Navigating pathways to a sustainable future by
Analysing issues at the frontier of addressing climate change, managing the energy transition, and limiting environmental threats in India and globally
Informing policymakers, stakeholders, and the public about key policy and governance levers, and their implications
Accelerating the transition to an environmentally and socially sustainable future by enabling strategic action for systemic change
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Book Discussion |‘More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy’
A discussion of the book, ‘More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy’ by the author Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, a historian of science, technology and the environment, a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and a professor at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, with Elizabeth Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of Environmental History at the University of Chicago, and Ashwini K Swain, Fellow, SFC.
7 April, 2025
5:00 pm
Climate Finance at COP 29: What New, Collective, Quantified Ambition?
A discussion on the state of play on climate finance negotiations going into COP 29, with Joe Thwaites (NRDC), Jonathan Beynon (CGD), and Avantika Goswami (CSE). Moderated by Aman Srivastava, Fellow, SFC
Launch Event: Introducing the Sustainable Futures Collaborative (SFC)
Featuring opening remarks by N.K. Singh, Chair, 15th Finance Commission and a panel discussion on ‘Building the foundations for a sustainable future’.
Public engagement
IN THE NEWS
India’s 2025 Heatwave: Are We Ready for the Extreme Summer?
The Core | 2 April 2025
Current heat action is reactive, focusing on emergency measures like distributing ORS and water during heatwaves. We need to go beyond this. Greening cities, building heat-resilient infrastructure, and protecting workers should be the focus of a long-term action plan”, Aditya Valiathan Pillai spoke to Govind Ethiraj, from The Core.
IN THE NEWS
Heat action crumbles when it needs cross-department coordination, says report
Mongabay India | 27 March 2025
“The study on heat action in cities facing a future of heat found that long-term action to mitigate heat impacts crumbled when they required coordination between different departments”. Our new report ‘Is India Ready for a Warming World? How Heat Resilience Measures Are Being Implemented for 11% of India’s Urban Population in Some of Its Most At-Risk Cities’ on heat actions finds that current strategies focus on “reactive measures,” lacks the multi-sectoral support needed for lasting solutions, covered in Mongabay India.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Climate change – Opportunities and tradeoffs for India 2047 development goals
19 March 2025
At the panel discussion, organised by The Fletcher School, Tufts University Easwaran Narassimhan, was moderator, alongwith Aman Srivastava, Aman Malik (CEEW) and Suranjali Tandon (NIPFP) as panelists. The discussion emphasised the risks of a business-as-usual climate approach, the need for integrated climate-development strategies, targeted R&D, green industrial policy, financial system alignment, and institutional coherence to ensure long-term resilience, competitiveness, and strategic positioning in India’s low-carbon transition.
