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Avantika Goswami
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Climate policy at CSE India “The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.” - Rebecca Solnit
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 5d
2⃣ In part 2 we open up the discussion to six Global South climate experts, Sunita Narain @ndubash.bsky.social Anumita Roychowdhury @harjeet11.bsky.social Diego Pacheco @rishirbhandary.bsky.social to weigh in

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The NDC death loop (Part 2): Demands for ambition, disappointment and relevance in a fractured world
As the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) approaches, the effectiveness of the current NDC framework under the Paris Agreement is under scrutiny. Experts argue that while ambitious targets are set, th...
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 5d
1⃣ In part 1 we ask a list of non-exhaustive questions around the framing: is the cycle of demanding ‘ambitious’ NDCs hinged on emission-cutting targets serving the purpose of climate or low-carbon development, particularly for the Global South?

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The NDC death loop (Part 1): Demands for ambition, disappointment and relevance in a fractured world
This is part one of a two-part series. Read the second part. With climate impacts escalating, climate action remains one of the most urgent imperatives. Yet the
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 5d
🖊️New op-ed: The NDC Death Loop

As COP30 approaches, the current cycle of voluntary climate pledges is facing a crisis of relevance; climate governance needs to be reinvented, especially for the Global South

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 6d
Some important perspectives about the context in which climate action ought to be framed in developing countries. By @aygoswami.bsky.social and @trishant.bsky.social

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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 7d
Optimism and pessimism. The IEA renewables 2025 update is fascinating. It ratchets down both US and China's renewable buildout from the 2024 report. US down more than 40% (!) and China down about 5%.
Forecast revisions from IEA Renewables 2025 report.
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 14d
*Slightly* differently? It’s a clear signal of absolute Western decline, nothing less
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 20d
Climate policy nerds uniting today around the shared struggle: 'But what is the peak date??"

If you know, you know etc....
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 20d
Hyped for the next episode of Carbon Politics - @cseindia.bsky.social’s new video podcast - this time with @70sbachchan.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social of @thepolycrisis.bsky.social about BRICS and climate action

Out here on Sept 28: www.cseindia.org/page/carbon-...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 23d
"In the first half of 2025 China’s new additions were more than twice the new capacity installed by the entire rest of the world this year. The #2 on the list, India, installed 24GW. The US at #3 installed 21GW. There is an order of magnitude difference."
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Chartbook 409 Beyond the "Marshall Plan": China's solar boom as world-changing industrial policy.
In the first six months of 2025 China installed more than 250GW of solar power capacity.
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 25d
One benefit I can see is intentionality to actual examine the trade-climate nexus and such a space being designed to specifically do that - because the rigidities of existing spaces are creating loopholes for unwilling actors to block discussions (EU saying UNFCCC isn’t ‘equipped’ to discuss trade)
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 25d
Savouring the best of Delhi at the end of summer and before winter - while AQI is in the 100s, before the airshed becomes hell - w/ the Smashing Pumpkins as a backdrop
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 25d
Would be great to hear about your WTO experience. And yes details are scant on this forum, I’m skeptical especially if it’s driven by Brazil and EU solely, and doesn’t involve groups like South Africa and India who have a lot to say on trade and development
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · 26d
Brazil’s proposal to launch a new climate and trade forum at COP30 is a timely intervention - I outline 5 key dynamics in the climate-trade debate for any new forum to consider.

Above all it must be advanced with the buy-in of developing countries

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Five dynamics to watch in climate-trade agenda — and why equity matters
Brazil's COP30 Presidency has proposed a new forum to address the intersection of climate and trade, emphasizing the need for equity and justice for the Global South. This initiative aims to prevent t...
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · Sep 12
Congratulations! It’s a great report and dataset!
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · Sep 12
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.

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China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
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Mathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · Sep 10
New policy report just published with groundbreaking data showing that China's new global role in the green transition is investing in manufacturing, not financing infrastructure: "China’s Green Leap Outward"
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China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · Sep 2
You can also read an abridged version of the discussion here: www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
33 years after the Rio Earth Summit, what have we learnt?
This year marks three decades since the landmark Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, which established the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Ch
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · Sep 2
🎙️ 33 Years Since Rio: What Have We Learned

In the latest Carbon Politics episode by @cseindia.bsky.social, I speak with Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury about the origins of the UNFCCC, the decades since, and how the Rio moment can guide the Global South through today’s competing crises
33 years after the Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil | Carbon Politics E04
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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · Sep 1
The first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) convened in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on this day in 1961.
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · Aug 31
Polyalignment in action
"Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties" - on.ft.com/4n6jHnH
Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties
Donald Trump’s trade war drives a rapprochement between the world’s two most populous countries
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · Aug 21
Yes 100% we need more southern voices and content on here, I totally agree
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · Aug 21
My new op-ed: in which I ask, can we forge a Bandung moment for climate?

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Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity
In response to the challenges posed by Donald Trump's tariffs and the dismantling of multilateralism, BRICS leaders are uniting to defend the Global South's interests. Despite a history of fragile sol...
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · Aug 21
Thank you for sharing Yusuf!
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Avantika Goswami @aygoswami.bsky.social · Aug 21
Thank you!
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Centre for Science and Environment @cseindia.bsky.social · Aug 20
New op-ed by CSE's @aygoswami.bsky.social emphasizing that Global South solidarity must be fostered to draft a new climate and development agenda, taking cues from historical moments like the Bandung Conference of 1955

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Rebuilding solidarity ‘BRICS by BRICS’: Forging Global South unity for climate and prosperity
In response to the challenges posed by Donald Trump's tariffs and the dismantling of multilateralism, BRICS leaders are uniting to defend the Global South's interests. Despite a history of fragile sol...
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