Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

#CEEWEvents | Strengthening Urban Climate Resilience in Maharashtra 🌆 At the Maharashtra State Consultation on Enabling Resilient Urban Infrastructure Development through Innovative Financial Instruments, experts from CEEW, WRI India, Climate Bonds Initiative, and key municipal leaders came together to discuss pathways for enhancing climate resilience in Maharashtra’s cities. The roundtables explored adaptation options in the face of growing climate risks to urban infrastructure and highlighted the potential of innovative finance to fund #ClimateResilience. We also presented our learnings from Thane’s infrastructure risk assessment. 📸 Swipe to see highlights from the consultation! Vishwas Chitale PhD, @John Nickell (Head of Political and Bilateral Affairs, British Deputy High Commission), Abhijit Ghorpade, Manisha Awhale (Commissioner, Ulasnagar), Dr Kailash Shinde (Commissioner, Navi Mumbai), Pushp Bajaj, PhD, Avni Agarwal, Neha Kumar, Anushka Maheswari, British High Commission in India, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

#CEEWEvents | Scaling Productive Use of Renewable Energy: Unlocking Opportunities for South-South Cooperation 🌍 India’s experience with Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) solutions has transformed rural livelihoods—boosting incomes, enhancing agricultural productivity, and tackling energy access challenges. CEEW and Villgro ’s Powering Livelihoods initiative has showcased how PURE technologies —such as solar dryers and pumps, solar hydroponics units, solar-powered cold storage, and silk reeling machines, among others — can transform value chains across sectors ranging from agriculture and animal husbandry to fisheries, and textiles. 💡 How can these learnings inspire similar success across the Global South? At the ARE Energy Access Investment Forum 2025, CEEW, with support from Clean Energy Access Network, is hosting a workshop to explore how PURE technologies can scale across Africa and beyond. Join us for a solutions-driven discussion on policy frameworks, financing mechanisms, and market linkages to unlock new opportunities for collaboration. 📅 09 April 2025 ⏰16:15-17:30 EAT 📍Jacaranda Hall, Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda 🔗 Registered attendees – add this session to your agenda: https://lnkd.in/geR3bNfQ #EnergyAccess #PUREtechnologies #SouthSouthCooperation #EAIF2025 Bloomberg Philanthropies, Alliance for Rural Electrification, Clean Energy Access Network, Priya Shankar, Puja Tewary, Abhishek Jain, Shaikh Wase Khalid, Urwa Tul Wusqa, Deepak Mohapatra, Nitin Akhade

#NewBlog | That’s Rubbish: The ABCs of Making Punjab’s Schools Zero Waste How can schools take the lead in tackling waste? On #ZeroWasteDay, our new blog spotlights how our collaboration with Amritsar and Ludhiana’s municipal corporations is helping students and teachers track, sort, and reduce waste. Arvind Kumar, Shailja Singla, and Divyanshu Saini, Ph.D. describe how Punjab’s schools are pioneering zero-waste models, shaping citizens for a cleaner future: https://lnkd.in/g5iFCXzW #ZeroWaste #SustainableSchools #CleanCities #WasteManagement

📢 How can India fund cleaner, greener cities? On #CEEWExplains, Research Analyst Dishant Rathee breaks down Municipal Green Bonds—a game-changer for funding better transport, cleaner water, and climate-resilient infrastructure. 🏙️ 🔗 What will it take for India's cities to tap into this opportunity? Read the latest study from CEEW Green Finance Centre to learn more:  https://lnkd.in/g_-H7xnd #GreenFinance #SustainableCities

In partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu and ITDP - India, we've launched a project to drive climate-resilient, sustainable, and inclusive urban mobility through data-driven policies and innovative financing in Erode. The project is housed under the UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) for accelerating carbon-neutral transition, bringing together Tamil Nadu government officials, UK FCDO representatives, and #UrbanMobility experts to accelerate smart transport solutions for a cleaner, greener future. British High Commission in India, Halima Holland, Erode Muncipal Corporation, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Supriya Sahu, Halima Holland, Debbie Palmer, Mr Senthil, Karthik Ganesan

#CEEWEvents | Reaching Net Zero For India: Harnessing the Transformative Moment in India’s Growth Story As an emerging climate leader in the Global South, India is uniquely placed to shape the future by aiming to do what few countries have done before—develop and decarbonise simultaneously. Net zero is not just a call for emissions reductions—it is a call for economic transformation. The pathways we follow will have far-reaching implications for all levels of government, balance sheets of businesses, portfolios of financial institutions, and the quality of life of citizens. In this webinar, we will: 🔹 Demystify the criticality of net zero, explore India's #NetZero debate, reflect on the role of institutions and policymakers in aiding this transition 🔹 Discuss how to deliver finance for decarbonisation and carbon neutrality 🔹 Share insights from a policy study on the UK Net Zero commitments and energy systems 🔹 The webinar will also highlight the Reaching Net Zero for India course, developed with Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford. This course aims to equip policymakers, the wider public sector, and the academic ecosystem with the necessary knowledge to foster sustainable decision-making and contribute to India's green transition in their respective domains. Read more about the course at https://lnkd.in/gnVc9zTY 📅 8 April 2025 ⏰ 1600 – 1700 IST 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gg4VqcPs  Anupama Sen, Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Reman Singh, Arjun Dutt

#CEEWVoices | Strengthening NREGS for Water Security & Climate Adaptation 💧🌿 Programme Lead Dr. Suparana Katyaini PhD joined a panel at the Stakeholder Workshop in Delhi on the contribution of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to Natural Resource Management, #WaterSecurity, and #ClimateAdaptation. She highlighted ways to enhance NREGS convergence with other policies, drawing insights from Food-Land-Water systems research in Odisha and Rajasthan. The productive discussion focused on maximising impact through policy coherence and strategic collaboration. #NREGS #NaturalResourceManagement Soorya K K, Vikas Goyal, Shilp Verma, Pooja Prasad, Rajeev Ahal, Rengalakshmi Raj, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), GIZ India

India's journey towards heat resilience is, above all, about protecting human health—whether by preventing illness or reducing the economic impact of heat-linked productivity loss.The health sector is central to helping us adapt to extreme heat. At the Heat-Health Conclave by NPCCHH and NIDM, I engaged with state nodal officers on heat risk governance and highlighted how urban heat mapping can enhance health sector preparedness for extreme heat. Three key takeaways: 1. Prevention is always better than cure. Hospitals are setting up emergency cooling wards, but it's often too late when a patient arrives—only about two-thirds survive. 2. Data alone isn't enough. While the need for granular health outcome data is crucial, focusing on the resilience of health centres and first responders is equally essential. 3. Better coordination is key. Strong alignment between city and district authorities is essential for an effective heat-health response, especially in tier II and III cities. #heathealthresilience Purvi Patel National Prog. on Climate Change and Human Health NCDC National Institute of Disaster Management Prerna Ojha Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Creating a democratic demand for clean air with the one and only Arunabha Ghosh since 2019. Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

📢 #CEEWEvents | Unlocking Green Finance for Sustainable Cities💰 🏙️ Municipal green bonds hold immense potential to mobilise finance for climate-resilient urban infrastructure—but what will it take to scale their adoption in India? At the CEEW-GFC National Dialogue on Municipal Green Bonds, policymakers, investors, and municipal leaders came together to discuss opportunities, challenges, and solutions. Key takeaways: ✅ Urban Local Bodies must strengthen financial capacity to access debt markets and attract investors. ✅ The private sector has a critical role to play in deepening the municipal bond market and driving green finance solutions. ✅ There is a growing appetite for municipal green bonds—4 of the last 7 municipal bonds issued in India were labelled “green,” reflecting a positive shift in investor interest. The latest CEEW Green Finance Centre study, Unlocking Green Finance for India’s Urban Local Bodies, was launched by D. Thara, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and Debashis Bandyopadhyay, Chief General Manager, SEBI. The study finds that municipal green bonds could mobilise up to USD 2.5 billion by 2030—if the right reforms are in place. 🔗Read the full report:  https://lnkd.in/g_-H7xnd Anurag Arun, Shreshtha Saraswat, Subalakshmi K, Santosh Tiwari, Varun Kaushik, Saibal Ghosh, Neha Kumar, sujatha.srikumar@gma Srikumar, Rajashree Murkute, Astha Talwar, Ravikant Joshi, Gagan Sidhu, Arjun Dutt, Amlan Bibhudatta, Dishant Rathee, Charmi Mehta, Apoorv Minocha, Riddhi Mukherjee, Uday Veer Singh, Dhruba Purkayastha, PhD, Akshra Dutt Pandey   #GreenBonds #SustainableCities #ClimateFinance #UrbanDevelopment