How distribution utilities can make the most of the changing energy landscape -  It is estimated that 3 million energy users in Europe are already generating at least some of their own power. These prosumers are taking energy consumption and management into their own hands. For distribution utilities, this presents...

California has a climate problem, and its name is cars -  CA is an inspiration when it comes to decarbonizing an economy without hurting its development. So, this article is both an eye opener on what other states and countries in the world can do. At the same time, even...

The opportunity of green trade  It’s time to think globally about green business opportunities, and to bring green trade fully into the trade policy agenda - See my LinkedIn post on this topic

India’s Power Sector Calls For A Multi-Pronged Strategy - interesting article. Some of the data in the article make one wonder - for instance, the share of coal in primary energy (not just power) is estimated to actually increase from 2012 to 2047! - See my LinkedIn post on this...

Wish to know more on the emerging business opportunities in Bioplastics? Attend the India Bioplastics Summit 2017 – A 2-day conference + networking session on Bioplastics business opportunities –The Capitol Hotel, Bengaluru, Nov 24, 25.  Know More - See my LinkedIn post on this topic

Good Food for Schools - pilot started at RMK School, Chennai The Chennai Climate Consortium along with Akshayakalpa Organic launched the first pilot of its efforts to provide sustained, hands on education to school children on soil, farming and food. Called Good Food for Schools, it aims at getting school...

Will soft skills become the most wanted worldwide? 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐐 (𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭) 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐐 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞? Today is Sunday, a day when my mind gets wired even more weird than it does on weekdays. So, here's something that happened from a conversation with one of...

Why current investment models are useless for effective climate investments 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 Any investor worth his/her salt is expected to ask of a prospective investee company - what's your revenue model? I feel that economics-based models are useless for high impact climate investments. Preposterous, you...

3 climate finance shifts I suggest As I had been raving wild against the finance & investment community last few days - some over here and a lot more with my finance friends (am surprised they still are that :-)) - here are some thoughts on some fundamentals the future...

Solar Power is a Lot More than Solar Panels - Clidemy Climate Basics 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 & 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴! Clidemy Climate Basics is a series of posts done by CliDemy - the Climate Academy. The goal is to provide effective awareness about specific topics within climate...