Despite near universal access to electricity, gendered inequities in electricity usage hinder India’s progress on sustainable development goals. As energy policy focuses on renewable energy, socio-cultural shifts must also be prioritised to improve women’s agency over electricity use.
For more effective low carbon mobility transitions, there is a need to consider the interlinkages between EV policies and urban mobility plans, policies governing energy transitions and carbon emitting sectors, consumer uptake, and lifecycle carbon emissions for EVs.
Our recent Talking About Transitions Dialogue, Building a Net Zero Society, unpacked the importance of social transformations to achieve a low carbon transitions in Indian cities. How can we leverage behaviour change, equitable urban planning and innovative planning approaches to create an equitable net zero future?
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?
There is an urgent need to reimagine a sustainable future with an environmentally conscious lifestyle at the individual, household and community levels.
Why are Urban Living Labs emerging as an approach to enable climate action? This blog highlights insights and knowledge that emerged from our dialogue on Urban Living Labs in 2022.
As a way to test solutions and build infrastructure for cycling, PULL and IPSCDL participated in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’ initiative called the Cycles4Change. This policy report provides the first steps towards introducing a cycling policy in Panaji.
PULL’s thematic plan on Urban Flooding in Panaji analyses its causes and proposes sustainable nature-based solutions for mitigation. The plan outlines a roadmap for achieving resilience, incorporating medium and long-term strategies to transform Panaji into a flood-resilient city.
To improve women’s access to the city of Panaji, PULL developed Inclusive Streets, a gendered public space improvement framework. PULL’s Inclusive Streets Implementation Strategy enhances the pedestrian experience for women in the city.
Panaji is home to India’s first Urban Living Lab, set up by Transitions Research, Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited, Oxford Policy Management and The Resources and Energy Institute. This blog details what urban living labs are and why they are significant in the context of Indian cities.
