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In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers

  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
Agricultural workers tend crops outside the Pavagada solar park fence.
  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
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What’s After Coal? Accelerating China’s Overseas Investment in Renewables

  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
Aerial photo of solar power station in Hangzhou, China
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
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How Can Asia Achieve a Clean Energy Transition? Examples from 5 Countries

  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
Cenotaph and wind turbines
  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
News
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
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How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

  • water risk
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
  • drought
  • floods
  • Aqueduct
Power plant in dry land
  • water risk
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
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Solar Power: A Rural Indian Hospital’s Key to Fighting COVID-19

  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • renewable energy
The front of Nav Jivan Hospital in Palamu district of India.
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • renewable energy
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4 Investment Areas to Stimulate China's Economy After COVID-19

  • coronavirus
  • low carbon development
  • natural infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Economics
  • Health & Road Safety
Installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China.
  • coronavirus
  • low carbon development
  • natural infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Economics
  • Health & Road Safety
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After COVID-19, 5 Ways India Can Pursue a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Person riding motorcycle in India during coronavirus pandemic
  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
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From Coal to Renewables in China: Solving the Water Stress-Power Plant Mismatch

  • Freshwater
  • renewable energy
  • water risk
Hukou Waterfall
  • Freshwater
  • renewable energy
  • water risk
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China Faces 4 Big Risks if it Continues Building More Coal Plants

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
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Makunda Hospital, in a remote rural area of India, often faces power outages. Solar panels could help hospitals like this one maintain more reliable electricity. Photo by Amala Devi/WRI.
  • Energy
  • health
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Distributed Solar PV in China: Growth and Challenges

  • renewable energy
  • Energy
Solar photovoltaic panels in Shanghai, China
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
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Opinion: Lessons from India’s Climate Moonshot

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
  • electric mobility
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
A view of the India One solar thermal power plant in Abu Road
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
  • electric mobility
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
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There Are Still Opportunities for US-China Climate Cooperation

  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Solar installation in Shanghai.
  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
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India’s Renewable Energy Push: A Win-Win for Job Creation and Electricity Access

  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • poverty
  • renewable energy
Solar engineers in Tinginaput, India
  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • poverty
  • renewable energy
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New Clean Energy Buying Option in China: Green Electricity Certificates

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
Repairman at Xioa Yan Kou Farm
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
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6 Issues to Watch at the Clean Energy Ministerial

  • Buildings
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Dabancheng Wind Power Station
  • Buildings
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
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Achieving India’s Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals: A Progress Report

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • G20
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
Barefoot solar engineers, Rajasthan, India
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • G20
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
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How Companies Are Buying Clean Energy: 4 Lessons from India

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Man by doorway in India
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
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From Waste to Watts: How Sewage Could Help Fix India's Water, Energy and Sanitation Woes

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • waste
  • renewable energy
  • wastewater
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Unkal tank
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  • waste
  • renewable energy
  • wastewater
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