Category: Sustainability
Perspectives on sustainable development, restoration economics, clean energy access, and ESG — from policy frameworks to on-the-ground implementation.
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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,…
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Clean Cooking and Carbon Markets
The one thematic area that has remained consistent throughout my professional journey is access to clean cooking energy. What started as exploring BoP markets for energy access in 2008 continues even today—as we still have more than 2.1 billion people…
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Transforming Agriculture in the Global South – The South-South Agriculture Alliance
I strongly believe that innovative AgTechs can address some of the most pressing problems of the smallholder farmers and small producers. India has been a hub of AgTech innovation and several solutions that have proven themselves in India are now…
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The Most Read Research Papers on ESG
Financial Times did an article on the most read research papers on ESG and here are the top five from the list. The list is based on the download data on SSRN. Irrespective of whether SSRN download data is a…
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Biodiversity Financing- Going Beyond Public Finance
Biodiversity conservation and protection needs urgent financing push. With yearly financing gap of more than USD 500 billion, we need to look beyond the public financing and leverage biodiversity offsets, green bonds and other innovative instruments.