Adaptation and Urban Resilience Archives

Talking about Transitions: Dialogue #5 – Digitalisation and the Anthropocene

Digital Society, Events / By Transitions Research

In this iteration of Talking about Transitions, we examined the role that digital and other emerging technologies, like AI, play in shaping the Anthropocene and our responses to it. What is the digital Anthropocene, why has it become significant, and what are the key trends? We also addressed the question of how digitalisation is shaping climate action, and what are the steps that need to be taken to ensure the responsible utilisation of these technologies.

India Needs An Energy Justice Focus In Its Solar Transition

Blogs / By Shantha Venugopal

In her latest blog, Shantha V. addresses the frequently overlooked challenges of climate justice in India’s massive solar parks. Through an analysis of Charanaka solar park in Gujarat, Bhadla solar park in Rajasthan, and Pavagada solar park in Karnataka, she highlights the many risks and opportunities these large infrastructure projects pose.

Beyond Global Visions: Local Imaginaries for Indian Cities

Blogs / By Ashali Bhandari

Instead of envisioning “world-class” futures for India’s cities, we need a new imagination for equitable, climate resilient and low carbon urbanisation.

Urban Heat: The Tradeoffs Between Air Conditioning and Mitigating Climate Change

Blogs, Future Cities / By Shantha Venugopal

As India grapples with extreme urban heat, the demand for and usage of air conditioners is skyrocketing. This growth in energy consumption for cooling is harming India’s ambitious net zero targets. How can we combat urban heat while meeting our growing cooling needs more sustainably?

Policy-Lab on ‘Integrating Equity and Reframing Urban NbS in South Asian Cities’ held in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Events / By Transitions Research

Transitions Research hosted a Policy Lab to co-create regional and country specific pathways for incorporating NbS in urban planning and governance to address urgent climate, development and biodiversity issues faced by growing mid-sized cities in South Asia in August 2023 in Colombo, Sri Lanka

India National Workshop: Integrating Equity and Reframing Urban Nature-based Solutions

Events / By Transitions Research

With support from the Stockholm Environment Institute’s Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2, Transitions Research is organising a National Workshop on Integrating Equity and Reframing Nature-based Solutions on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023. Since the mid-2010s, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have received growing attention in the discourse surrounding net-zero ambitions, restoring ecosystems for sequestration, and biodiversity conservation. This …

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