Articles

Walk the Elephant- Environment & Social Governance

Post the Union Budget presentation India Inc.’s growing involvement & concern on sustainability, clean energy and much more all of it falls in the broader ambit of ‘Sustainable Development’ which was reflected in most of CEOs’ statements. It ....

February 07, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , governance , COP26 , Sustainability , Environment

Climate Change – A Review of 2021 and Outlook for 2022

PK Khup Hangzo Article

Introduction

This article analyzes some of the key findings of the latest scientific reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science, as well as those from leading resear....

January 21, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , COP26 , Paris Agreement , net-zero emissions , IPCC Sixth Assessment Report , Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) , COP27 , Glasgow Climate Pact.

Climate Change and India’s Energy Choices

On 22nd November, Vivekananda International Foundation organized a Vimarsh on ‘Climate Change and India’s Energy Choices’ by Ambassador Dinkar Srivastava, IFS (Retd)- Former Ambassador of Iran, Czech Republic and Libya & Distinguished Fellow, V....

December 10, 2021 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , renewable energy , COP26 , Vimarsh , IEA report , Glasgow Conference , energy choices

COP 26: NET POSITIVE & Corporate Social Responsibility

Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

The empathetic appeal by the extinct dinosaur on “how bad it is to be extinct” during COP 26 conference at Glasgow caught attention of every decision maker, civil society, corporate academia to internalise & make realistic commitment towards Clim....

December 01, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Commentary , COP26 , CSR , Net Positive , Tulsi Gowda , UNSDGs

India 1989-2014 and after — a paradigm shift

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Why China, why not India?” is a question debated in India without a credible answer. Asking an identical question, “Why China flew, India just grew?” Forbes magazine (2019) answered that it was because of the barrier-free autocracy in China and....

November 30, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article , modi , G20 , COVID-19 , COP26 , COVID Challenge , paradigm shift , India vaccine , G7-plus

Lack of Political Will at COP26 led to a Weak Outcome

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

How should one assess the outcome of the much-hyped COP26? Even a cursory reading of the outcome document^[1] adopted by COP26 shows how weak the result has been. The COP br....

November 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , India , US , China , Coal , COP26 , Net zero , CO2 , CBDR , phasedown

China: Daily Scan, November 10, 2021

China Coast Guard holds first high-level meeting with Pakistani counterpart: Xinhuanet

November 10, 2021

The China Coast Guard (CCG) and the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency have held their first high-level meeting, via video....

November 10, 2021 India , Pakistan , Taiwan , Beijing , COP26 , China Daily Digest , Xizang , Hydrogen cars

China: Daily Scan, October 26, 2021

China maps path to carbon peak, neutrality under new development philosophy: Xinhuanet October 25, 2021

Chinese authorities on Sunday unveiled a guiding document on the country's work to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals....

October 26, 2021 Beijing , COP26 , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , Xiangshan , Koolearn , Baidu , Quantum

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 29, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

IMF says pandemic may skew economic data and cause them to be less accurate

The coronavirus pandemic “has disrupted the production of many key statistics,” the International Monetary Fund said in a blog post this ....

May 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Coronavirus , WHO , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , Daily scan , Hong Kong , Food waste , Business Travel , Sustainable Investing , COP26 , Chinese students