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 Strategic Outreach
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary General, at a Doordarshan News
JETSUN PEMA, Her Majesty the Queen of
exclusive conversation with CEEW’s ARUNABHA GHOSH, on Lifestyle
Bhutan, addressing the G20 Development
for Environment (LiFE), New Delhi, 25 October 2022.
Working Group side event, co-organised by
CEEW, Infusing New LiFE into Green Development,
Mumbai, 13 December 2022.

R. K. SINGH, Minister of Power (MoP),

and New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE), Government of India (GoI),
at the CEEW-Villgro national summit,
Powering Sustainable Livelihoods, New
Delhi, 17 May 2023.
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GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT (R),
Minister of Jal Shakti (MoJS), GoI, with
ARUNABHA GHOSH, CEO, CEEW, at CHRYSOULA NAOKO ISHII, former
HARDEEP SINGH
the launch of the CEEW coffee-table ZACHAROPOULOU, Deputy Vice Minister of
PURI, Minister of
book, Ripples: India's Sustainable Water Minister for Development, Finance, Government
Housing and Urban
Management Story, at the Namami Gange Francophonie and of Japan, at CEEW's
Affairs (MoHUA), and
side event at UN 2023 Water Conference, International Partnerships, Sagarmatha Talks series,
Petroleum and Natural
New York, 22 March 2023. Government of France, New Delhi, 18 July 2023.
Gas (MPNG), GoI, at the
at the CEEW-Embassy of
launch of two CEEW
France roundtable, Charting
studies, at the 15th
a Just Transition in Today's
Urban Mobility India
Complex Global Energy
Conference & Expo 2022,
Scenario in Perspective
Kochi,
of COP27 and India's G20
4 November 2022.
Image: Urban Mobility India Conference & Expo 2022
Presidency, New Delhi,
18 October 2022.

AMITABH KANT, India's G20 Sherpa, at the G20 Development

Working Group side event, co-organised by CEEW, Infusing New LiFE
into Green Development, New Delhi, 13 December 2022.

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 LIGIA NORONHA, Assistant Secretary- FRANS TIMMERMANS, then VIVEK BHARADWAJ, then Secretary, Ministry of Mines (MoM), DEBASHREE MUKHERJEE,
General, UN, and Head of United Nations Executive Vice-President for GoI, at the G20 Energy Transition Working Group side event, co- then Special Secretary,
Environment Programme (UNEP), New York the European Green Deal, organised by CEEW, Diversifying Renewables & Critical Minerals MoJS, at the CEEW-IWMI-
Office, at the G20 Development Working European Commission, Supply Chains to Advance Energy Transition, Gandhinagar, CGIAR national stakeholder
Group side event, co-organised by CEEW, at the CEEW-EU high- 3 April 2023. workshop, Policy Coherence
Infusing New LiFE into Green Development, level roundtable, Turning in Food, Land, and Water,
Mumbai, 13 December 2022. Ambitions into Actions in New Delhi, 16 June 2023.
the Context of India's G20
Presidency and COP28, New
Delhi, 25 May 2023.

MAHMOUD
MOHIELDIN, UN Climate
Change High-Level
Champion for Egypt,
at the CEEW-Embassy
of Egypt-Bloomberg MERCY EPAO, Joint
Philanthropies Secretary, Ministry of
roundtable, COP27 India Micro, Small and Medium
Roundtable with the UN Enterprises, at the CEEW-
Climate Change High- Villgro event, Mainstreaming
Level Champion, New Women in Tech-enabled Rural
Delhi, 4 October 2022. Livelihoods, New Delhi, 16

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February 2023.

RICHA SHARMA, then Additional Secretary,

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
(MoEFCC), GoI, at the CEEW workshop, What does
the Global Stocktake Mean for India? New Delhi,
16 March 2023.

DAMILOLA OGUNBIYI, CEO and

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UN Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Sustainable
Energy for All and Co-Chair of
UN-Energy, at the G20 Energy BHUPINDER SINGH BHALLA,
Transition Working Group side Secretary, MNRE, GoI, at the G20 Energy SANJEEV SANYAL, Member,
event, co-organised by CEEW, Role of Transition Working Group side event, Economic Advisory Council to
Decentralised Renewable Energy for co-organised by CEEW, Diversifying the Prime Minister of India, and
Achieving SDG 7, Goa, 20 July 2023. Renewables & Critical Minerals Supply Secretary to the Government of
Chains to Advance Energy Transition, India, at the CEEW carbon forum
Gandhinagar, 3 April 2023. launch event, Carbon Pricing:
Enabling the Net-Zero Transition,
New Delhi, 20 February 2023.

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 AMIR SUBHANI, Chief PUNEET KUMAR GOEL, Chief Secretary, PRAVIN DARADE, UGO ASTUTO,
Secretary, Government Government of Goa, at the G20 Energy Principal Secretary, then Ambassador
of Bihar, at the steering Transition Working Group side event, co- Department of of EU to India and
committee meeting with organised by CEEW, Role of Decentralised Environment and Bhutan, at the
UNEP-India, CEEW, WRI, Renewable Energy for Achieving SDG 7, Climate Change, CEEW-EU High-
RTI, ICLEI, CII, and DA, for a Goa, 20 July 2023. GoM, at a CEEW-GoM level Roundtable,
low-carbon and climate- meeting, Mumbai, 15 Turning Ambitions
resilient Bihar, Patna, December 2022. into Actions in the
26 May 2023. Context of India's
G20 Presidency and
COP28, New Delhi,
25 May 2023.
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MAJID AL
SUPRIYA SAHU, Additional Chief NEKHAILAWI,
Secretary, Department of Environment Deputy Chief of
& Climate Change, Forests, Government Mission, Embassy
of Tamil Nadu (GoTN), at a CEEW-GoTN of the United Arab
meeting, New Delhi, 22 February 2023. Emirates (UAE), New
Delhi, at the CEEW
workshop, What does DR PHILIPP ACKERMANN, Ambassador of Germany
the Global Stocktake to India and Bhutan, at the CEEW-Embassy of France
Mean for India? New roundtable, Charting a Just Transition in Today's Complex
Delhi, Global Energy Scenario in Perspective of COP27 and India's
16 March 2023. G20 Presidency, New Delhi, 18 October 2022.

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PHANINDRA REDDY, Additional Chief

Secretary, Department of Transport
(DoT), GoTN at a CEEW-GoTN meeting,
Chennai, 18 August 2023.
SUJATA SAUNIK, Additional Chief
Secretary, (Home and Administrative DR LE VIET ANH, Director General, Department of
Reforms & Operation Management, Science, Education, Natural Resources & Environment,
General Administration Department), Ministry of Planning & Investment, Socialist Republic of
Government of Maharashtra (GoM), at Viet Nam, at the CEEW-CEF event, Advancing a Low-cost
the CEEW expert dialogue, How can Energy Transition in Viet Nam, Ha Noi, 11 October 2022.
Technology Help Strengthen India's
Disaster Preparedness? New Delhi,
13 July 2023.

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 From the Chairperson
and the CEO JAMSHYD N. GODREJ
Chairperson, CEEW
ARUNABHA GHOSH
CEO, CEEW

What is the difference between equality and equity? While bring impact on the ground — with Villgro to bring clean tech
equality emphasises sameness, equity aims to ensure to rural India, with the Clean Air Punjab collective to strategise
fairness by recognising and rectifying historical and systemic air pollution mitigation measures in the state, and Prerna Ojas
inequalities, striving for justice rather than uniformity. As the to mainstream distributed renewable energy solutions for
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) completed livelihoods in Uttar Pradesh. This is crucial for a country such as
13 years of operations, our aim was to bridge the inequity gap India where studies need to be grounded in diverse geographies
between the Global North and South through action, ambition and markets so that policies and solutions are tailored for
and acceleration. For that, it is important that the Global South impact.
has a seat at the table to offer its analysis of the state of the
We showed ambition nationally. Eleven years ago, The Council
world and its narratives for a more sustainable and equitable
asked the question, how would India set an agenda for the
future.
world should it host the G20 comprising the world’s largest
Growth must be both vertical and horizontal — spread across economies? This year, we were partner to 10 Union ministries
topics of interest and varied geographies and connecting and the NITI Aayog to support India’s Presidency and helped
communities. This year, CEEW has done just that by entrenching inform the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration that put in place a
our roots locally, nationally and internationally. Whether new GDP for the planet — a Green Development Pact.
through working with farmers in Andhra Pradesh to champion
Internationally, we pushed for the acceleration of a globally
sustainable food systems or working on several national-
inclusive energy transition. From highlighting climate finance
level missions or as a knowledge and strategic partner to the
needed at the UN’s climate negotiations, to informing Viet
Indian government for its G20 presidency. The Council has
Nam’s renewable energy projects, to advising on the Paris
championed the lived experiences, desires and aspirations, and
Financing Pact, The Council has pushed for international
leadership of the Global South.
outcomes and putting developing economies at the centre of
We walked the talk with local action. Our teams worked on the discussions that shape and reform the world as we know it.
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ground to empower women-run juice and jam enterprises in

If 2023 has taught us anything it is that the world is no longer
Agra through clean tech, drafted a state climate action plan,
what it used to be. But it still has hope – to bridge gaps, inequity
centred consumers in India’s power sector transformation, and
and the crisis of empathy.
informed the EV transition from Amritsar to Kochi. At the same
time, CEEW collaborated with several other organisations to

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 Informing India’s
CEEW's journey to inform India's G20 Presidency began in December 2010, when we convened a
working group to co-author a first-of-its-kind report from the developing world, Understanding
Complexity, Anticipating Change. The report was submitted to the then Prime Minister’s Office

G20 Presidency
and asked the question, when India hosts a G20 summit, how will it set an agenda for the world?
The report became essential reading in the Singapore Civil Service College, was circulated in the
Brazilian Senate, and was discussed within the UK’s foreign office.

Eleven years later, CEEW was invited to be a strategic/knowledge partner to 10 Union Ministries
and the NITI Aayog to support India’s G20 Presidency.

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AMITABH KANT (R), India’s G20 Sherpa, in conversation with CEEW’s ARUNABHA GHOSH, at the
G20 Development Working Group Meeting side event, co-organised by MEA, CEEW, UNEP, and
UNIDO, Infusing New LiFE into Green Development, Mumbai, 13 December 2022.

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central ministries and NITI
340+
knowledge engagements
8
official G20 publications
12
official T20 and U20 publications
Aayog supported for India’s G20 via briefings, discussions, co-authored co-authored
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Presidency roundtables, and presentations

Source: CEEW compilation

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 CEEW’s RISHABH JAIN

G20 Working Groups Think20 and SHUVA RAHA at the

G20 Energy Transitions
Working Group side event,
▶ Development Working ▶ Task Force 4: Clean
Diversifying Renewables
Group (DWG) Energy and Green & Critical Minerals Supply
▶ Energy Transitions Working Transitions Chains to Advance Energy
Group (ETWG) ▶ Task Force 5: Reassessing Transition, co-organised by
the Global Financial MNRE, MoM, MoP, CEEW,
▶ Environment and Climate
Order and Asian Development
Sustainability Working
Bank, Gandhinagar, 3 April
Group (ECSWG) 2023.
▶ Sustainable Finance
Working Group (SFWG) CEEW’s ABHISHEK JAIN at the G20
▶ Framework Working Group Energy Transitions Working Group side
(FWG) event, Role of Decentralised Renewable
Energy for Achieving SDG 7, organised by
CEEW and MNRE, Goa, 20 July 2023.

▶ G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration

As a strategic/
▶ Development Ministers’ Meeting Outcome Document and
knowledge partner to Chair’s Summary

10 Union Ministries ▶ Energy Transitions Ministers’ Meeting Outcome Document and

Chair’s Summary
and the NITI Aayog,
▶ Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meeting Outcome
CEEW’s ARJUN DUTT at the G20
CEEW’s research Document and Chair’s Summary
Sustainable Finance Working Group

informed several G20 ▶ G20 High-Level Principles on Lifestyles for Sustainable side event on climate finance, organised
by IIM Shillong, Ministry of Finance
Development
Working Groups and ▶ G20 Voluntary High-Level Principles for Collaboration on Critical
(MoF) and North Eastern Council (NEC), CEEW’s TULIKA GUPTA, SAIBA GUPTA, and NITIN BASSI, were a part of the official delegation of MoJS, GoI, at
Shillong, 4 February 2023. the second G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Meeting, Gandhinagar, 27-29 March 2023.
outcome documents Minerals for Energy Transition

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▶ G20 Voluntary High-Level Principles on Green Hydrogen
▶ Think20 India Communiqué and T20 Task Force 4 Communiqué

#CEEWPride
CEEW’s ARUNABHA
GHOSH was nominated
as a Member of India’s
G20 Finance Advisory
Group, which was led
by the Reserve Bank of
India and the Ministry of
Finance.

CEEW team at the G20 Energy Transitions Working Group side event, Diversifying Renewables & Critical Minerals Supply Chains to Advance Energy
Transition, co-organised by MNRE, MoM, MoP, CEEW, and Asian Development Bank, Gandhinagar, 3 April 2023.

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 Some Key G20 Knowledge Products
ARUNABHA
GHOSH on DD
DIALOGUE | G20:
For Sustainable
Future
DD India | July 2023

Developing Resilient Renewable Addressing Vulnerabilities in the Decentralised Renewable Energy Addressing Technology Gaps
Energy Supply Chains for Global Supply Chain of Critical Minerals for SDG7: A Compendium of through Collaboration on
Clean Energy Transition Global Good Practices Advanced Cell Chemistry
Report | April 2023
Batteries
Report | April 2023 Report | July 2023
Report | December 2023

G20 Compendium on Best Millet Mantra: The Culinary Jobs, Growth, and Sustainability:
Practices for Water Management Centrepiece of India’s G20 The Case for a G20 Task Force on
Presidency Integrated Climate Actions
Report | July 2023
Coffee Table Book | November 2023 Policy Brief | July 2023

#CEEWPride

CEEW’s ARUNABHA GHOSH CEEW’s SHIKHA BHASIN was CEEW’s RISHABH JAIN, was part CEEW’s NITIN BASSI was
was appointed Co-Chair of the appointed Co-Chair of the of the official delegation of MoM nominated as a member of the
T20 Task Force 4 on Refuelling T20 Task Force 5 on Purpose & during the fourth G20 Energy U20 Task Force for developing
Growth: Clean Energy and Green Performance: Reassessing the Transitions Working Group the white paper, Ensuring Water
Transitions, January 2022. Global Financial Order, January meeting, Goa, 20 July 2023. Security, March 2023.
2022.

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 Championing Sustainable
Moving the Livelihoods

Needle Nationally
CEEW and Villgro Innovations Foundation's Powering Livelihoods (PL) initiative organised Minister R. K. SINGH (C) with CEEW’s
ABHISHEK JAIN (L) and ARUNABHA
the national summit, Powering Sustainable Livelihoods, in May 2023. It brought together
GHOSH (R) at the DRE technologies
400+ stakeholders — from clean tech enterprises, financiers, investors, policymakers, to exhibition, at CEEW-Villgro national
state government officials and technology users — to showcase the potential of India's summit, Powering Sustainable
decentralised renewable energy (DRE) sector across lives and livelihoods. Livelihoods, 17 May 2023.

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~19,700
livelihoods enabled using clean
“We'll be making decentralised
renewable energy equipment
energy-powered appliances affordable. CEEW’s conclave is
very timely and we will consult
~12,500
new clean energy-based
you when we are tailoring our
scheme to maximise assistance to
livelihood installations beneficiaries.”
supported
R. K. SINGH

69%
Minister of Power and New and Renewable
Decentralised Renewable Energy Energy, GoI, at the national summit, 17 May
Technologies for Sustainable
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women end-users 2023.

Livelihoods: Market, Viability, and
Source: CEEW- Villgro analysis Impact Potential in India
as of May 2023 Report | May 2023

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 Shaping the Future of Mobility
CEEW’s Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) organised a national dialogue, Emerging Trends AMITABH KANT, India’s G20 Sherpa,
in E-Mobility, in March 2023. The dialogue reflected on the trajectory that electric mobility in GoI, with CEEW’s ARUNABHA
India is expected to take over the next few decades, with policymakers, investors and industry GHOSH (L) and APOORV MINOCHA
(R) viewing the CEEW-CEF Electric
stakeholders such as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and charge point operators Mobility Dashboard at the CEEW-CEF
(CPOs) participating. national dialogue, Emerging Trends in
E-Mobility, in New Delhi, 6 March 2023.

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“Along with growing my enterprise of
juices and jams, as a demo champion of
energy-efficient horticulture processing
machines, I am supplementing my income
and also reaching new geographies,
thanks to the Powering Livelihoods
programme.”

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NEETU TANDON
A micro-entrepreneur from Agra.

2x
market growth in states
with electric vehicle (EV)
policies incorporating
consumer incentives,
compared to states
without such incentives

CEEW-CEF’s GAGAN SIDHU ~20x

growth in EV sales
at the national dialogue,
20 March 2023. volumes registered in
Assam, Goa and Gujarat in
Greening India’s Automotive
the first six-month period
Sector: EV Policies, Categories
after the notification of
and Subnational Trends
their incentive policies
The CEEW authored G20 Compendium on Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) for SDG7 was launched at the Energy Transitions Working Group side event, March 2023 | Issue Brief
Source: CEEW-CEF analysis
Role of Decentralised Renewable Energy for Achieving SDG 7, organised by CEEW and MNRE, Goa, 20 July 2023.

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 CEEW-CEF’s Electric Mobility Dashboard updates EV volumes at the national, state and RTO levels
on a fortnightly basis. It does this across seven EV categories while allowing users to apply multiple
Innovating Solutions for
filters and view alternative perspectives on India's electric mobility transition. The dashboard
also includes a comprehensive comparison of state-level consumer policies that incentivise the Cleaner Air and Better Health
purchase of electric vehicles and an EV penetration heatmap for states and RTOs.
CEEW and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted the national
dialogue on Cleaner Air and Better Health: Innovating Pathways to Scaling Solutions, on Ideator Fellowship students with key
31 August 2023. It brought together key stakeholders from government bodies, media, speakers and panellists from the CABH
project consortium at the CEEW-USAID
academia, industry, and civil society organisations to deliberate on the multiple approaches
national dialogue, Cleaner Air and Better
to mainstream evidence, successes and technology to improve air quality at scale with a focus Health: Innovating Pathways to Scaling
on mitigating health impacts. Solutions, New Delhi, 31 August 2023.

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The CABH project supported by USAID
aims to strengthen air pollution
“I congratulate CEEW for its path-
mitigation and reduce exposure to air
breaking e-mobility dashboard that
pollution in India by establishing evidence-based approaches
will encourage healthy competition for better air quality management. The project is being
between states.” implemented by a consortium led by CEEW and includes ASAR
Social Impact Advisors, Environmental Design Solutions, Enviro-
AMITABH KANT
Legal Defence Firm, and Vital Strategies.
India’s G20 Sherpa, GoI, at the national
“In India, USAID’s Cleaner Air and
dialogue, 6 March 2023.
Better Health initiative is strengthening
CEEW was appointed as a knowledge partner by the pollution mitigation, with a focus on
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for its flagship proven models that reduce pollution
event, the Urban Mobility India Conference, held and improve community health. It
Images: CEEW

Image: Shawn Sebastian/CEEW

in Kochi on 4-6 November, 2022. We organised a is also engaging local communities
roundtable, Integrating Urban and Transport Planning and addressing the needs of the most
as a Statutory Process (Discussion on Low-Emission vulnerable.”
CEEW’s HIMANI JAIN with DR O.P. AGGARWAL, former Officer Special Duty (Urban
Zone), and presented our research on the potential
Transport), Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and former Director General,
impacts of sectoral contributions to GHG emissions. Institute of Urban Transport, GoI, at the CEEW roundtable, Integrating Urban and VEENA REDDY
Transport Planning as a Statutory Process (Discussion on Low-Emission Zone), Mission Director for India and Nepal, USAID, at the
5 November 2022. national dialogue, 31 August 2023.

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 At the event, we showcased The CABH Ideator Fellowship for school students began in 2022 as an effort to spark innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in
prototypes of clean air unconventional problem areas surrounding air pollution. Out of 1,000 applications, students and teachers from five schools across
solutions and interventions the country were chosen for the Fellowship — Lilawati School (Delhi), Birla Shishu Vihar, Pilani (Rajasthan), Aiswarya Public School,
developed through USAID’s Kollam (Kerala), Sri Vyasa Maharshi Vidya Peetha Kilpady (Karnataka), and Sunbeam School, Mau (Uttar Pradesh). They developed
Cleaner Air and Better innovative solutions ranging from sustainable packaging made out of areca leaves for food delivery, a first-of-its-kind cost-effective
Health project. Some of the solution to improve air quality in small factories, to a comprehensive kit to standardise waste management as part of the Fellowship.
innovations featured included
battery-powered wearable
heating solutions, a natural-
gas furnace for manufacturing
handicrafts, electric crop residue
management machines, a green
hydrogen cookstove, and other
technology solutions developed
as part of the CABH Ideator
Fellowship.

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#CEEWPride
CEEW has collaborated with Signature Global
(India) Ltd to improve adoption of clean
construction practices by strengthening self-
regulation at construction sites. Our pilot
site will demonstrate how on-site pollution
monitoring and systematic behaviour
interventions can strengthen compliance
with construction dust mitigation
measures, thereby, reducing pollution from
construction sites.

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 Making the Power Sector Transition Strengthening India’s
Consumer-centric Disaster Preparedness
CEEW, in collaboration with IntelliSmart Infrastructure and Bloomberg R. K. SINGH, Minister of Power and New CEEW organised an expert dialogue, How can Technology Help Strengthen
and Renewable Energy, GoI with CEEW’s RAJENDRA RATNOO, Executive Director, National
Philanthropies, organised a national dialogue, Smart-metered India for a Digitalised India’s Disaster Preparedness? in July 2023. It brought together the National Institute of Disaster Management (2nd from left);
ARUNABHA GHOSH, at the CEEW-IntelliSmart
& People-centric Power Sector, in March 2023. It convened policymakers, industry Infrastructure-Bloomberg Philanthropies
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the India Meteorological Department MEEKHA HANNAH PAUL, Senior Adviser, GIZ India; DR
experts, scholars, and civil society members to reflect on the challenges and national dialogue, Smart-metered India for a (IMD), State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMAs), meteorological UMAMAHESHWARAN RAJASEKAR, Adviser – Urban
Digitalised & People-centric Power Sector, Resilience, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure;
opportunities in India’s smart metering transition and deliberate on approaches to agencies, and private sector stakeholders to discuss and encourage accurate
New Delhi, 20 March 2023. with CEEW’s VAIBHAV CHATURVEDI (left) at the CEEW
make this transition consumer-centric. and timely warnings to vulnerable communities to improve impact-based dialogue, How can Technology Help Strengthen India’s
forecasting and end-to-end information dissemination. Disaster Preparedness? in New Delhi, 13 July 2023.

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92% 100%
of India’s population
Smart meter consumers exposed to cyclones has
surveyed reported a smooth access to cyclone warnings
installation experience

“CEEW’s detailed analysis of current

25%
~60%
Smart meter users were
climatic occurrences are helping the
SDMA create district-level planning for
of Indian districts exposed
to extreme flood events
have flood forecasting
satisfied with their billing and Maharashtra. This is helping urban and
payment stations
CEEW’s SHALU AGARWAL at the district managements make resilience
national dialogue, 20 March 2023. Source: CEEW analysis plans.” Source: CEEW analysis
Strengthening India’s Disaster
Enabling a Consumer-centric Smart Preparedness with Technology:
Metering Transition in India: Insights A Case for Effective Early Warning
from a Survey of Six States SUJATA SAUNIK
Systems
Additional Secretary, Department of Home Affairs, GoM,
Report | March 2023 Report | July 2023
at the expert dialogue, 13 July 2023.

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 Decoding the Global Stocktake Building Policy Coherence
for India in Food, Land, and Water
CEEW, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) and CEEW, in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Consultative Group on
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), organised a series International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), organised a national stakeholders’ workshop, Policy Coherence
of workshops in the run-up to the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28), to explore the global in Food, Land, and Water, to map coherence in existing government instruments, share research findings and
stocktake (GST) process, opportunities and challenges, and the key recommendations for the disseminate recommendations to strengthen the food, land and water ecosystem.
GST output. Additionally, the workshops also provided recommendations on operationalising
equity within the GST and how finance could play a role in bridging the existing inequity gap.

RICHA SHARMA, then Additional

Secretary, MoEFCC, GoI and MAJID
AL NEKHAILAWI, Deputy Chief Of
Mission, UAE Embassy, New Delhi, DEBASHREE MUKHERJEE, then
at the CEEW-IDDRI-IIMA workshop, Special Secretary, MoJS, received a
What does the Global Stocktake copy of the CEEW coffee-table book,
(GST) Mean for India? New Delhi, Ripples: India’s Sustainable Water
16 March 2023. Management Story by CEEW’s NITIN
BASSI (C) at the CEEW-IWMI-CGIAR
national stakeholder workshop, Policy
Coherence in Food, Land, and Water,
New Delhi, 16 June 2023.
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Developing R&D Roadmap for

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Green Hydrogen in India
CEEW was appointed as a technical advisor to the MNRE’s drafting “I congratulate CEEW for
committee for the interministerial report on accelerating R&D building an understanding
related to green hydrogen in India. We also led the sub-committee of the policy coherence on
on hydrogen transportation. food, land, and water. The
water sector must cooperate
with various ministries,
stakeholders, and organisations
to prepare for adverse weather
events caused by climate
change.”

DEBASHREE MUKHERJEE
then Special Secretary, MoJS, at the
national stakeholders’ workshop, 16 June
2023.
CEEW’s APOORVE
CEEW was represented by DEEPAK YADAV, ANKUR RAWAL, and PRATHEEK SRIPATHY at the convenings of the sub-committee on the KHANDELWAL, and
R&D roadmap for hydrogen transportion. VISHWAS CHITALE at the
national stakeholders’
workshop, 16 June 2023.

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 Demystifying Carbon Markets for India’s CEEW, in collaboration with ASPI, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), Indian

Net-zero Transition
Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Ahmedabad University, and International Emissions
Trading Association (IETA) organised a first-of-its-kind workshop for Emissions Trading
Systems (ETS) in three Indian cities Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, in February 2023. The
workshops were organised as capacity-building initiatives for stakeholders and were attended
CEEW launched the 'Forum
by 200+ participants from industry, academia, civil society organisations and the government.
on Carbon Pricing in India'
in February 2023 to discuss
mechanisms for carbon pricing
and their economic impact on
India. The forum aims to promote
awareness of carbon pricing
among critical stakeholders
by initiating dialogues to drive
consensus and identify optimal
pricing mechanisms.

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SANJEEV SANYAL, Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, and Secretary to the
GoI, and ALISTAIR RITCHIE, Director - Asia-Pacific Sustainability, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), at the
CEEW carbon forum launch event, Carbon Pricing: Enabling the Net-Zero Transition, New Delhi, 20 February
2023.

CEEW’s NAVEEN BALI, VAIBHAV

CHATURVEDI, and KARTHIK GANESAN
at the forum launch event, New Delhi,
20 February 2023.

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CEEW’s AMAN MALIK (C) with participants at the CEEW-ASPI-IIMA-IITB-IETA-Ahmedabad University workshop, ETS Simulation Workshop on Indian Carbon
Market, in Mumbai, 17 February 2023.

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 Driving Change Assessing Natural Farming Practices
in Andhra Pradesh
in the States CEEW, in collaboration with the Climate Policy Lab (CPL) at the Fletcher School, Tufts
University, Woodwell Climate Research Centre (WCRC), and the International Crops Research
CEEW’s SATHESKUMAR KANAGARAJ
and MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN (3rd
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), is undertaking a first-of-its-kind longitudinal and 4th from right) with groundnut
farmers for a crop-cutting experiment
impact assessment of natural farming, using a randomised control trial covering over 4,600
to estimate yield in Bhattuvanipalli
farming households in Andhra Pradesh, to collect evidence on the effectiveness of natural village, Ananthapuramu district,
farming. Andhra Pradesh, 19 October 2022.

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Making Bihar Climate Resilient
CEEW, as a member of a UNEP-led
consortium, has been working in Bihar for the
last two years to prepare its long-term climate
resilience and decarbonisation strategy.
Leading on mitigation efforts, our research
and engagements with state ministries,
line departments, industry associations,
academia and other stakeholders
informed decarbonisation strategies and
recommendations across sectors. Other
members of the consortium include World
Resources Institute (WRI), Research Triangle
Institute (RTI), International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI),
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and

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Development Alternatives (DA).
A survey enumerator recording a consumer's perception
about smart meters, Indore, 13 February 2022. AMIR SUBHANI (5th from right, standing), Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar with CEEW team
and consortium members, 24 May 2023.
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 Tackling Air Pollution Hotspots Building Capacity for Air Quality
in Delhi Management in Himachal Pradesh
CEEW is working with the Department of Environment, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi CEEW, in collaboration with
(GNCTD), as a technical knowledge partner to manage air pollution hotspots in Delhi. We conducted capacity the Himachal Pradesh State
building trainings through conceptual and on-field visits, provided technical support to develop prioritisation Pollution Control Board
parameters, and created a decision support system for dispersed sources of air pollution. (HPSPCB), organised a
two-day training, Capacity
Building Programme on
CEMS and CEQMS, in Baddi,
in December 2022. The
training included technical
sessions and industry visits
for HSPCB officials and
industry stakeholders.

Key speakers and participants with CEEW's SANJEEV K. KANCHAN (1st row, centre) at the CEEW-HPSCPB
training, Capacity Building Programme on CEMS and CEQMS, in Baddi, 21 December 2022.

Implementing Jharkhand's Solar Policy

CEEW has been appointed as an
implementation partner by the
Jharkhand Renewable Energy
Development Agency (JREDA) to

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support in preparing guidelines
and standard operating procedures
for the implementation of solar
CEEW’s PRIYANKA SINGH (C) conducting an on-field training session to map and monitor projects in the state. We are helping
hyperlocal dispersed air pollution sources for the Green War Room team of the Department of
with the formulation of schemes,
Environment, Delhi, 16 August 2023.
such as on solar villages and DRE
for livelihoods, building capacity of

Supporting Power Sector government officials, and supporting

discoms and regulators in carrying

"CEEW's data insights on solving Delhi's

pollution woes have become highly
Reforms in Haryana out reforms, as well as leading
the consortium of think tanks
supporting JREDA.
useful for the Delhi Pollution Control CEEW conducted a telephonic survey of 1,600 domestic consumers in high-

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Committee (DPCC). DPCC will continue loss feeders of Sonepat, Panipat, Jhajjar and Rohtak — high-loss circles
to look at CEEW's recommendations to of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (UHBVN) — to understand
help Delhi breathe better in the coming consumer perceptions around electricity services and identify factors to
CEEW’s BHAWNA TYAGI (R) discussing potential benefits of the Solar Village scheme with a group of
years." improve bill delivery and collection efficiency. Our research aims to capture women in Bharniya village, West Singhbhum district, 30 May 2023.
UHBVN’s best practices and strategies that helped it become a financially
DR K.S. JAYACHANDRAN healthy power discom.
Member Secretary, DPCC, GNCTD

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 Making Livelihoods Sustainable in Improving Quality of Life in Punjab
Kerala CEEW is working with Amritsar Smart
City Limited (ASCL) to accelerate the
CEEW conducted a study in the fishing villages of
adoption of electric autos under the
Chellanam and Puthuvypin, Kochi, to understand
Rejuvenation of Autorickshaws in Amritsar
the various challenges impacting the livelihoods
through Holistic Interventions (RAAHI)
of fisherfolk. Using insights from focus-group
scheme. We are developing scalable
discussions and secondary literature, we classified
behaviour change solutions to nudge
the challenges under a sustainable livelihood
diesel three-wheeler (3W) drivers to switch
framework and explored the potential of solar-
to EVs and making this transition gender-
assisted e-boats as a solution to improve the
inclusive by proposing actionable policy
livelihoods of the fishing community.
initiatives.

60%
lower total cost of ownership for solar-assisted
CEEW’s CHRIS TERESA, ARAVIND HARIKUMAR,
and NILANSHU GHOSH (R) at a focus group
discussion with diesel auto drivers to understand
e-boats than petrol-operated boats. their perceptions on transitioning to e-autos, in
Amritsar, 28 February 2023.

25%
lower vibration and sound pollution by e-boats
than conventional vessels CEEW’s HIMANI JAIN, ARPAN PATRA, and ANAND R.M. in conversation with a fisherman to
Source: CEEW analysis
understand their perceptions about e-boats, Alappuzha, 7 November 2022.

Strengthening Maharashtra's CEEW is supporting the Government

of Maharashtra in revising its State

Climate Resilience Plans Action Plan on Climate Change through

granular vulnerability assessments and
enhanced mitigation and adaptation
targets. We also provided technical

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support to develop adaptation strategies
for various sectors and proposed the
required climate finance for such
strategies For the Thane Municipal CEEW's VANDANA VIDHANI and CHRIS TERESA (R) conducted a focus-group discussion with women interested in being electric 3W drivers to understand
Corporation we are supporting the their concerns and motivations, 19 April 2023.
preparation of its action plan for heat
waves, urban flooding, and clean air.
CEEW is working with the Department “To help form the micro-level
of Water Resources, Government of implementation plans (for identified
Punjab (GoP), as a knowledge partner recommendations included under the
CEEW has also collaborated with the
to provide technical support to
Mangrove Cell of Maharashtra to pilot a draft Integrated State Water Plan), CEEW
strengthen Punjab’s Integrated State
framework on estimating the economic has been engaged as a knowledge partner
Water Plan. We are reviewing the crop
benefits of investing in Nature-based to facilitate the preparation of plans that
diversification and irrigation efficiency
Solutions (NbS) in India. The project considers crop suitability, technique
plan, developing a district-level water
aims to highlight the immense potential feasibility, and socio-economic factors of
risk index and providing suggestions to
of NbS in mitigating environmental the state.”
improve Punjab's score on Niti Aayog's
challenges and enhancing ecological Image: Instagram/@harjotsinghbains
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Composite Water Management Index

sustainability. HARJOT SINGH BAINS
2019.
then Water Resource Minister, GoP, during the Punjab
legislative assembly, 27 December 2022.
CEEW team with residents of Pimpalner village, Bhiwandi, Thane district, 10 August 2023.

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 CEEW is providing technical support to the CEEW team conducted stakeholder consultations
municipal corporations of Amritsar and to identify the gaps in Rajasthan’s capacity to
deliver climate action (mitigation, adaptation and
Ludhiana on the implementation of their resilience), Jaipur, 8 December 2022.
clean air action plans. We are developing
strategies to strengthen the management
of biomass including municipal solid waste
in Amritsar and Ludhiana, and crop residue
across villages in the state. We are also
conducting capacity-building workshops
for city authorities and other government
stakeholders to deal with the implementation
of air quality measures.
Further, CEEW is working with the Clean Air
Punjab collective in the state to strategise
air pollution mitigation measures such as
tackling construction and demolition dust.

CEEW’s ADEEL KHAN (C) and PRIYANKA SINGH (C),

discussing solid waste accounting at the transfer

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station in Zone D, Ludhiana, 12 April 2023.

Charting CEEW also supported the Energy Department, Government of Rajasthan (GoR), in
formulating the draft Rajasthan Energy Policy 2050. Our inputs, collected through

Rajasthan’s consultations with 50+ government officials (from 15 state departments) and external
experts, informed the state’s objectives to scale up renewable energy capacity, green

Transition

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hydrogen, electric mobility, and energy efficiency interventions. The draft policy was
released for public consultation in August 2023.

Roadmap CEEW also engaged with CMRETAC to assess oppurtunities to recalibrate the
institutional capacities of 14 government departments across agriculture, water,
environment, and transport to improve the efficiency of the state’s climate action
CEEW was engaged by the Chief
plan. We also reached out to five other states in the country – Gujarat, Tamil Nadu,
Minister’s Rajasthan Economic “CEEW has been instrumental
Maharashtra, Bihar, and Odisha — to contextualise their learnings for Rajasthan.
Transformation Advisory Council in formulating Rajasthan’s draft
(CMRETAC) to develop the Rajasthan Energy Policy 2050. The analytical
Further, CEEW provided critical inputs to the development of the Rajasthan Green
Clean Energy Transition Roadmap rigour provided by the sectoral
Hydrogen Policy 2023. We helped refine the draft policy by analysing the sizing of solar
2030. The roadmap will guide the
plants for grid banking, water requirements and implications, impact on tax collection
teams, combined with modeling
state’s near-term strategies for sectoral Rajasthan’s economy-wise
from green hydrogen production in the state, and other miscellaneous tasks. We are
transition as well as help Rajasthan energy demand offered good
currently helping the state identify optimal locations for green hydrogen hubs.
leverage its natural high renewable
insights required for preparing a
energy potential. The state is crucial
robust long-term energy policy.”
for India’s clean energy transition and
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ensuring universal access to clean,

BHASKAR A. SAWANT
reliable and affordable energy. Principal Secretary, Department of Energy,
Government of Rajasthan in a letter to CEEW,
30 December 2022.
CEEW team at the CEEW-CMRETAC roundtable, Rajasthan Clean Energy Transition Roadmap 2030, Jaipur,
28 July 2023.

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 Informing Tamil Nadu’s Long-term Supporting Uttar Pradesh’s
Sustainability Pathways Sustainable Transformations
CEEW is a technical partner to CEEW is supporting the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission (UPSRLM) with its Vidyut
the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Sakhi Initiative, which aims to create livelihood opportunities for rural women and improve
Governing Council on Climate discoms’ revenue collection for a better power sector. We are providing programme monitoring CEEW’s RASHI SINGH, conducted a
Change, advising the 'green and implementation support, with a focus on training vidyut sakhis. training session with vidyut sakhis, in
energy pathways' sub-committee Dostinagar village, Unnao,
Further, Powering Livelihoods, a CEEW-Villgro initiate, is helping UPSRLM and Prerna Ojas, an
23 May 2023. A similar workshop was
on building an official greenhouse entity promoted by UPSRLM, to mainstream distributed renewable energy (DRE) solutions for conducted in Varanasi.
gas (GHG) inventory — India’s first livelihoods to enhance rural incomes in Uttar Pradesh.
official GHG inventory for any
state — and drafting a long-term
net-zero transition plan.

PHANINDRA REDDY (2nd from right),

Additional Chief Secretary, Department
of Transport, Government of Tamil

Images: CEEW
Nadu, with CEEW team at a meeting
with the transport department, Chennai,
18 August 2023.

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CEEW is also supporting the Directorate of Urban
Transport (DUT), Government of Uttar Pradesh, to
expand bus fleets, improve services and build robust
technical capacity of special purpose vehicles. Our
efforts include perception surveys of bus users and
potential users, and bus stops infrastructure audit in
Lucknow and Kanpur.

DR RAJENDER PENSIYA (2nd from left), Director, DUT; A.K

GUPTA, Additional Director, DUT, and Additional Director,
RCUES; and T.K.S. VISEN, former Joint Director, DUT, with
CEEW team at the MoU signing, 16 March 2023.

CEEW has developed a first-of-its-kind furnace for

small brass-smelting enterprises in Moradabad in
collaboration with engineering innovators. It runs
on piped natural gas instead of the traditional coal.
CEEW is the implementation partner of Anna DR R. VELRAJ (3rd from left), Vice Chancellor, Anna University; Dr G.
We will test and evaluate its usability with a few
RAVIKUMAR, Registrar, Anna University; and PROF R. SARAVANAN, Professor,
University for the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Green
Anna University with CEEW team at the MoU signing, 14 June 2023. brass-making enterprises and its ability to improve
Fellowship Programme (CMGFP). CEEW has designed
air quality in these clusters
the Fellowship and facilitated several training sessions
as part of the CMGFP induction programme. Currently, CEEW's DEEPAK YADAV, ANKUR RAWAL, and HEMANT
there are 40 Green Fellows working closely with 38 MALLYA, running tests on the natural gas furnace,
district collectors across Tamil Nadu. Moradabad, 14 July 2023

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 Enabling Jobs, Growth CEEW@COP27
and Sustainability
CEEW was an accredited observer at the 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) to
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. We
presented our research and data on enabling a just energy transition, unlocking financing

Globally
for loss and damage, strengthening climate accountability, co-developing technologies,
decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors, making the global stocktake inclusive, and more.

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ANTÓNIO GUTERRES (C), UN Secretary-General, with CEEW’s ARUNABHA GHOSH (R) and other members of the United Nations’ High-Level Expert
Group (HLEG) on the Net-zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities, at the launch of the HLEG report, Integrity Matters: Net Zero Commitments
by Businesses, Financial Institutions, Cities and Regions, organised by the UN, Sharm El Sheikh, 8 November 2022.

25+

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knowledge engagements at COP27
including briefings, discussions,
roundtables and presentations

3
studies authored for COP27

8
RINGO briefings participated and
co-moderated

CEEW’s ARJUN DUTT, at the India Pavillion side event, Financing of Technologies to Enable the LiFE
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Movement in Developing Countries, co-organised by MoEFCC and CEEW, Sharm El Sheikh, 9 November 2022.

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 #CEEWPride

CEEW's SHIKHA BHASIN (L) was a part of the

RINGO steering committee and participated
as well as co-moderated the briefings at
COP27, Sharm El Sheikh, November 2022.

Image: Asia Game Changer Awards

CEEW’s MILAN JACOB (R), presented
the Faces of Climate Resilience, an
award-winning film series, at the
event, The First Global Stocktake Call
for Poster Inputs and Information on
Td1.2 Creative Space, organised by the
UNFCCC, Sharm El Sheikh ,
11 November 2022.
CEEW's ARUNABHA GHOSH was honoured with the ‘2022 Asia Game Changer Award’ by the Asia Society for his contributions to climate
change and sustainability issues in India and across the world.

CEEW’s ARUNABHA GHOSH CEEW’s SHUVA RAHA was

was elected Vice-Chair appointed a Fellow of the Global
of the UN Committee Solutions Initiative, a network
for Development Policy, of world-renowned think tanks
February 2023. that proposes policy responses
to major global problems,
addressed by the G20, G7 and
other global governance fora,
CEEW’s delegation @COP27 (L to R):
VAIBHAV CHATURVEDI, SUMIT December 2022.
PRASAD, TANUSHREE GANGULY,
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PALLAVI DAS, SHIKHA BHASIN, and

ARUNABHA GHOSH at COP27 in
Sharm El Sheikh, 14 November 2022.

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 Our Common Air Supporting Viet Nam's Energy Transition
CEEW, in partnership with Clean Air Fund (CAF), has co-convened Our Common Air (OCA), a global commission bringing CEEW Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) launched its study Viet Nam Grid Integration
together powerful voices to accelerate collective action on air pollution. The initiative brings together high-level global Guarantee: A Financial Solution to Mitigate Curtailment Risk for Renewable Energy Projects
experts and is co-chaired by Rt Hon Helen Clark, Board Chair of Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health and former and organised the event, Advancing a low-cost energy transition in Viet Nam, in Ha Noi, Viet
Prime Minister of New Zealand, and UNDP Administrator, and Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist at the World Nam, in October 2022 to enable cost-competitive and calibrated capacity deployment for
Health Organization and chair of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. The commission will explore pathways to renewable energy projects.
improving the quality and quantity of finance from public, private and philanthropic sources; building an economic case for
clean air; creation of a solutions network; and enable new mechanisms to track progress.

Co-Chairs
Rt Hon HELEN CLARK Dr SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN
Board Chair, Partnership for Maternal Chairperson, M S Swaminathan
Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), Research Foundation,
former Prime Minister of New Former Chief Scientist,
Zealand and UNDP Administrator World Health Organization

Commissioners

Dr ADRIANA ABDENUR Dr ARUNABHA GHOSH* Dr CHRISTA HASENKOPF Ms GINA MCCARTHY

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Special Adviser to the President of Founder-CEO, Council on Energy, Director, Energy Policy Institute at Senior Fellow, The Fletcher School
Republic of Brazil Environment and Water the University of Chicago (EPIC)

ANDREW JEFFRIES (3rd from left), Country Director (Viet Nam), Asian
Development Bank; VAIBHAV SAXENA, Counsel, Vietnam International Law
Firm; DR LE VIET ANH, Director General, Dept of Science, Education, Natural
Resources & Environment, Ministry of Planning & Investment, Government of
Viet Nam; SUBHASH P. GUPTA, Deputy Chief of Mission & Charge d'Affaires,
Dr IZABELLA TEIXEIRA Ms JANE BURSTON* Mr JUNAID AHMAD H. E. MARIA FERNANDA ESPINOSA
Co-Chair, International Resource Executive Director and Founder, Vice President, Operations, Executive Director, GWL Voices for Embassy of India, Ha Noi, Viet Nam; HA DO, Senior Partner, KPMG; and ERIC
Panel Clean Air Fund Multilateral Investment Guarantee Change & Inclusion NGUYEN, Country C&D Director (Viet Nam), Shizen Energy Group, with CEEW
Agency team at the CEEW-CEF event, Advancing a low-cost energy transition in Viet Nam,
Ha Noi, 11 October 2022.

“I believe that CEEW’s report as

well as the discussion today will
bring a positive contribution to
the green and sustainable energy
#CEEWPride
Dr MARIA NEIRA Ms MARTINA OTTO Dr NAOKO ISHII Dr OLUSOJI ADEYI transition in Viet Nam.”
Director of the Public Health Head of Secretariat, Climate and Executive Vice President, Professor, President, Resilient Health CEEW’s ARUNABHA
Environment and Social Determinants Clean Air Coalition Institute for Future initiative, Systems, LCC
GHOSH was appointed
of Health Department, WHO University of Tokyo DR LE VIET ANH
Director General, Department of Science, as a Member of the High-
Education, Natural Resources and Level Consultative Group
Environment, Ministry of Planning and for the U.S. Department
Investment, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at
of State’s Energy
the event, 11 October 2022.
Transition Accelerator,
January 2023.
Mr PAUL SIMONS Dr PUJI LESTARI Ms SHIRLEY RODRIGUES Ms YVONNE AKI SAWYERR
Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson Professor, Bandung Institute of Deputy Mayor, Environment and Mayor, Freetown, Sierra Leone
School of Global Affairs Technology Energy, Greater London Authority
*Convenors, as well as Commissioners

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 Activating Circularity in Cooling for Enabling a Globally Inclusive
Developing Countries Energy Transition
CEEW, in collaboration with the Norwegian Environmental Agency (NEA), organised a side-event, CEEW is working closely with policymakers, industry, investors and academia to ensure that CEEW’s RISHABH JAIN at the
Operationalising Lifecycle Refrigerant Management in India and Other Developing Countries at the 45th session, End-Of-Life Management
India’s and the world’s energy transition is reliable, responsive and responsible. We identify
of Solar PV and the Circular
meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. It brought and action policy solutions for energy security, affordability and sustainability to bridge the Economy, organised during the
together experts from international organisations, civil society, and industry to discuss ways that developing inequity gap between developed and developing countries. International Renewable Energy
countries could prevent lifecycle refrigerant emissions. Agency’s (IRENA) 13th General
CEEW’s ARUNABHA GHOSH moderated Assembly meeting, Abu Dhabi,
the session, The Different Road to Energy 13 January 2023.
Transition, held at the World Economic
Forum’s Annual Meeting 2023, Davos,
19 January 2023.

CEEW’s NEERAJ KULDEEP,

at the discussion, Building

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Energy Resilience: Large
Centralised vs Distributed
Systems, during the Spanish CEEW’s DHRUV WARRIOR and AKANKSHA TYAGI

Image: CEEW
International Renewable presented CEEW’s research on R&D innovations
Energy Conference, CEEW’s ABHISHEK KAR
for critical mineral supply chain strategies for
organised by the Institute moderated the session, BLEENS:
batteries and co-chaired the session on changing
for the Diversification and A clean cooking fuel stack
demand for critical minerals, respectively, at
Savings of Energy of Spain, solution for the Global South,
(L to R) TORGRIM ASPHJELL, Senior the conference, IRTC 2023 – Raw Materials for a

~2 billion
Madrid, 22 February 2023. during the India Energy Week
Adviser, NEA; MIKE ARMSTRONG, Sustainable Future, organised by the International
2023, organised by the Ministry
President & Managing Director, A-Gas Round Table on Materials Criticality (IRTC), Lille,

tonnes
of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
America; ANDREA VOIGT, Head of Global 17-19 February 2023.
Bengaluru, 7 February 2023.
Public/Industry Affairs & Communication,
of CO2 equivalent emissions Danfoss Climate Solutions; KRISTEN
could be prevented in India by
2050 through the successful
TADDONIO, Director of Climate Control, #CEEWPride
Institute for Governance & Sustainable
implementation of lifecycle Development (IGSD); CHARLIE MAYHEW, CEEW provided knowledge support for CEEW’s DISHA AGARWAL was invited by the Science
refrigerant management Climate Solutions Analyst, Yale Carbon multilateral and bilateral negotiations Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to the Expert Advisory
practices. Containment Lab, with CEEW team, at the
to the Government of India for Quad Group to provide technical advice on the development
CEEW-NEA side event, Operationalising
Source: CEEW-NEA analysis
Lifecycle Refrigerant Management in India (Principles on Clean Energy Supply of Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM). SBTi’s BVCM
and Other Developing Countries, Bangkok, Chains in the Indo-Pacific), Indo-Pacific guidance will support companies in going beyond their
Activating Circular Economy 3 July 2023. Economic Framework for Prosperity science-based targets by channelling additional climate
for Sustainable Cooling: How
(IPEF), and the India- Australia finance towards mitigation activities outside of their
can India Effectively Manage the
Lifecycle of Refrigerants? Comprehensive Economic Cooperation value chains, May 2023.
Report | July 2023 Agreement (CECA).

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 Fuelling Passion,
Propelling Careers
Continuing our tradition of celebrating key milestones in our colleagues’ professional
journeys, we felicitated 29 team members who had completed 3, 5, 7, and 10 years at CEEW in
the presence of our trustees. We also planted an equivalent number of trees in their name in
collaboration with Grow-Trees.
We launched the 'CEEW Global South Fellowship' this year to identify and groom the next generation of climate leaders by providing
them with a platform to gain first-hand knowledge of the most pressing sustainability issues from a Global South perspective. As part
of the 18-month talent programme, the Fellows will spend an equal amount of time at CEEW and an Indian government department to
work in big-bet areas as well as learn the nuances of policymaking.

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(L to R) REMAN SINGH, Head, Human
Resources, CEEW; DR NAUSHAD
FORBES, Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall;
USHASHI DATTA, Global South Fellow,
CEEW; RICHIK BANDYOPADHYAY, Global
South Fellow, CEEW; ISHITA GUPTA,
Global South Fellow, CEEW; and ATIMA
BAKSHI, Human Resources Officer,
CEEW, at a one-on-one interaction, 22
September 2023.

The CEEW Academy Spring Batch

sessions were organised in early
2023 for the Research Analyst and
Programme/Senior Programme
Lead cohorts. The two cohorts
covered topics relevant to their
CEEW’s Sagarmāthā Leadership talk series saw inspirational leaders from across sectors discuss
career milestones such as dissecting
enablers and challenges in their professional and personal journeys with the entire CEEW team.
public policy, research skills,
Over the year, we hosted senior policymakers, CEOs, and founders such as NAOKO ISHI, former
managing people, and building
Deputy Vice Minister of Finance, Government of Japan; MOHIT SOOD, Regional Managing
trusted government relationships.
Principal – India ZS; JANE BURSTON, CEO, Clean Air Fund; MEGHANA NARAYAN, Co-founder,
Wholsum Foods; PANKAJ SAHNI, CEO, Medanta; and RAUL RAI, Co-founder, Nicobar.

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 How CEEW fared in its Gender KPIs
Last year This year
as of July 2022 as of July 2023

Informing
proportion
58:42 of men to women 56:44
in the organisation

Public
% of total salary
37% disbursed to women 38%

38%
% of leadership roles
held by women 30%
Opinion
women on the CEEW
1 governing board
1

1,000+
% of research publications
23% with women 34%
as lead authors
media mentions
of CEEW’s work in leading international and national
women speakers
38% at CEEW panel discussions 35% media outlets such as Bloomberg, The Washington
Post, TIME, The Indian Express, The Hindustan
Times, The Times of India, The Hindu, Mint, The
women in National, Politico, CNBC Asia, Climate Home News,
48% CEEW programmatic 30% The Economic Times, Dainik Bhaskar, and Dainik
advisory groups
Jagran.

instances of

60+
31% women researchers
quoted in the press
18%
electronic media
opinion editorials published appearances
33% with women as first 50% of CEEW researchers in news channels such as NDTV,
authors* CNBC TV18, Al Jazeera, CNA, WION and DD News.

opinion editorials
6% 32%
110+
published with women
as second authors* opinion articles
published in leading national and regional media
*Excludes opinion editorials written by the CEO.
outlets such as The Indian Express, Dainik Jagran,
Source: CEEW analysis
The Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Times of
India, Amar Ujala, Mint, ThePrint, The Economic
Times, The Telegraph, NDTV, Rajasthan Patrika, and
Scroll.

(September 2022 – August 2023)

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Mentions

The clean tech arms race has Green is for go Wastewater could be a future
begun resource

ARUNABHA GHOSH quoted in Bloomberg, HEMANT MALLYA quoted in The Times of India, NITIN BASSI quoted in The Hindu Business
January 2023 June 2023 Line, April 2023

Breaking down India’s Choked and gasping Early warning system in 14 states
diesel plan, in charts
CEEW RESEARCH quoted in Navbharat Times,
HIMANI JAIN quoted in Mint, KARTHIK GANESAN quoted in The Economist, July 2023
May 2023 June 2023

Deaths due to extreme weather India’s critical mineral list a step COP27 | Indian business groups are
events down, property damage up: towards supply-chain security: a rising presence at U.N. climate
Mahapatra Experts summits

CEEW RESEARCH quoted in Dainik Jagran, RISHABH JAIN quoted in Business Standard, VAIBHAV CHATURVEDI quoted in The Hindu,
July 2023 August 2023 November 2022

India’s green bond issuances just 3.8 pc of

overall domestic corporate bond market:
Report

CEEW RESEARCH quoted in The Economic Times,

February 2023

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 Media Appearances Outreach Innovations
ARUNABHA to Mainstream Sustainability
GHOSH on
Yamuna
Submerges All Faces of Climate
Within Reach
As Delhi Stares Resilience
Flood Threat
India Today | CEEW’s documentary series has received wide
July 2023
acclaim and won awards at the Docs Without
Border International Film Festival (USA) and
the Aravali International Film Festival (India).
It was also an official selection at five other
film festivals. In November 2023, the films

SHALU AGRAWAL on
won the prestigious 2023 CMCC Climate
Special Broadcast | India’s Change Communication Award “Rebecca
Environmental Journey Ballestra”. The project stood out among
DD India | June 2023
25 finalists out of 372 entries from over 50
HEMANT MALLYA
on Mad About
countries.
30+
screenings across the
Markets | Can
Scan to watch globe in educational
Green Hydrogen the films
institutions, corporate
Propel India
houses, international
towards Net-zero
cultural centres, and
Target?
film and literary fests.
CNBC TV18 | Image: Aravali International Film Festival 2023
September 2022

GAGAN SIDHU on
What on Earth!™
Govt Not In Favour
Dedicated to the planet, our Pale Blue Dot, CEEW
Of Extending FAME
Subsidy Scheme proudly presents What On Earth!™ – a cartoon
For EVs : Decoding series on sustainability. A new cartoon is published
The Electric fortnightly on Wednesday and on special days with
Vehicle Picture
a point or a counterpoint to ponder and share. The
CNBC TV18 GNT |
April 2023 series completed two years this year.

Naye Bharat ki Nayi Hawa:

ABHISHEK JAIN
on India faces An Ode to Clean Air
Challenge of
Feeding its People Naye Bharat Ki Nayi Hawa (Breathing New Life into
as it becomes
India's Air) is a poetry-led reflection of the aspirations
World’s Most
Populous Nation of the USAID-supported Cleaner Air and Better Health
Image: Shawn Sebastian/CEEW
PBS | May 2023 (CABH) project. The film showcases facilitators and
beneficiaries of India’s journey to clean its air.

Scan to watch
the film

VISHWAS CHITALE on El Nino is Coming: Are We Ready? SHUVA RAHA on TEDxDYPAkurdi: What is LiFE: Lifestyle for
WION | June 2023 Environment?
TEDx Talks | September 2022

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 Love in the Times of Climate Suraj ka Gola:
Change: Art for Climate India’s Solar Anthem
Love in the Times of Climate Change is an ensemble of spoken- Dedicated to a new India and her new energies, CEEW
word poems on climate change in Hindi and English by seven and Villgro, in collaboration with Maati Baani ft. Ashish
leading Indian performance poets. The campaign, launched in Kulkarni (of Indian Idol fame), produced Suraj Ka Gola,
March 2023, offered a fresh approach to sustainability literature a solar anthem to celebrate an extraordinary story of
by exploring the theme of ‘love’ while acknowledging climate how solar energy is powering and transforming lives
change as an accepted reality. These poems on love, emerging and livelihoods in our villages. The solar anthem was
after discussions on what climate change is and through a day- launched by Minister R. K. SINGH at the CEEW-Villgro
long workshop with the CEEW team, unpacked varied experiences national summit, Powering Sustainable Livelihoods,
and emotions through stories of how climate change impacts our on 17 May 2023.
experiences of companionship, nostalgia, and desire.

55 lakh+ 2 lakh+
views on Youtube
views across Youtube and
Instagram
as of November 2023

Image: CEEW
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Music and
Millets
CEEW, in collaboration
with Amarrass Society for
Performance Arts, organised
a musical evening, Music
and Millets, to celebrate the

Images: Amarass Society for Performance Arts

International Year of Millets, at
Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, 8
April 2023. The event featured an
exhibition of millets, grassroot
organisations championing
millet-based food and beverages,
and a performance by the
Barmer Boys.

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Ghosh, Arunabha, Nandini Harihar, and Council on Energy, Environment and Water. Parekh, Saahil, Karan Shinghal, Nandini
Prayank Jain. 2023. “Balancing the Urgent and Ghosh, Arunabha, Tulika Gupta, Shuva Raha, Agarwal, Peter Volz, Philipp Weckenbrock.
the Important: Whither Multilateralism and Hemant Mallya, Deepak Yadav, and Nandini 2023. Regenerative Agriculture in Localised Food
Collaboration in the G20?” in A World in Crisis, A Harihar. 2022. Rules for an Energy-Secure Global Systems: A Climate-Smart Way Towards Nutrition
World in Progress – Growing Better Together, by Green Hydrogen Economy. New Delhi: Council on Security and Food Sovereignty. T20 Policy Brief.

01 September 2022 to 31 August 2023 Tetsushi Sonobe, Nicolas J. A. Buchoud, Riznaldi

Akbar, Riatu Mariatul Qibthiyyah and Bayarbileg
Energy, Environment and Water. Neog, Kangkanika, Anju Bhaskaran, Mukand S.
Babel, Srinivasan Ancha, Nitin Bassi, Apoorve
Warrior, Dhruv, Akanksha Tyagi, and Rishabh
Altansukh, 98 - 108. Tokyo: Asian Development Jain. 2023. How Can India Indigenise Lithium-ion Khandelwal Parekh. 2023. Identifying Pathways
REPORTS/BOOKS Chaturvedi, Saiba Gupta, and Nitin Bassi. 2023. Environment and Water. Bank Institute. Battery Manufacturing? Formulating Strategies for Scaling Up Climate-Smart Agriculture. T20
Ripples: India’s Sustainable Water Management Raha, Shuva and Tulika Gupta. 2023. “G20 and Policy Brief.
Tyagi, Akanksha, Sharayu Shejale, and Neeraj MoJS and CEEW. 2023. Best Practices for Water across the Value Chain. New Delhi: Council on
Story. New Delhi: Council on Energy, GDP: The cost of uncoupling from fossil fuels.”
Kuldeep. 2022. Upgrading Suryamitra Skill Management. New Delhi: Ministry of Jal Shakti. Energy, Environment and Water. Bassi, Nitin, Teuku Riefky, Yusuf Kabir, Anik
Environment and Water. Global Solutions Journal, Issue No. 9: 22-31.
Development Programme: Improving Uptake and G20. 2023. Macroeconomic Risks Stemming from Ghosh, Nilanshu, Abhinav Soman, Harsimran Bhaduri, Guido Schmidt, Ekansha Khanduja,
Employability of Suryamitras in the Solar Sector. Bassi, Nitin, Saiba Gupta, and Kartikey Ghosh, Arunabha. 2023. A Bank of Actions: Prayank Jain, et al. 2023. Improving Access
Climate Change and Transition Pathways A G20 Kaur, and Himani Jain. 2023. How Solar-assisted
New Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and Chaturvedi. 2023. Reuse of Treated Wastewater in Making Good on Losses and Damages. The Cairo to Safely Managed Drinking Water Services:
Report. Electric Boats can Empower Fishing Livelihoods: A
Water. India: Market Potential and Recommendations for Review of Global Affairs. Recommendations for G20 Emerging Economies.
Sripathy, Pratheek, Deepak Yadav, Aditi Kerala Case Study. New Delhi: Council on Energy,
Strengthening Governance. New Delhi: Council India: TF-6: Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New
Umemiya, Chisa, Sumit Prasad, and Shikha Bahuguna, and Hemant Mallya. 2023. Ghosh, Arunabha. 2023. Can India Become a Environment and Water.
on Energy, Environment and Water. Pathways to the 2030 Agenda, T20 Policy Brief.
Bhasin. 2022. M&E Frameworks for Capacity Accelerating the Implementation of India’s Green Superpower?: The Stakes of the World’s Singh, Nishtha and Vaibhav Chaturvedi. 2023.
Building in Climate Transparency: A Comparative Abraham, Sijo, Shanal Pradhan, and Apoorve Most Important Energy Transition. Foreign Affairs. Gupta, Tulika, Shuva Raha, and Hemant Mallya.
National Green Hydrogen Mission: Assessment of Understanding Carbon Markets: Prospects for
Review of Two Quantitative Approaches. New Khandelwal. 2022. Policy Study on Sustainable 2023. The G20 Imperative for Global IP Reform to
Standards to Enable the Ecosystem. New Delhi: Barbarwar, Sarang, Saiba Gupta, Akash Parmar. India and Stakeholder Perspectives. New Delhi:
Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and Agriculture. Jaipur: Chief Minister’s Rajasthan Facilitate Clean Energy Transitions. T20 Policy
Council on Energy, Environment and Water. 2023. Evaluating Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Council on Energy, Environment and Water.
Water. Economic Transformation Council. Brief.
NewClimate Institute and Council on Energy, as a Tool for Urban Resilience in the Global South. Nair, Meghna and Apoorv Minocha. 2023.
Dutt, Arjun, Gagan Sidhu, and Vaibhav Saxena. CEEW, IEA, UC-DAVIS and WRI. 2023. Addressing In Biloria, N., Sebag, G., Robertson, H. (eds) Gaur, Divya, Saipriya Salla, Priyatam Yasaswi,
Environment and Water. 2023. Assessment Greening India’s Automotive Sector: EV Policies,
2022. Viet Nam Grid Integration Guarantee: A Vulnerabilities in the Supply Chain of Critical The Empathic City. S.M.A.R.T. Environments. Ananya Saini, Simrin Chhachhi, Rachita Misra.
of the G20 Members’ Long-Term Strategies: Categories and Subnational Trends. New Delhi:
Financial Solution to Mitigate Curtailment Risk for Minerals. New Delhi: Council on Energy, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3- 2023. Unlocking Finance to Scale Decentralised
Commonalities, Gaps and Areas for Cooperation. Council on Energy, Environment and Water.
Renewable Energy Projects. New Delhi: Council Environment and Water. 031-32840-4_10 Renewable Energy for Clean Energy Transitions:
Cologne and Berlin: NewClimate Institute. Aggarwal, Dhruvak, Simran Kalra, Shalu
on Energy, Environment and Water. CEEW. 2023. Developing Resilient Renewable Learnings from India. T20 Policy Brief.
Bassi, Nitin. 2023. “Use of Water Accounts Based Agrawal. 2023. Making India’s Advanced Metering
Wase, Khalid, Shruti Jindal, and Abhishek Jain. Energy Supply Chains for Global Clean Energy Indicators for Water Management in India.” River Kar, Abhishek, Roshan Wathore, Arunabha
Infrastructure Resilient: Analysis of Power Systems
2022. Can Small Horticulture Processors Enhance Transition. New Delhi: Council on Energy, JOURNAL PAPERS/BOOK CHAPTERS/ 2: 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/rvr2.53 from a Cyber Security Perspective. New Delhi: Ghosh, Shruti Sharma, Emily Floess, Andrew
Rural Incomes? New Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and Water. OTHER PAPERS Council on Energy, Environment and Water. Grieshop, Rob Bailis and Nitin Labhasetwar.
Urban 20. 2023. White Paper on Ensuring Water
Environment and Water. Mall, Udit Narayan, Samradh Singh Chauhan, Ghosh, Arunabha, Sanjana Chhabra. 2022. Build 2023. Promoting the Use of LPG for Household
Security. Urban 20. Gaur, Divya, Priyatam Yasaswi, and Abhishek
McKenna, Catherine, Arunabha Ghosh, et al. Nilanshu Ghosh, and Himani Jain. 2023. How Resilience and Tap Opportunities for a Greener Cooking in Developing Countries. T20 Policy Brief.
Jain. 2023. How Decentralised Renewable
2022. Integrity Matters: Net Zero Commitments does Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) System Future. ASEAN and India The Way Forward. Raha, Shuva, Prayank Jain, Kinshu Dang, and
Energy–Powered Technologies Impact
by Businesses, Financial Institutions, Cities and Operate in Lucknow? New Delhi: Council on Mehta, Tarun, Gopal K. Sarangi. 2022. Is the POLICY/ISSUE BRIEFS Livelihoods: Findings from the Ground. New Delhi: Axel Nordenstam. 2023. Jobs, Growth, and
Regions. Report from the United Nations’ High- Energy, Environment and Water. electricity cross-subsidisation policy in India Dutt, Arjun, and Akanksha Tyagi. 2022. Sustainability: The Case for a G20 Task Force on
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Bakshi, Tuli, Hemant Mallya, and Deepak Yadav. caught between a rock and a hard place? Building Resilient Mineral Supply Chains for Integrated Climate Actions. T20 Policy Brief.
Das, Pallavi, Jhalak Aggarwal, and Vaibhav
Commitments of Non-State Entities. New York: 2023. Assessing India’s CO2 Storage Potential: An empirical investigation? An Empirical Energy Security. New Delhi: Council on Energy, Chaturvedi. 2023. Unpacking the First Global
United Nations. A Critical Analysis of What Lies Beyond the Investigation. Energy Policy. Environment and Water.
Theoretical Potential. New Delhi: Council on
Stocktake: What’s in it for India and the OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Prabhu, Aashwij, Hemant Mallya, and Sabarish Ghosh, Arunabha, Artur Runge-Metzger, David Aggarwal, Prateek, Tarun Mehta, Chanmeet Global South? New Delhi: Council on Energy,
Elango. 2023. Natural Gas Pyrolysis: A Bridge to a Energy, Environment and Water. G. Victor, and Ji Zou. 2022. The New Way to Fight Shah, Ruchita, Amlan, Bibhudatta, et al. 2022.
Singh Syal,and Vaibhav Pratap Singh. 2022. Environment, and Water.
Green Hydrogen Economy. New Delhi: Council on Climate Change: Small-Scale Cooperation Can CEEW-CEF Market Handbook Q2 2022-23. New
Jain, Abhishek, Wase Khalid, and Shruti Approach for the Regulatory Treatment of the Garg, Aditya, Sonal Kumar, and Shikha Bhasin. Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and
Energy, Environment and Water. Jindal. 2023. Decentralised Renewable Energy Succeed Where Global Diplomacy Has Failed. UDAY Debt Takeover. New Delhi: Council on 2023. Activating Circular Economy for Sustainable Water.
Tyagi, Akanksha, Akanksha Golchha, Deepak Technologies for Sustainable Livelihoods: Market, Foreign Affairs. Energy, Environment and Water. Cooling: Current Status and Barriers to Lifecycle
Rai, Arvind Poswal, Charu Lata, Sameer Kwatra, Viability, and Impact Potential in India. New Gupta, Tulika, Shuva Raha, Kedar Sawant, and Shah, Ruchita, Meghna Nair, et al. 2023. CEEW-
Bassi, Nitin, Karthik Ganesan, and Ashish Dangi. Refrigerant Management in India. New Delhi:
and Praveen Saxena. 2023. India’s Expanding Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and Alisée Pornet. 2022. Accelerating the Indo- CEF Market Handbook Q3 2022-23. New Delhi:
2022. How Safe are Drinking Water Services in Council on Energy, Environment and Water.
Clean Energy Workforce: 2022 Update. Council Water. Pacific Energy Transition. Council on Energy, Council on Energy, Environment and Water.
Rural India? Case for Strengthening the Existing Garg, Aditya, Sonal Kumar, Shikha Bhasin,
on Energy, Environment and Water, Natural Asphjell, Torgrim, Alice Gaustad, Lisbeth Environment and Water (CEEW), and Agence Data and Information System. New Delhi: Council Shah, Ruchita, Riddhi Mukherjee, Meghna Nair.
and Torgrim Asphjell. 2023. Activating Circular
Resources Defense Council, and Skill Council for Solgaard, Alina Danielsen, Kay Riksfjord, Française de Développement (AFD). on Energy, Environment and Water. 2023. CEEW-CEF Market Handbook 2022-23
Economy for Sustainable Cooling: Global Best
Green Jobs. Geir Sørensen, Annika Steien, and Thomas Khandelwal, Apoorve, Nandini Agarwal, Annual Issue. New Delhi: Council on Energy,
Aggarwal, Jhalak, Shreya Wadhawan, and Aryan Practices on Lifecycle Refrigerant Management.
Singhal, Prachi, Mousumi Kabiraj, Kalyani Vandenbroucque. 2023. Activating Circular Bhamini Jain, Darshna Gupta, Anjaly Teresa Environment and Water.
Bajpai. 2022. Mainstreaming Loss and Damage in New Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and
Krishna, Anubha Sharma, and Shaily Jha. 2023. Economy for Sustainable Cooling: Legislation John, and Paul Farah Cox. 2022. Scaling up Climate Negotiations: Policy Recommendations One Planet Lab. 2023. For Solidarity
Water.
Unlocking Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities and Practices for End-of-Life Management of Sustainability through New Product Categories to Nudge Climate Action. New Delhi: Council on Contributions Based on Global Flows: Supporting
Refrigerants and other F-gases in Norway and the Hoch, Elisabeth, Maximiliaan Tetteroo, Rijit
for Rural Women: A Case Study of Mainstreaming and Certification: Two Cases from India. Frontiers Energy, Environment and Water. Households Vulnerable to Climate Extreme Events
EU. Norway: Norwegian Environmental Agency. Sengupta, and Sabarish Elango. 2023. Driving
Women in Clean Energy Powered Livelihoods. in Sustainable Food Systems 6 (December): 548. and Losses. One Planet Lab.
Harikumar, Aravind, Anand R. M., Himani Jain, Sustainable Consumption through Policy
New Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and Kumar, Sonal, Aditya Garg, Shikha Bhasin, https://doi.org/10.3389/FSUFS.2022.1014691/ One Planet Lab. 2023. Reinforcing Fiscal
and Sowmia Philip. 2022. India’s EV Transition: Innovations in Value Chains. T20 Policy Brief.
Water. Jitendra Bhambure, and Torgrim Asphjell. 2023. BIBTEX. Sovereignty to Face the Crises of Tomorrow. One
Catalysing Kochi’s Electric 3-Wheeler Market Fortemps, Manon, Jens Sedemund, Özlem
Ghosh, Nilanshu, Abhinav Soman, Harsimran Activating Circular Economy for Sustainable Sidhu, Gagan, Arjun Dutt, et al. 2022. Mobilising Through Local Policy. New Delhi: Council on Planet Lab.
Cooling: How can India Effectively Manage the Taskin, Amarendra Bhattacharya, Arjun Dutt,
Kaur, and Himani Jain. 2023. Decarbonising Investment for Clean Energy in India Community- Energy, Environment and Water. NPS Workshop Proceedings - Stakeholder
Lifecycle of Refrigerants? New Delhi: Council on Arunabha Ghosh, and Paulo Esteves. 2023. The
Shipping Vessels in Indian Waterways through Developed Solutions to Help Accelerate Financing Consultation on Policy Coherence among Food,
Energy, Environment and Water. Harikumar, Aravind, Himani Jain, and Abhinav Myth of Mobilising Private Finance for Climate
Clean Fuel. New Delhi: Council on Energy, for India’s Clean Energy Sectors. Geneva: World Land, and Water Systems in India
Soman. 2022. India’s EV Transition: Managing Action and Pivoting to Scale. T20 Policy Brief.
Environment and Water. Wadhawan, Shreya. 2023. Strengthening India’s Economic Forum.
Fuel Tax Revenue Loss. New Delhi: Council on Gupta, Tulika, Shuva Raha, Ankur Rawal, Vanesa
Agrawal, Shalu, Sunil Mani, Simran Kalra, Bharat Disaster Preparedness with Technology: A Case Elango, Sabarish, Deepak Yadav, Akash Energy, Environment and Water.
for Effective Early Warning Systems. New Delhi: Rodriguez Osuna, and Hemant Mallya. 2023. CEEW-CEF ANALYSIS
Sharma, and Kanika Balani. 2023. Enabling A Gupta, Harsha Rao, Hemant Mallya, Akanksha
Council on Energy, Environment and Water. Aggarwal, Jhalak, Nikita Shukla, Sumit Prasad, Integrating Circularity in Global Value Chains to
Consumer-Centric Smart Metering Transition in Tyagi, and Disha Agarwal. Emerging Markets Greenium: Meaning and determinants |
and Shikha Bhasin. 2022. Strengthening Climate Anchor Sustainability in Production Systems. T20
India: Insights from a Survey of Six States. New Khalid, Wase, Abhishek Jain, Selna Saji, and and Opportunities from India’s Clean Energy April 2023
Accountability: Improving Compliance and Policy Brief.
Delhi: Council on Energy, Environment and Sharath Rao. 2023. Decentralised Renewable Initiatives. South Asia Scan, Issue No. 17
Delivery under the Paris Agreement. New Delhi:
Water Energy for SDG7:A Compendium of Global (Singapore: Institute of South Asian Studies,
Khanduja, Ekansha, Upasana Negi, Kartikey Good Practices. New Delhi: Council on Energy, December 2022).

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