February 26, 2012
by Radhika Khosla
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Article on "Constructing Change: Energy Efficiency and India’s Buildings Sector," published in The Hindu Business Line, January 2012

Radhika Khosla, Welch Environmental Innovation Fellow, New York
In 2008, for the first time ever, the urban population of the world outnumbered that of the rural. This visible trend has escalated over the last couple of decades; project… Continue reading

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December 30, 2011
by Amrita Batra
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India Environmental News Compilation, December 19th – 25th 2011

Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco
Climate
An Urbanizing India Faces Natural Disaster Risk
“The number of people exposed to natural disasters is expected to more than double … Continue reading

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May 12, 2011
by Radhika Khosla
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Jugaad Urbanism: Near-Zero Energy Innovations in India

Radhika Khosla, Welch Environmental Innovation Fellow, New York Energy generating spinning wheels in Gujarat, extensive skywalks in Mumbai, and Soleckshaws (solar-electric rickshaws) in West Bengal are just some of the new imaginative sustainable growt… Continue reading

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January 19, 2011
by Barbara Finamore
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Energizing efficiency in the U.S.-China relationship

Yesterday, before Chinese President Hu Jintao’s plane even hit the tarmac, senior energy experts from both countries gathered to inaugurate the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC), the latest in a series of initiatives building on the … Continue reading

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