2017 Progress Report FINAL digital.pdf

A new report released today from the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves highlights the continuing progress toward achieving universal adoption of clean cooking by 2030. The Alliance’s 2017 Progress ...

Cities Storing Energy

I would like to pass on 2 documents today.  The first ENDING ENERGY POVERTY was the topic of a webinar on the Security and Sustainability Forum.  The powerpoint in this paper provide a great range of ...

Scaling Markets for Clean Cooking: What We can Learn from Of...

The Clean Cooking Forum 2017, co-hosted by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC), TERI and others, concluded in Delhi recently. The author was a panelist at the technical session on ‘scaling...

Paris Climate Summit: Time for India to take the lead

On June 1 last, American President Donald Trump announced to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate Agreement. President Trump noted that in withdrawing he was keeping his campaign promise to put Am...

Global Status of Renewable Energy 2017

REN21 published its Renewables 2017 Global Status Report (GSR), the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy. Download the full report in several languages, infographics and...

'Why we need to measure how electricity empowers women'

My colleague, Dr Mini Govindan  and I discuss while policies are gender-neutral and provide equal opportunities, it doesn't always result in equal outcomes.   It is a well-established fact that electr...

The emerging market for pico-scale solar PV systems in Sub-S...

Dear friends, sharing another current and very relevant report by UNEP  DTU Partnership, worth reading (just in case you missed it).   Kind regards.

Mainstreaming SDG 7 in India: a reality check

It is now little more than a year that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed to by the World’s nations at the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2015. SDGs are a set of 17 goals, back...

1st Annual International Technical Workshop on Climate Risk

Presentations for this Oct. 2016 event are now posted at: climateriskworkshops

Drinking water from Poluted water or  Sea water

In conjunction with our water from the atmosphere technology (www.multigensolutions.com.au) we have developed a simple Solar Water Still to be used in areas where water is available, but the water is ...

The Energy Diaries: How the Rural Poor Buy, Use and Think Ab...

Renewable Energy Microfinance and Microenterprise Program   The Energy Diaries: How the Rural Poor Buy, Use and Think About Energy   August 24, 2016 3 pm – 5 pm Sovereign Room, Le Méridien, New Delhi ...

Invitation - Energy Diaries Webinar June 27

This webinar, organized by Arc Finance and supported by Microfinance Opportunities under the USAID-funded Renewable Energy Microfinance and Microenterprise Program (REMMP), presents the findings from ...