#Budget 2024-25 - my colleagues analyse the budget from their respective vantage points orfonline.org/series/budget-… via @orfonline

This would be quite something: The French left about to nominate Laurence Tubiana for Prime Minister. Currently, Tubiana is CEO of the European Climate Foundation. lemonde.fr/politique/live/20…

You can watch the whole video on our YouTube channel! 📺👇 The research results explained therein were compiled as part of a #PolicyBrief that the two experts wrote together with @KiraVinke and @Promit_M @orfonline. To dive even deeper into the topic ... youtube.com/watch?v=RupXD_P7…

There is something called FAIR PLAY! Don’t tell me the Qatar players did not know the ball was out. Gurpreet clearly knew and had stopped. They are cheats. These Qatari players are a disgrace. And the referee is a joke. Seriously is a joke. And @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom this is a shameful act. @stimac_igor will go. But does he deserve to? Did the team deserve this! Sheer nonsense. @RevSportz

The weekly column isn't always about cars, sometimes I hav e to delve into policy pieces which I enjoy writing. Where I argue that one immediate priority of Modi 3.0 and one where he will have to work with the states is on improving the bus infrastructure of the country. In a paper I had co-authored with @Promit_M of the @orfonline over a year ago we highlighted just how poor India's public bus infrastructure is as well as the dismal financial conditions of almost every state transport undertaking, while I haven't mentioned it in this story some rudimentary back of the envelope calculations would show debts of over 2.5 lakh crore. DTC for example is servicing principal and interest exceeding 37k crore according to a CAG report from 2022. This is not about free bus rides for women and the economically disadvantaged, this is about repairing bus transportation, without which India's cities will find themselves constrained. Metros work in High-Density arterial areas, but can't be put everywhere. In fact, I could argue that it is the pitiful state of bus infrastructure in cities has led to the explosive growth of the two-wheeler and increasingly, the four-wheeler industry in India. As @advantEdge_vc Kunal Khattar told me, what use is 'free' bus service for employment purposes when buses come after every 40 minutes instead of every ten? Of course, new buses definitely for intra-city and even medium-distance intercity use can and should be electrics, but that is another debate as are the issues with EV passenger cars. #KushanDrives

... assess how they align with the two countries’ foreign policy priorities & what a future partnership landscape could look like. Read now the whole #PolicyBrief written by @_fahimi, @KiraVinke, @t_bosch_ & @Promit_M @orfonline. /2 dgap.org/en/research/publica…

.@orfonline is organising a paper presentation on "A Medium-Term Strategy for Transitioning to Net Zero by 2070", authored by Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Utkarsh Patel Also featuring: Shweta Kumari, Lydia Powell, and @gchikermane 17 May 2024 | 3.00 PM IST Register 👉or-f.org/27400

.@Promit_M, Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India akan berbicara di #JakartaFuturesForum: Blue Horizons, Green Growth 2-3 MEI | Jakarta #JFF #75thindialndonesia

.@Promit_M, Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India will speak at the #JakartaFuturesForum: Blue Horizons, Green Growth 2-3 MAY | Jakarta #JFF #75thindialndonesia

Congratulations! The Indian earthquake in Toronto is the culmination of the shifting tectonic plates in the chess world as the 17 year old Gukesh D will face the Chinese champion Ding Liren for the highest title. The "children" of Vishy Anand are on the loose!

Great to see the release of our new report on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (#IMEC). Challenging time in Middle East for this to come out now but hopefully it furthers the discourse and positive trajectory of ideas. @orfonline ➡️ orfonline.org/research/india…

Even as conflict dominates mind space, ideas such as the India-Middle East-Economic Corridor (#IMEC) must not fall prey to narrow assessments/interests @orfonline offers a blueprint on how to mobilise this transcontinental project - by @navdeepsuri, @DrNilanjanG, @KabirTaneja, @SameerP_IND, and @Promit_M. orfonline.org/research/india…

Perhaps that is the reason you haven't read the paper too? Since modellers must be "asked", who asked you to model 2 deg C scenarios with high inequality? And high CDR in Africa and Asia but continued oil and gas use in N. America? Is it a problem of who is doing the asking?

Czech minister @hladikpe 🇨🇿 said “#CBAM should expand its scope to help 🇪🇺 manufacturers and encourage the rest of the world to reduce emissions”. But before expanding CBAM, the EU needs to work more on diplomatic outreach and provide a real support package to trade partners

This is an excellent, courageous piece by @PatrickTBrown31 . In the work of the IPCC the issues highlighted here are gravely compounded. Much of the true import of the politics implicit in the dominant narrative that @PatrickTBrown31 talks about, becomes evident in that forum. For a start, the IPCC outreach for AR6 is not even always faithful to the narrative that is agreed upon at the approval of the Summary for Policymakers of various Reports. A small group of scientists exercise an outsize influence in the work of the IPCC in a number of important, specific issues -- where they are the authors of the leading articles in the assessed literature, they are authors of the IPCC assessment itself and they are the ones dominating the post-report outreach. The analysis of the one-sidedness of the dominant narrative is spot on. Its all benefits and no costs. When some of us have used the term co-costs alongside co-benefits, we have been sneered at. Or in the style of the IPCC, synergies are all good, and there may be trade-offs, but they are all perfunctorily deemed to be capable of being overcome. One never does find out then, why, despite such "overwhelming" evidence in favour of "synergies', decarbonization lags behind in the global North. Despite the fact that the dominant narrative is produced in the global North!! Nor do we learn in the SPM of WG3 of AR6, that 1.5 deg warming scenarios has grave implications for food security and the reduction of the numbers of those at risk of hunger. These are facts buried in the report, not exposed to the daylight of the SPM, tradeoffs that are again perfunctorily deemed manageable. One of the most serious consequences of the dominant narrative is promoting the idea that the urgency of fixing the problem of global warming does not provide room for equity and climate justice considerations or meeting the development needs and aspirations of more than three-quarters of the global population. Publishing against the dominant narrative is a daunting experience. But we will take it up again here on another occasion. But once again, thanks Patrick!! @KanitkarT @JMauskar @JRBhatt60 @simrin_sirur @rishpardikar @vrsrini @ramakumarr @moefcc @byadavbjp @bforboseman @n_thanki @chilledasad100 @harjeet11 @3rdworldnetwork @KevinClimate @TedNordhaus @TheBTI

Delighted to host 18 young leaders from #Nigeria and #India for our inaugural India-Nigeria Bridge 2024 at home this morning. Delightful Indian brunch post the 5 days of insightful exchanges, shared experiences and new friendships. @raisinadialogue @orfonline @daniellealakija

Co-authored with @BardhanArya and @Promit_M, this @BisleriZone X @orfonline study evaluates the #socialcost of India's #plasticsindustry in 2023, estimating it at US$62-96 billion. @samirsaran @GeorgeAngelo5 orfonline.org/research/promo…

For #cities, this century is poised to become the age of #innovative mobility systems that can enhance both human well-being and #environmental #sustainability. However, achieving these new urban systems will require human ingenuity and planning, argues @Promit_M Read it here: tinyurl.com/27kdd53x

#India’s EV transformation is well underway, As annual EV sales crossed the remarkable one million unit mark in 2022, the two wheeler segment has emerged as the brightest spot currently accounting for about 50 percent of all registered #EVs, says @Promit_M tinyurl.com/5bhxztfe

PM's new rooftop solar scheme holds promise, if correctly implemented. Multiple factors have kept households from adopting rooftop installations, but financial benefits might make them more interested this time forbesindia.com/article/take… By @naandikat