5 ways to go green: How countries can prioritize both equity and climate action
Climate change exacerbates inequalities – but without adequate policies so too will the green transition, executives fear.
Harsh leads World Economic Forum's program on research and analysis on energy transition, which supports governments and businesses with transparent fact-base, actionable frameworks, and forward-looking strategies for transition to a sustainable, secure, and inclusive energy system. He has authored a series of flagship publications on energy transition and industrial decarbonization, and leads stakeholder engagement programs on effective energy transition in multiple countries.
Prior to joining the Forum, he worked across MNC's, think tanks, and startups on sustainability challenges in India. He led strategy and growth initiatives for GE's Water and Wastewater business, designed evidence-based policies for industrial decarbonization at Poverty Action Lab, and developed business models for off-grid electrification in Bihar at Husk Power Systems.
He holds a Masters in Public Administration with concentration in Energy and Environmental Policy from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Climate change exacerbates inequalities – but without adequate policies so too will the green transition, executives fear.
G7気候・エネルギー・環境大臣会合コミュニケでは、ロシアのウクライナ侵攻が引き起こしたグローバル危機に加え、気候変動、生物多様性の喪失、汚染という三重のグローバル危機に私たちが直面していることを明確に示しています。こうした状況は、経済的・社会的混乱、健康への脅威、環境破壊の悪化を招いています。温暖化を今後も1.5℃以下に抑制していくためには、科学的証拠に基づいた温室効果ガ...
The G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers' communiqué recalls that we are facing a triple global crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, in addition to the globa...
We are in the midst of an energy crisis the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1970s. The decisions leaders make now about decarbonization will determine our collective future. Get ...
気候変動に関する政府間パネル(IPCC)による2021年の評価報告書は、2050年までにネットゼロを達成するためには、2030年までに世界の排出量を半減させる必要があると強調しています。世界の温室効果ガス(GHG)排出量が年間を通じて減少したことは、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大の影響以外で、これまでに一度もありません。気候変動という大規模で緊急性の高い課題に対応するため、各...
The COP27 conference progresses amidst the backdrop of surmounting evidence that the time to act on delivering a net-zero transformation is shrinking fast. The 2021 assessment report by t...
This article was first published in The Strait Times
世界のエネルギー転換は過去10年間で多くの節目を迎え、大部分で期待を上回る成果を上げています。技術イノベーションや起業家精神、政策立案者と企業のリスクテイクのおかげで、2010年以降、設備能力は太陽光発電で7倍に、陸上風力発電で3倍に増加しました。かつては夢物語だと考えられていた再生可能エネルギーも、一部の国では発電構成に占める割合が化石燃料を上回っています。また、この1...
The global energy transition has crossed many milestones over the past decade, surpassing most expectations. Thanks to technological innovation, entrepreneurship and risk-taking by policy...
2020年の「ブラック・スワン」
L'année 2020 devait être un tournant dans la transition énergétique mondiale. Les pays devaient faire le bilan de leurs contributions déterminées au niveau national pour atteindre les obj...
全球每年人为产生的排放中,三分之二来自能源生产与消耗,因此能源转型成为履行《巴黎协定》承诺的核心,而2020年本应成为全球能源转型进程的转折点。
The year 2020 was supposed to be a turning point in the global energy transition. The production and consumption of energy accounts for two-thirds of annual global anthropogenic emissions...
Countries around the world are upping the share of renewables in their energy mixes as a part of the global energy transition. The bad news is, that they’re not doing it quickly enough to...
The ASEAN region is undergoing a phase of sustained economic growth and human development, notwithstanding the current trade wars and currency fluctuation. Urbanization and industrializat...