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#India is leading the charge when it comes to #solar projects and initiatives, but it could benefit from building up stronger approaches to monitoring and public accountability, suggests @Jonathan_Balls. @iukdpf or-f.org/96567
Narendra Modi is framing India as a world leader on solar cooperation. In this @orfonline piece - I look beyond India's political leadership at its current programmes - asking is India 'walking the talk' on solar #COP26 #SouthSouth
#India is leading the charge when it comes to #solar projects and initiatives, but it could benefit from building up stronger approaches to monitoring and public accountability, suggests @Jonathan_Balls. or-f.org/96567
At #CoP26 India and the UK announced the ‘Green Grids Initiative - One Sun One World One Grid’. Here are my thoughts on how it should be viewed: iukdpf.com/india-and-britain…
I also argue that India and the UK will want to use it in order to be more involved in shaping the renewables transition around the world - and to partner with countries on national infrastructure development.
Also, expect everything infrastructure in the coming years to be labelled as OSOWOG. This inter-connection project in Bangladesh, which seems to have little to do with solar - is the latest example: thefinancialexpress.com.bd/t…
Great thoughts here from @ideatingenergy on the politics of coal in climate politics and on the politics of the coal - development nexus in India
Now that everyone has done their hot take on India's last minute intervention at #COP26 & the change of text from 'phase-out' to 'phase-down' coal, here's mine.
1. Phase down does not mean anything, or my lack of legal & English language knowledge prevents me understanding
The @telegraph reporting here the imminent realisation of a global green grid for solar power with zero analysis is really poor journalism telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
Great to see this paper out! Really great detailed insights into how discourses and strategies for big dams sometimes work and sometimes don't- based on the case study of Arun-III in Nepal
Just published a working paper for the FutureDams initiative at @GlobalDevInst that demonstrates the importance of ‘framing’ in infrastructural politics.
@AnsteeCentre @cambtweetgeog
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China's promise to not finance new coal and to support renewables abroad is big news today. What about India? @jaibhatia5 's analysis shows India has already reoriented its promised financing in the energy space to renewables iukdpf.com/iukdpf-report-a-v…
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Fantastic new initiative on energy access and gender equity. Lots of great material here
[THREAD] Over 2020-21, we ran our GCRF-funded 'Energy access & gender equity in the Global South' project. New website now launched, detailing all activities and outputs: energyaccessandgender.co.uk/
Do get in touch if you have any queries or comments! [1/6]
Great new article from old colleague @jackrtaggart and from @MarcusJPower on development financing. Really important to know how the lack of choice in financing from different lends plays out in terms of renewable energy transitions and what projects do and don't get funded
NEW ARTICLE: @MarcusJPower and I contest the view that today's development financing landscape constitutes an 'Age of Choice' for developing countries. Our argument is threefold (1/5) @geogjournal
Link: tinyurl.com/5au5cf42
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These are the voices of gay people in Afghanistan, fleeing from the Taliban. In 20 years of journalism I have never interviewed people in such utter peril, who know they are going to be murdered. Hear them. Help them. They're begging you. inews.co.uk/news/world/lgbt-…
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New article Tanzania's electricity policy
Why has progress to increase generation see-sawed whilst electrification continually boomed? I demonstrate the importance of how concentrated political power is
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