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Since we began our India operations in 2008, we've worked closely with Indian businesses and governments, to encourage leadership on climate change and to help unlock a clean industrial revolution.
Through networking with the business community, policy makers, media and civil society, we are showing how low carbon economic policies can support India’s continued economic growth and development, providing a prosperous future for all.
Below you can see our program work, the partnerships we've forged and publications that have been released, that are all helping to drive a Clean Revolution in India.
Read more about The Climate Group, India.
On top of global work our India team is focused on the following programs, that will help unlock a Clean Revolution:
LED Street Lighting Pilot in Kolkata
India has an opportunity to ‘leapfrog’ carbon intensive technologies for better, cleaner technologies as it develops. In order to mainstream LEDs for energy saving and emission reduction, The Climate Group has been developing LED Street Lighting projects in collaboration with other partner agencies.
The Climate Group is currently facilitating a groundbreaking LED Street Lighting pilot project in some of the arterial roads in Kolkata. The pilot, which is being implemented by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Bureau of Energy Efficiency, will test the performance of 273 LED lighting installations. The total investment of US$ 293 thousand is equally shared by KMC and BEE.
Gathering inspiration from the LED pilot in Kolkata, the Haldia Development Authority (HDA) has now also planned to install 290 LED street lights on HPL link road in this industrial town in West Bengal. Total investment that has been budgeted is to the tune of US$ 322 thousand for this project is fully being borne by HDA.
We are also working with the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in developing a pilot project of replacing 314 (232 @250W and 74 @150W) HPSV street lights with LEDs. Other partners in the project are BEE and the Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA). The total investment budgeted is US$ 250 thousand which is equally shared by TMC and BEE.
There are 3,723 urban local bodies (ULBs) in India. Most ULBs have either inadequate or poor street lighting and spend considerable sums of money on their operation and maintenance, besides increasing their coverage in the area of jurisdiction. The potential savings in energy across the country by replacing HPSV street lights with LEDs in enormous.
Read our LED program document for more details of our wider LED work.
UK-India Business Leaders
The high level UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group which was launched in February 2010, is an initiative that has mapped the practical ways that India and the UK can work together to boost productivity, jobs and innovation, while cutting carbon emissions.
We act as secretariat to this group, which recently published a report providing recommendations to UK and Indian governments on how to accelerate collaborative, climate-friendly economic growth.
Climate Change and Finance in India
In January 2009, we convened a roundtable discussion for CEOs of Indian financial institutions that concluded there was imminent need for engagement with the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and a larger cross section of banks to raise awareness on climate change.
Published in May 2010, the report Climate Change and Finance in India outlines actions for India's finance industry to accelerate a low carbon economy.
India's Clean Revolution
18 March 2011
India’s Clean Revolution analyzes the low carbon development path India must take, for a share of the USD 2.2 trillion global clean technology market. The report argues that by prioritizing bold low carbon policies and investing in clean energy now, India is creating a better, more secure, and more prosperous future for its more than one billion people.
Climate Change and Finance in India: Banking on the Low Carbon Indian Economy
13 May 2010
The report examined how banks can provide important leadership for the required economic transformation that will provide new opportunities for financing and investment policies as well as portfolio management for the creation of a strong and successful low carbon economy.
Climate Change and Finance in India
UK-India Collaboration for a Prosperous Low Carbon Economy: Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations
15 November 2010
With members drawn from a broad range of sectors including business associations, educational institutions and commercial organizations in media, banking, IT, energy and manufacturing, this report provides recommendations to the governments of the UK and India on how to accelerate collaborative, climate-friendly economic growth.
UK-India Collaboration for a Prosperous Low Carbon Economy
Read the last three India enewsletters: