Come join us 9/28 in NYC for our Financing a Net Zero Economy conference, which will help build a common focus on climate transition plans that include green financing, client engagement, just transition, and robust disclosures. Register here: https://t.co/beukABgX6U #FANZE

Why do we do so much research at our academic institutions but never take any of our own advice??

Great lineup of speakers for this event - check it out: "BIPOC Representation in the Climate Startup Ecosystem" - Part 1, Aug 25, 3PM EDT #climatetech #VC #entrepreneurship #innovation #sustainability https://t.co/muai2ldoNo

Kenya drought: Almost half the country will experience food insecurity till December; around 2 million people will need aid, says report https://t.co/YcSxMlz3gR #Africa | #drought

"The future is here and it should worry us enormously": watch @CSEINDIA's Director-General @sunitanar's commentary on the new @IPCC_CH report published last week #climatechange #ipcc #globalwarming #CodeRed https://t.co/GxJmUHnb4C

Growth of #renewableenergy in India: 2000-01: 1.5 GW 2010-11: 20 GW 2020-21: 100 GW Doubling time: 3.3 yrs *Total capacity of electricity in 2000-01: 101 GW To all the planners & policymakers: Be aware that technological advancements are exponential, not linear. #ClimateActionNow

If you believe that #GlobalWarming is real, then recognize that end of #FossilFuels is inevitable & imminent. The only question is how best to plan this transition to secure a just & equitable outcome. My op-ed on the 5R’s of #JustTransition👇 https://t.co/e1BwJzFGy3 #IPCCReport

Apocalyptic scenes from Turkey’s Milas where wildfires are burning a coal based thermal plant People are concerned that the coal also would cause further air pollution and a separate environmental disaster https://t.co/YEd98kW5Ow

If this is not sign of #Climatechange then what is? Europe to US to India it’s been a week of extreme weather events

Germany, Belgium, India, Uganda, Burundi, China? Nope this is Turkey. These climate floods are happening at 1.2c - imagine what 1.5c & 3c will look like.

Frequency & intensity of #HEATWAVE will increase in India. We need to redefine heatwave to reflect the combined impact of temp. & humidity, develop heat code & district heat action plans, & declare it a natural disaster under NDMA, 2005. @rajeevan61 https://t.co/xEkE2xwrTj

Sympathize with folks on the West affected by heat wave but reality is that places in the tropics are likely to become uninhabitable for humans even with moderate climate change. The compounding stress of poverty, heat, & low adaptive capacity is deadly.

The Aditya Birla Group is undertaking a Rs 55,000-crore #mining project spanning over 300 hectares in #MadhyaPradesh’s drought-prone #Bundelkhand region. https://t.co/NeFR9Ny31P

“We are thinking about these problems of climate change as something that the next generation will face,” said the study's lead author. “It’s something we are facing already. We are throwing stones at ourselves.” And, she added, the future will be worse.

A #BookReview I was invited to write a book review of Bill Gates' book, 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster'. When I did, the publisher asked the review to be toned down. I withdrew the piece. So here it is. Warts, errors, ideas and the review, all intact.

Then nature said ‘thanks’ & dumped all the trash back to Mumbai with cyclone. Nature -1, humans - 0. Pic via WA.

Peel back the single use plastic curtain, and who do you find? A handful of big, familiar companies, according to a new report out today. With @mcorkery5 https://t.co/l6DHKtGyFf

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: We request people based in Bengaluru who want to join us in the field for distribution of ration and care kits in our food relief efforts to reach out to Nirmala at +91 97409 22300. Volunteers will be provided with sanitisers, N95 masks and gloves.