Metrics with Meaning: How Local Metrics Transform Climate Adaptation Success
Real resilience is not found in numbers, it lies in understanding the lives of those impacted. This is why developing context specific metrics matters.
Talk health, not climate for low-carbon lifestyles
This piece highlights the importance of centering health as the motivator for low-carbon lifestyles.
Talking About Transitions: Informality to Impact: Building Urban Resilience in India’s Informal Settlements
Our dialogue aims to aims to address the urgent need to build climate resilience in informal settlements and brings together implementers and funders to share on-the-ground learnings and explore ways to scale effective solutions in informal settlements.
Harnessing Collective Knowledge: Advancing Adaptation Research and Action through Tracking, Learning, and Sharing Around Extreme Heat
As AIDMI and Transitions Research reflect on the Asia-Pacific workshop on extreme heat, several key themes emerge that underline the importance of collaboration and shared learning in advancing adaptation.
[Part 2]Tackling Challenges and Scaling Solutions for a Solar-Powered India
This article sheds light on the hurdles in the adoption of rooftop solar slowing down progress—such as financing constraints, regulatory complexities, and consumer hesitations—and highlights transformative solutions.
[Part 1]Innovative Business Models for Mainstreaming Rooftop Solar in India
To meet its target of 500 GW of Renewable Energy by 2030, India needs to significantly ramp up installations to 65-70 GW each year. Over 80 per cent of this target is expected to come from solar power. Despite significant progress, the penetration of solar energy, particularly rooftop solar (RTS), remains limited due to financial, …
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ARA-TLS Knowledge Synthesis Symposium 2024 – Latin America
In collaboration with the Adaptation Research Alliance, Transitions Research hosted a TLS Knowledge Symposium in Rosario, Argentina in July 2024. The event brought together members of the ARA Latin America community to exchange knowledge and insights with an overall goal to strengthen on-ground adaptation efforts.
Based on learnings from collective conversations, Transitions Research, as the lead of Tracking, Learning and Sharing (TLS) for Adaptation Research Alliance, compiled the insights from the ground on topics such as the funding landscape of LLA, resilience metrics, heat adaptation, and indigenous and local knowledge systems.
ARA-TLS Knowledge Synthesis Symposium 2024 – Asia Pacific
Earlier this year, Transitions Research, in collaboration with the Adaptation Research Alliance, hosted a TLS Knowledge Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand. The event brought together members of the ARA Asia-Pacific community to share knowledge and insights from their experiences addressing critical issues in climate adaptation.
We have compiled these learnings into an event report, which offers a comprehensive understanding of the adaptation ecosystem through a rich tapestry of perspectives and experiences.
Talking About Transitions: Can green jobs address the youth unemployment crisis?
‘Can green jobs address the youth unemployment crisis?’ was held on December 12, 2024, where we discussed how to bridge skill gaps, create equitable opportunities, and prepare for a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.
Incentivising Energy Efficiency in Urban Indian Households
What role does energy efficiency in urban households play in India’s net zero drive? In this blog, we analyse policies and behavioural barriers to suggest ways forward.