Case Studies of UK/India Cooperation on Climate Change

Time: 11:30-13:00

Speakers: Andrew Prag, IEA; Gurpreet Chugh, ICF India; Ritu Bharadwaj, Institute for Industrial Productivity (India); Prashant Vaze, Climate Bonds Initiative; Dr Indu Murthy, Indian Institute of Science (IISc); Marek Soanes, IIED; Naman Gupta, ACT India 

The UK has built strong collaborations with India through delivering strategic support in policy, research, capacity building, and technological innovations on a range of energy and low-carbon challenges, especially in areas of renewables, green finance, industrial energy efficiency, and mainstreaming climate risks into government policy. The side event aims to highlight these success stories and lessons, and explore options for further collaboration in emerging priority areas.