Gautam Jain
@gjain_nyc
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Senior Research Scholar @ColumbiaUEnergy
New York City
Joined July 2022
Countries have signed over 90 bilateral agreements under the #ParisAgreement, allowing them to fund carbon reduction projects in other nations and claim the resulting credits, CGEP scholar @gjain_nyc says.
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Article 6 of the #ParisAgreement created a framework for international carbon trading. 🌍 But nearly a decade later, it still isn't fully operational. In a new CGEP commentary, experts @gjain_nyc and Shubham Deshmukh explain what's missing and how to fix it. 🧵👇
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Climate Vulnerability Index: “We wanted to build something that shows not just who’s vulnerable, but who’s vulnerable and can’t pay to fix it,” says @columbia_ncdp's @jeffschlegel, who led the research initiative with @ColumbiaUEnergy's @gjain_nyc. https://t.co/zTNH9YiN3e
impactalpha.com
The countries most exposed to climate changes are often those least able to afford the cost of adapting to them. A new tool ...
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🌍 From @ColumbiaUEnergy & @columbiaclimate: The Climate Finance Vulnerability Index helps direct limited adaptation funds where they matter most. Developed by @gjain_nyc and @andrewnkamau, the tool compares countries' ability to access financing. https://t.co/XhjQKQOJWL
energypolicy.columbia.edu
When a country or community lacks sufficient, predictable, timely, and accessible funding to minimize the...
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A Green Taxonomy Can Boost Financing to Meet India’s Sustainability Goals https://t.co/p5NYYhoKkp Article in @epw_in by @Nandinisnk and Prof. @trupti9900 from @ClimateIITB & @gjain_nyc @ColumbiaSIPA
epw.in
Following the budget 2024–25 release, India’s finance minister, Following the budget 2024–25 release, India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, proposed the establishment of a green taxonomy...
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Which countries face the highest climate risk and the lowest access to finance? A new Climate Finance (CliF) Vulnerability Index, developed by @columbia_ncdp and @ColumbiaUEnergy—including @gjain_nyc & @andrewnkamau—offers a data-driven answer. 👇🧵 https://t.co/BUX7VOmaeb
clifvi.org
The Climate Finance (CliF) Vulnerability Index is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of climate vulnerability for nation states in order to improve the targeting and provision of...
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Could a US sovereign wealth fund help America compete with China and secure supply chains? 💻 In our latest #EnergyExplained post, CGEP experts Kevin Brennan, @gjain_nyc & @SagatomSaha explore how such a fund could be structured—and what it would take to succeed. Read here 👇
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Trump’s actions are likely to chip away at the dollar’s reserve status—with serious consequences for the United States and the rest of the world, warn @edwardfishman, @gjain_nyc, and @RichardMNephew. https://t.co/QJRnelONcc
foreignaffairs.com
The world’s reserve currency may not survive the weaponization of U.S. economic power.
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“Perhaps the biggest danger to the dollar’s dominance comes from Trump’s threats to the rule of law, which will shake the foundation on which the dollar’s standing rests,” write @edwardfishman, @gjain_nyc, and @RichardMNephew. https://t.co/ATUI0aiDqM
foreignaffairs.com
The world’s reserve currency may not survive the weaponization of U.S. economic power.
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Trump’s dramatic global tariffs and widespread use of sanctions pose a serious threat to the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, argue @edwardfishman, @gjain_nyc, and @RichardMNephew. https://t.co/ATUI0aiDqM
foreignaffairs.com
The world’s reserve currency may not survive the weaponization of U.S. economic power.
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“Choices, not destiny, determine reserve currencies; if the dollar is finally dethroned, it will be a disaster of the Trump administration’s own making,” write @edwardfishman, @gjain_nyc, and @RichardMNephew. https://t.co/ATUI0aiDqM
foreignaffairs.com
The world’s reserve currency may not survive the weaponization of U.S. economic power.
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There is a lot going on in FM Araghchi's Op-Ed in the WP. https://t.co/lPdK9SjUvG A few flags:
washingtonpost.com
Iran is ready for indirect negotiations with the United States. A solution to the crisis is within reach.
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"Even in his ambition to encourage oil and gas production, Donald Trump could quickly be overtaken by economic realities," CGEP scholar @gjain_nyc tells @FRANCE24. Read in French ⬇️ https://t.co/7usFiA8mz8
france24.com
Tout au long de sa course à la Maison Blanche, Donald Trump a promis de détricoter les politiques climatiques de son prédécesseur : sortir de nouveau des Accords de Paris, déréglementer l'industrie...
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🔎 Climate finance in 2025: A glass half full? In @Reuters, CGEP scholar @gjain_nyc analyzes the fallout from the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—and why #COP30 in Brazil could still deliver progress. https://t.co/xIKbr4Payf
reuters.com
International climate finance has had a challenging start to 2025. One of President Donald Trump's first acts upon returning to the White House was to sign an executive order withdrawing the United...
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🔎 Climate finance in 2025: A glass half full? In @Reuters, CGEP scholar @gjain_nyc analyzes the fallout from the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—and why #COP30 in Brazil could still deliver progress. https://t.co/xIKbr4Payf
reuters.com
International climate finance has had a challenging start to 2025. One of President Donald Trump's first acts upon returning to the White House was to sign an executive order withdrawing the United...
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China, Southeast Asia and South Asia are some of the major drivers of demand growth, CGEP scholar @gjain_nyc tells @Marketplace. "All these countries are obviously growing [and] are actually much more exposed to climate change." https://t.co/z3IRY81jFi
marketplace.org
Emerging economies will account for 85% of the growth. Data centers and electric vehicles will also boost demand in richer countries.
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The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) framework offers a promising path to a cleaner energy future for emerging economies. In a new commentary, CGEP experts @gjain_nyc and Ganis Bustami dive into why it faces significant geopolitical and structural challenges. 🧵👇
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"Negotiators likely underestimated the complexities of closing coal plants that provide the bulk of electricity and employ a large share of the population." @gjain_nyc & Ganis Bustami dive into the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) framework ⬇️ https://t.co/k59V4jbFWt
energypolicy.columbia.edu
The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) framework[1] was designed to help accelerate the energy transition in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) while embedding socioeconomic[2]...
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US LNG exporters could hit methane snag in Europe - column by Dr. Tim Boersma and @gjain_nyc of @ColumbiaUEnergy
reuters.com
The Trump administration’s broad policy goal of achieving “energy dominance” may run into headwinds in the country’s largest export market, the European Union, due to new methane regulations.
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"Nobody wants to be seen as going against" the administration's pro-fossil-fuel energy policy, CGEP scholar @gjain_nyc tells @EENewsUpdates. "These banks are businesses, so they have to look at the risk that they have in their portfolio." https://t.co/YCsWcZRJDX
eenews.net
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree
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