. And, the context specific nature of interventions make it even more difficult to have commercial capital flow in these interventions for scale. But restoration of our land and food system is critical and cannot…
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Beyond Debt: How the USD 125 Billion Tropical Fund Redefines Climate Finance for Forest Conservation
Our forests are essential for maintaining Earth’s climate balance, as they absorb around 16 billion metric tonnes of CO₂ annually (gross removals) and store over 860 billion metric tonnes of carbon. They also provide crucial ecosystem services, supporting the water,…