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Can India survive the heat?

Heat Action Plans of most cities are not designed for implementation, says iFOREST.

Posted on 29 Jul, 2024 12:00 PM

The International Forum for Environment, Sustainability, and Technology (iFOREST), a leading environmental think tank, has released a comprehensive assessment evaluating the effectiveness of Heat Action Plans (HAPs) in addressing this year's unprecedented heatwave crisis.

None of the HAPs have developed specific action plans for hotspots and vulnerable populations. (Image: peakpx, CC0)

Potential for green growth and job creation in Maharashtra's just transition

The state government should formulate a comprehensive State Just Transition Policy, focusing on economic diversification, workforce skilling and development

Posted on 12 Mar, 2024 10:52 AM

Maharashtra, which contributes 10% of India's greenhouse gas emissions, plays a pivotal role in achieving the nation's climate targets, including the Net Zero goal by 2070.

Navigating the green transition (Image: Mahaurja)

Urgent need for coordinated effort to put out forest fires in Odisha

There is a strong correlation between forest fires and tendu prevalence in Odisha

Posted on 24 May, 2023 10:08 PM

Leading members of civil society from across Odisha gathered to discuss their concerns and recommendations in a civil society dialogue hosted by the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability, and Technology (iFOREST) in Bhubaneswar against the backdrop of the state's increasing number of forest fire incidents.

Forest fires ignited by natural causes, but major contribution of human action cannot be denied (Image: Naveen N K, Wikimedia Commons)

Policies, plans and financing for just energy transition

iFOREST convenes the first Global Just Transition Dialogue

Posted on 07 Apr, 2023 09:42 AM

The International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) recently organized the first Global Just Transition Dialogue in Delhi to discuss policy and financial aspects of just and inclusive energy transition.

A transition of all fossil fuel sectors will need to be considered in a phased manner (Image: Ramkumar; Wikimedia Commons)

Odisha’s untapped renewable energy potential

iFOREST proposed a target of ‘30 GW Renewable Energy by 2030’ for Odisha

Posted on 17 Sep, 2022 04:10 PM

The International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST) organized a major conference last month in Bhubaneshwar to start a dialogue on Odisha’s new Renewable Energy (RE) policy for 2022-30. Odisha’s present RE Policy was introduced in 2016, and is set to lapse at the end of 2022.

Experts stressed on the need to remove barriers related to land, procedure, institutional capacity and finance, to attract investments in the sector (Image: Aiseinau, Wikimedia Commons)

Creating jobs while managing air quality

Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST

Posted on 09 Sep, 2022 02:38 PM

On the occasion of the third International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST), hosted an event to highlight the importance of building capacity in India for air quality management.

An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Enabling a just transition in India’s coal district of Korba

Economic restructuring and development intervention will be essential, shows the latest study by iFOREST

Posted on 16 Feb, 2022 08:45 PM

The International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), Delhi based environment think tank, released one of the most comprehensive studies to understand what a just energy transition will mean and entail for India's top coal and power districts in the coming years.

Under the 'current policy scenario,' which aligns with India's netzero target of 2070, all the coal mines in Korba can be closed by 2050 and power plants by 2040 in a phased manner (A view of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in Korba; Image: India Water Portal)

Proactive action on green cooling to deal with the climate crisis

India’s decision to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol is a milestone in green cooling and will contribute significantly to climate action, says iFOREST

Posted on 20 Aug, 2021 10:58 AM

India’s approval on ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on

Edited NASA PR image showing the ozone hole for 2014 over the south pole. Red is bad, blue is good, e.g., red means not as much ozone as blue. (Image: Stuart Rankin; CC BY-NC 2.0)

Beat the heat

Meeting India’s rapidly increasing air-conditioning and refrigeration demand through super-efficient appliances, natural refrigerants and not-in-kind cooling technologies, is a win-win for the climate and the economy, says iFOREST.

Posted on 27 Jul, 2021 01:19 PM

The demand for air conditioning is growing at 10-15% annually in India due to a combination of factors including increasing affluence and ri

A series of air conditioning units on a building (Image: Pxfuel)

Assessing waste in Ganga cities

A new report on a baseline assessment of waste in Haridwar and Rishikesh, two major Ganga cities in Uttarakhand tries to characterize solid and plastic waste

Posted on 18 Jul, 2021 12:58 PM

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There is a need to develop a robust methodology for inventorizing waste (Image: Prylarer, Pixabay)

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