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📢 Dashboard update As of March 2026, 393M carbon credits have been issued across 948 projects in India. CSE’s one-of-a-kind voluntary carbon market (VCM) dashboard covers carbon offset projects across India and who is developing them. Access here: cseindia.org/page/vcmdashbb…

Glass pieces, plastic fragments and stones: now on the menu at Mumbai's municipal schools under the PM Poshan Shakti Yojana.

My obituary for Habermas in @jacobin jacobin.com/2026/03/haberm…

Today was the day to show the world that in times of emergency, commodity prices are anything but rational. They are the manifestation of animal spirits inspired by whatever Trump said last. That’s why it’s bad economic policy to let price explosions ripple through the economy.

For centuries, to justify colonialism, western states promoted the lie that they bequeath the rule of law on lawless, uncivilised nations. Now the instrumentality of international law is openly admitted. The west admits its own lawless barbarism. 1/2 archive.ph/v29yt

@SStapczynski Will the substitution be that significant in India's case? Gas is about 2-3% of India’s power mix and most LNG goes to fertiliser/CGD rather than power. The direct impact on India’s generation mix is likely limited.

Asia's coal prices jumped to the highest level since 2024 ⚠️🪨 👉 The massive Qatar LNG outage is going to force Asian consumers to use more coal. Most of Qatar's LNG goes to China and India -- big coal users 📈 Newcastle coal futures, the Asian benchmark, +8.6% to $128.70/ton

🎙️Carbon Politics Ep 9 is out: Unpacking the Trade-Climate Nexus How is the trade-climate nexus evolving & what does this mean for the Global South? @TrishantDev speaks to Dr. Rob Davies, former Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa. Watch now ⬇️ youtu.be/mlLG5Sxs_sE?si…

Perverse and twisted. Maharashtra’s Forest department, meant to protect forests, is going to cut 6,000 CRORE WORTH OF TEAK WOOD and raise money to pay back a loan. Why? Because an election sop is “draining the state’s coffers”.

Who stands to loose from a green transition? The biggest beneficiaries of fossil fuel profits, the richest of the rich. 50% of profits go to top 1% of wealth owners. My co-author @GregorSemieniuk will present our paper and more at the @LSEEI on March 3, 6.30 PM. Go if you can!

📢 New Carbon Politics episode drops February 28! In our next podcast episode, CSE's @TrishantDev speaks to Dr. Rob Davies, former Minister of Trade and Industry for South Africa, on the evolving climate-trade nexus and what this means for developing countries. Details below 👇

Galgotias imported bot and the various fiasco around India AI Action Summit is a symptom of a larger national epidemic. Of pursuing optics over substance by key stakeholders, of window dressing everything for one exhibition behind which hides a huge lack of effort and rigor. Of our nations missions and conferences, public or private, being hijacked by sales & marketing teams than being led by technical teams. Where SVP Sales talk tech than CTO and Chief Scientists exchange ideas. Where resellers set up shop to peddle software forks and services than innovators present and exchange ideas to further kindle interest at a fundamental level. Where end applications and its cute use cases occupy the mindspace than segwaying into more deeper tech breakthroughs. Where 50+ yr old industry veterans occupy and award and pat each others in the back with needless “thought leadership gyaan”than the young and dynamic taking the stage by storm by demonstrating their breakthroughs and showing what’s in store for the future for the world. It is not the govt stupid. This nation, sans few, is not serious. Wants to imitate poorly by organizing superficial copies of western and Chinese exhibitions where real stuff by real ppl happen. Here it is for Best Industry leader” award and “lifetime achievement” awards and for ET/CNBC-TV18 30 sec news bytes and for that customary LinkedIn update.

Some of the most wonderful people I have met are Indian forest rangers and forest guides. They revere the land and animals, working on meager salaries. A reminder of the millions of decent, ordinary Indians who keep the country going.

I don't understand the point of this post. "This doesn’t mean we stop caring or trying to change things for the better." Isn't this exactly what journalism aims to do? Point out issues and hold people to account for failures. Also, a living wage is not "Scandinavian fashion".

📢 In this week's CSE Climate Weekly: 🏭 @TrishantDev & @aygoswami on why green industrialisation can no longer sit outside COP 🎙️New Carbon Politics episode on COP30 & global climate cooperation in 2026 +more! Read: shorturl.at/6TWmI Subscribe: shorturl.at/Hzxze

Green industrialisation is emerging as the organising principle of economic strategy across multilateral forums. Climate negotiations must catch up with this reality or risk being sidelined. 🖊️ @TrishantDev and @aygoswami for @down2earthindia downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

The 0.001%: about 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/…

For the first time in history, countries have to grow without polluting. The old path of industrialise now and clean up later has closed. So what does development look like when emissions are no longer a free input? A new @CSEINDIA report offers one answer. 👇

WATCH | @TrishantDev from @CSE_Climate programme speaking to @VanierCyril, Principal Presenter, @AlJazeera on the climate drivers behind the extreme rainfall and flooding across Southeast Asia. @sunitanar @aygoswami @SehrRaheja @upamanyudas05 @rudrathavinashi @AJEnglish

#COP30: Trade measures in focus at climate summit, elevating long-held concern of developing countries 🖋️ @TrishantDev #Trade #Belem #CBAM #EU #DevelopingCountries downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…